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V O L . X X I N O. X I X A U G U S T 2 4 , 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 Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Amy Holland, executive director of the World Affairs Council of Maine in Portland, was elected to the national Board of Directors of the World Aff airs Councils of America, a nonpartisan, nonprofi t network in the U.S. dedicated to educat- ing the public on global issues. GrowSmart Maine in Portland elected Ethan Boxer- Macomber and Bruce Kidman to its board of directors. Boxer-Macomber is the founder of Anew Development LLC and Kidman was director of external aff airs for The Nature Conservancy in Maine. The Portland Symphony Orchestra named Harper Lee Collins as president of its board of trustees and added Helaine Ayers, Mary Neal and Jennifer Segal as trustees. Collins is a licensed real- tor with RE/MAX Heritage, Ayers is a retired investment banker, Neal is a retired doctor and Segal was with Citigroup Private Bank. Elizabeth McGlinn, accounting man- ager with L.L.Bean in Freeport, was selected to serve as treasurer on the American Heart Association's Founders Affi liate board. McGlinn is also a member of the board's Volunteer Leadership Committee and chair of the association's Maine board. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] IDEXX Laboratories Inc. in Westbrook and creative agency Live Marketing were presented with a Gold Stevie Award in the Best New Product Introduction Event category in e 13th Annual American Business Awards in Chicago. e award recognizes SDMA, a vet- erinary diagnostic test that detects the onset of kidney disease. Rockport Marine's 26-foot cold-molded powerboat "Rembrandt" won the award for best professionally built powerboat at the WoodenBoat Show in Mystic, Conn. Rockport Marine is based in Rockport. WoodenBoat magazine is based in Brooklin. ReVision Energy in Portland earned B Corporation Certifi cation, an offi cial acknowledgement of the compa- ny's commitment to creating social change, as well as its commitment to transparency and accountability to its broad community of stakeholders, from B-Labs. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington was named as one of the nation's most wired hospitals in the 2015 Health Care's Most Wired survey that was published in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association. Ellen Lauer, a pediatrician at Penobscot Pediatrics in Bangor, was named the Maine Osteopathic Association's Young Physician of the Year for her anti- bullying education work called "Skate Don't Hate" in association with Central Maine Derby. Tom Largay of Old Port Card Works in Portland, Mary Kate Reny of Renys in Newcastle and Tina Wilcoxson of Royal River Natural Foods in Freeport were recognized as America's Retail Champions by the National Retail Federation, a retail trade association. Stephen Wilson, a partner at Preti Flaherty, was selected as a 2015 Top Rated Lawyer in Intellectual Property by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell. Wilson is co-chair of the fi rm's Intellectual Property Group, chair of the Sports & Entertainment Law Group and mem- ber of the Litigation and Business Law Groups at the Portland law fi rm. Mike Lambert and Mitzi Duff were named Caregivers of the Month for June by Comfort Keepers, a Scarborough based provider of in- home support services for older adults in southern Maine. The Relais & Chateaux Camden Harbour Inn in Camden was named to the Top 100 Hotels in World list in the August issue of Travel + Leisure magazine. Tedford Housing, a nonprofi t in Brunswick working to fi nd solutions to end homelessness, recognized Merrymeeting Board of Realtors as its Scooty Brownell Award winner, Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program as its Tedford Home Award winner and Brunswick Pathway Vineyard Church as its Margit Cook Award winner. Maine Maritime Academy in Castine ranked No. 8 overall on MONEY magazine's list of "Best Colleges in America for Your Money." Bruce Kidman Elizabeth McGlinn www.broadreachpr.com/results/case-studies