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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 29 A U G U S T 2 4 , 2 0 1 5 Unity College earned a national Colleges of Distinction designa- tion in 2014–15 from College of Distinction by "expanding innovative opportunities to earn college credit by participating in service learning, learning communities, internships and other new educational para- digms." In addition, the college was recognized by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for achieving "the greatest level of success with green initiatives on-campus and within in its surrounding community." Scott Fernald, a commercial banking offi cer with Camden National Bank, was presented a Leadership Award and was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rockland Rotary Club. The Breathe Easy Coalition of Maine in Portland was one of four programs across the nation to receive the inaugu- ral Housing and Urban Development Secretary's Award for Healthy Homes. e award recognizes organizations whose activities or policies showed measurable benefi ts in the health of lower income residents. Bar Harbor Bankshares was named to the American Banker Magazine's Top-200 Publicly Traded Community Banks list for 2015. e list includes publicly traded banks and thrifts with less than $2 billion of assets, posting a three-year average return on equity of 8.66% or higher, along with a capital adequacy requirement. The Maine Public Utilities Commission won a Special Achievement in GIS Award at the 2015 Esri International User Conference held recently in San Diego, Calif. is award acknowledges vision, leadership, hard work and inno- vative use of Esri's geographic infor- mation system technology. Eastern Maine Development Corp. in Bangor was ranked 12th in the nation for its eff orts in the U.S. Small Business Administration Community Advantage Loan Program. Gene McKeever of Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden was invited to be an offi cial "subject matter expert" of questions for the property and casu- alty insurance producer license exams given by the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Jackman Community Health Center in Jackman achieved Level III Recognition as a Patient-Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the highest level awarded for recognition. Verrill Dana attorneys Martha Gaythwaite and Karen Frink Wolf were named to the fourth edition of Benchmark Litigation's Top 250 Women in Litigation for the second consecu- tive year. Gaythwaite is chair of the Portland law fi rm's Litigation & Trial Group and Frink Wolf is chair of its Professional Liability Group. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust announced Hillary Carter, consumer lending support in Ellsworth, and Andrew Somes, branch relationship man- ager in Winter Harbor, received a Certifi cate of Completion from the Northern New England School of Banking. In addition, several employ- ees received Center for Financial Training and Education Alliance certifi cates and diplomas includ- ing: Susan Albee, customer service manager in Machias (Bank Teller, Advanced Bank Teller, Customer Service Associate and Universal Banker); Sarah Cormier, customer ser- vice specialist in Machias (Advanced Bank Teller, Customer Service Associate and Universal Banker); Shelley Gray, customer service man- ager in Milbridge (Bank Teller, Branch Management and Universal Banker); Teri Stover, core process- ing manager in Ellsworth, and Peter Swanberg, assistant vice president/ senior information management offi - cer in Ellsworth, received Supervisor Certifi cates; Lynn Huffman, customer service representative in Machias, and Dianne Thompson, customer ser- vice manager in Blue Hill, earned Universal Banker Certifi cates; and Samantha Smith, customer service representative in Machias, and Julie Mockler, customer service representa- tive in Topsham, earned Customer Service Associate Certifi cates. Fluid Imaging Technologies, labora- tory instrumentation manufacturer in Scarborough, announced Michael Cohrs, application engineer — aquatic markets, was named Sales Presentation Champion and received the Word Picture Contest Award from Dale Carnegie Training: Winning with Relationship Selling. Laongdao Suppasettawat of TAK Advisory LLC in Cape Elizabeth was accepted for membership in the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors. Karen Frink Wolf Martha Gaythwaite www.NonprofitMaine.org We help nonprofits help Maine. is employed by a Maine nonprofit Maine workers 7 1 in That's over 84,000 jobs in Maine AgentsOfChangeCon.com 9.25.15 Portland, ME + Online "...this conference was a game changer for me. It's an absolute must for anyone doing business online." -2014 Attendee Search, Social & Mobile Marketing Conference

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