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V O L . X X I N O. X I I J U N E 1 5 , 2 0 1 5 28 U S I N E S S M A I N E I N S H O R T N E W S WO R T H Y P E O P L E A N D P E R F O R M A N C E S was previously vice president and trust offi cer in the group. Woodfords Family Services, a Westbrook nonprofi t serving people with intel- lectual and developmental disabilities and their families, promoted Allyson Lowell to director of program services and Doug Patrick to director of case management and behavioral health services. Lowell was previously direc- tor of case management while Patrick was director of new initiatives. U.S. Cellular promoted Kyla Winslow to business development manager in central New England. Winslow was previously a business account specialist. TD Bank promoted Jeffrey Plourde to regional vice president in commercial lending for Northern Maine. Most recently, Plourde served as a vice pres- ident, senior commercial loan offi cer. Patrons Oxford Insurance Co. in Auburn promoted George MacKinnon to assis- tant vice president-underwriting and Eric Swanson to assistant vice president-claims. Broadreach Public Relations in Portland promoted Jillian Kanter to account executive and client opera- tions coordinator. Kanter was previ- ously an assistant account executive. e board of directors of Wright- Pierce, a water, wastewater and infrastructure engineering fi rm in Portland, elected Dennis Dievert and Jon Hume as shareholders. Dievert is a project manager in the fi rm's Middletown, Conn., offi ce while Hume is a project manager in the fi rm's Andover, Mass., offi ce. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] The Junior League of Portland elected Ellen Berg as president. Berg is a teacher at Maiden Cove Children's Center in Cape Elizabeth. e Unity College board of trust- ees selected Marc Bane, Keith Martin, Michael Pierce and Sharon Reishus as trustees. Bane is an independent busi- ness consultant, Martin is a senior engineer in the Fish Passage Group of Kleinschmidt Associates in Pittsfi eld, Pierce is president of the Allen Financial Group in Camden and Reishus is a planning and management specialist in the energy sector. e board also rati- fi ed the selection of John Newlin as vice chairman, Doug Sensenig as treasurer and Andrew Hamilton as secretary. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] The Maine Resource Recovery Association in Bangor announced the recipients of its annual awards for 2015 at the 22nd Annual Maine Recycling and Solid Waste Conference. Winners included: Operator(s) of the Year, Granville Ames and Pat Anderson, Mid-coast Solid Waste; Composter of the Year, Randy Gray, solid waste supervisor, town of Skowhegan; Program of the Year, Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District, Steve Lewis, oper- ations manager; Manager of the Year, Trampas King, superintendent, Mid-Maine Solid Waste Association; Most Improved Program: Wiscasset Transfer Station, Ron Lear, superintendent; Business Recycler of the Year, Benson Farm, Gorham, Ed and Becky Benson, owners; and Lifetime Achievement Award, Geoff Hill, Belgrade. Penobscot Community Health Care's Summer Street Health Center prac- tice was featured in "A Guidebook of Professional Practices for Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration," recently released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. e center was chosen for its model of delivering integrated health care and was one of eight primary care organizations from around the country that were featured Ellen Berg www.NonprofitMaine.org We help nonprofits help Maine. We help nonprofits help Maine. >$200 million in state income tax revenue Maine's nonprofit wages generate every year www.momentumconvention.com Tuesday, November 10 9:00am–4:00pm | Augusta Civic Center I N T E R E S T E D I N PA R T I C I PAT I N G ? Call Donna Brassard at 207.761.8379 x327 FOLLOW US @MBEVENTS #MOCO15 Be part of Maine's largest business-to-business event and network with customers and prospects. Space is limited, reserve early! Reserve your exhibit space now! PAV IL ION SP ONSOR: TD Bank REMO T E OF F ICE LOUNGE SP ONSOR: Portland International Jetport E XCLUSI V E V ENDOR SP ONSORS: Affordable Exhibit Displays | Broadreach PR | Electricity Maine Green Tree | Headlight AV | Time Warner Cable | W.S. Emerson Company M O M E N T U M C O N V E N T I O N 2015 ACADIA SP ONSOR: SEBAGO SP ONSOR: 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. Allyson Lowell Doug Patrick Eric Swanson Jillian Kanter George MacKinnon

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