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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 27 M AY 4 , 2 0 1 5 [ N E W H I R E S ] Maine Huts & Trails in Kingfi eld hired Kate Boehmer as marketing associate. Sterling Rope Inc. in Biddeford hired Erin Weimer as public relations and con- tent manager. Weimer was previously with e VIA Agency in Portland. Norway Savings Bank hired Brian Robinson as vice president, employee rela- tions and recruiting manager. PeoplesChoice Credit Union in Saco hired Jenna Frost Arnaudin as indirect lending manager and Shari Smith as payment services manager. Previously, Frost Arnaudin was senior indirect lending offi cer at Town and Country FCU and Smith was vice president of compliance and training at Saco Valley Credit Union. The Portland Museum of Art hired Marcia Griswold as public programs coordina- tor in the Learning and Interpretation Department. Griswold was previously communications and events coordina- tor at the Maine Women's Fund. KeyBank hired Jody Pizzo Connolly as vice president and man- ager of its branch at 400 Forest Ave., Portland. Previously, Connolly was vice president, fi nancial center manager at Bank of America in South Portland. Franklin Health Women's Care in Farmington added James MacDonald to its medical staff . MacDonald was previously with Eastern Maine Medical Center. Stantec, an engi- neering, consulting and design company in Scarborough, hired Lauren Meek as a senior transporta- tion engineer. Meek is a professional transportation engineer with 15 years of experience in highway, intersection, bike and pedestrian, and toll plaza design. Fluid Imaging Technologies, a labora- tory instrumentation manufacturer in Scarborough, hired Heather Anne Wright as technical customer sup- port associate. Wright was previously with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay Harbor. Vicki Worden, owner of sustainability consulting fi rm Worden Associates Inc. in Camden, was named execu- tive director of the Green Building Initiative in Portland, Ore. The County Federal Credit Union in Caribou hired Michael Bosse as assistant vice presi- dent of marketing. Bosse was previ- ously town manager in Fort Fairfi eld. Berman & Simmons, a law fi rm in Lewiston, hired Elaine Gammon as marketing and business develop- ment manager. Gammon was previously marketing manager at Modern Pest Services. Sebago Technics, an engineering con- sulting fi rm in South Portland, hired Brandon Blake and Caitlyn Abbott as civil engineers. Community Credit Union in Lewiston hired Wendy Lausier as a member representative. Atlantic Regional Federal Credit Union in Brunswick hired Christopher McGorrill as director of marketing. McGorrill previously worked for SAGA Communications, Portland Radio Group as operations manager and marketing director. Crisis & Counseling Centers in Augusta hired Emily Brod as director of its Crisis Program. Brod previously pro- vided individual and family outpatient mental health therapy through her own private practice in Portland. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] The MEMIC Group, a workers' com- pensation specialist in Portland, promoted Daniel McGarvey to COO. McGarvey, a CPA and member of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Society, joined the fi rm in 2009 as senior vice president of fi nance and CFO. e fi rm also promoted Gregory Jamison to senior vice president, underwriting. Jamison was most recently vice president, underwriting. Planet Dog in Portland promoted Kristin Burgess to store manager and Joslin Chidester to assistant store man- ager of the company's fl agship store in Portland. TD Bank promoted Mark Winship to senior vice president, director in technology risk, regulatory and gov- ernance and Matthew Ham to senior vice president, senior change director in change management. Winship was previously senior manager in technol- ogy risk management and informa- tion security while Ham was vice president, senior change manager. Horizon Solutions, an electrical equip- ment distributor in Scarborough, pro- moted Mike Herrmann to CEO/presi- dent and, as part of a staff reorganiza- tion, named Don Harrington executive vice president of operations and information technology; Karen Baker executive vice president of product, services and strategic marketing; and David Hayes executive vice president of sales and marketing communications. Colby College in Waterville promoted Ruth Jacobs Jackson to vice president for communications. Jackson was previously assistant vice president for communications. Community Credit Union in Lewiston promoted Natalie Green to branch operations sup- port at its Turner branch. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] e National BBQ Association announced Dennis Sherman, creator of DennyMike's Sauces and Seasonings in York, was elected to serve his second two-year term. Sherman will serve as Region 5 vice president, representing members in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts and the D.C. area. Barbara Ernst Prey, a Maine artist, was elected to serve on the board of e Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. OHI, a mental health nonprofi t in Hermon, announced Matt Graham was elected to its board of directors. Graham is the assistant professor of management information systems at the University of Maine, Maine Business School. Avesta Housing in Portland announced offi cers for its board of directors, including Rebecca Greenfi eld, chair- woman; Gail McBride, vice chair- woman; Carol Billington, secretary; and Gren Blackall, treasurer. Greenfi eld is a partner at Pierce Atwood; McBride, vice president and CRA Offi ce and project management coordinator at Norway Savings Bank; Billington, retired mortgage consultant; and Blackall, marketing and banking professional. e board of directors of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce named Lee Speronis its chairman-elect. Speronis is a faculty member at Husson University in Bangor. The Maine Health Access Foundation, a nonprofi t health care foundation in Augusta, elected Dennis King, CEO of Maine Behavioral Healthcare, to its statewide board of trustees and Connie Sandstrom, executive director of the Aroostook County Action Program, to board chairwoman. e foundation's Community Advisory Committee also elected six new members, including Newsworthy people and performances I N S H O R T To submit new hires, promotions, appointments, or achievements to Mainebiz, send your press release to editorial@mainebiz.biz. Items are run at the discretion of the editorial staff, and in the order in which they were received. Brandon Blake Jody Pizzo Connolly Brian Robinson James MacDonald Caitlyn Abbott Lauren Meek Vicki Worden Dennis King Natalie Green Elaine Gammon Michael Bosse Wendy Lausier

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