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V O L . X X I N O. X X V N OV E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 5 30 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 Auburn, hired Lawrence Rinck as chief inspiration offi cer. Skelton Taintor & Abbott, a law fi rm in Auburn, hired Jordan Payne as an associate attorney practicing in the areas of employ- ment law, labor law, family law, commercial litigation and civil rights litigation. Maine Medical Center in Portland hired Michael Ferguson as a physician in the department of pediatrics, Kelley Conroy as a physician with Maine Medical Partners - Women's Health Maternal- Fetal Medicine and Genevieve London as a physician with Westbrook Pediatrics. Ferguson was most recently with e Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Conroy was at Tufts Medical Center and London was at Central Maine Medical Center. Katahdin Trust Co. in Houlton hired Benjamin McQuade as commercial ser- vices offi cer in Presque Isle. McQuade was previously with Norstate Federal Credit Union. Preti Flaherty, a law fi rm in Portland, hired Ethan Anderson to practice busi- ness law. Woodfords Family Services, a Westbrook nonprofi t serving people with intellec- tual and developmental disabilities and their families, hired Mark Eves as devel- opment offi cer and Benjamin Crocker as medical director, psychiatry services. Tidestone Solutions, an account- ing software and consulting fi rm in Portland, hired Patrick Murray as busi- ness development director. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Norton Financial Ser- vices in Cumberland Foreside promoted Britt McMahon to employee benefi t group marketing coordinator. McMahon was previously an account representative at Norton Insurance Agency. Eastern Maine Development Corp., a nonprofi t business and workforce development organization in Bangor, promoted Vicki Rusbult to director of re-engineering the region and plan- ning and Jeff Whalen to community aff airs manager. Maine Medical Center in Portland pro- moted Baird Mallory to surgical spe- cialty medical director and associate service line physician leader. Mallory was most recently division director of Maine Medical Partners – Pediatric Surgery. TD Bank promoted Christina Davis assis- tant vice president, store manager in Brunswick. Davis was a coaching eff ectiveness man- ager in the bank's phone channel. PeoplesChoice Credit Union in Saco promoted Amanda Whittier to residen- tial mortgage loan processor. Competitive Energy Services, a strategic energy advisory fi rm in Portland, promoted Andrew Price to president and COO, Zac Bloom to director of sustainability and renew- ables, Sarah Snyder to project coordi- nator and Linda Hyatt to procurement and client services manager. Price was senior vice president overseeing the analytical department, Bloom was a business development associate and account manager, Snyder was a pricing associate and Hyatt was pricing and products manager. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] MaineGeneral Health in Augusta elected David Flanagan and Matthew Tardiff to its board of directors. Flanagan was most recently president of the University of Southern Maine while Tardiff is the owner and controller of J.S. McCarthy Printers in Augusta. Woodfords Family Services, a Westbrook nonprofi t serving people with intel- lectual and developmental disabilities and their families, appointed Richard Begin and Phillip Potenziano to its board of trustees. Begin is director of development for Westbrook Housing and Potenziano is assistant superintendent Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ FACING ANOTHER YEAR OF HEALTH PREMIUM INCREASES? Wi t h a k e y n o t e f r o m N e w Yo r k Ti m e s' b e s t- s e l l i n g a u t h o r DAN HEATH Maine Medical Association Join employers, providers, payers and consumers from around the state on November 18th in Portland for Leading Change: How to Make the Switch From Volume to Value, and learn what you can do to help lower the cost and improve the quality of healthcare in Maine! Visit MEHMC.ORG/SYMPOSIUM Sign up by 9/30 to get a FREE copy of Switch! *CME, HRCI and Broker Continuing Education Credits Pending Each week, Tom Laurita takes advantage of our daily flights from Maine to Boston to make easy connections and arrive refreshed at his office in St. Louis. Where do you need to be? Start on a fast Cape Air flight and enjoy the ride. capeair.com 800-CAPE-AIR Fly from Hancock County-Bar Harbor, Knox County and Augusta State Airports. Enjoy the ride. Tom Laurita, CEO New Leaf Symbiotics Who knew I could commute from Rockland to St. Louis? " " Augusta Bar Harbor Rockland Boston Amanda Whittier David Flanagan Christina Davis Matthew Tardiff Jordan Payne Britt McMahon

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