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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 29 N OV E M B E R 1 6 , 2 0 1 5 [ N E W H I R E S ] Benchmark Real Estate in Portland hired Erik Carlson, Joshua Caron, Tom Caron, John Golden, Scott Huska, Eileen Levesque, Diane Maines, Emily Nichols and Christopher Pagli as real estate agents. e Portland Chapter of SCORE, a business resource and mentoring organization, hired Susan McPartlan as a certifi ed SCORE volunteer mentor. Bernstein Shur, a law fi rm in Portland, hired the Hon. Louis H. Kornreich as of counsel in the fi rm's business restructur- ing and insolvency practice group. Judge Kornreich was a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge of the District of Maine for 14 years. e fi rm also hired attorneys Kevin Decker, Conor Shankman and Ari Solotoff. Decker joined the fi rm's litigation and dispute resolution, energy, and munici- pal and governmental services practice groups; Shankman joined the litigation and dispute resolution practice group; and Solotoff joined the business and corporate governance practice groups. Eaton Peabody, a law fi rm in Bangor, hired Nathaniel Fenton as a real estate and trans- actional lawyer. Fenton will prac- tice from the fi rm's Ellsworth offi ce. VHB, an engineering and planning fi rm in South Portland, hired Meghan Houdlette as a trans- portation engineer. Houdlette previ- ously worked in the fi rm's Boston offi ce. The Baker Co. Inc., an air containment, contamination control and controlled environments solutions fi rm in Sanford, hired Kara Held as science director. Held was most recently lab manager and safety offi cer at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge, Mass. The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce hired Amy Rollins as mem- ber services director and Elizabeth Burrell as operations manager and volunteer coordinator. Rollins was previously marketing director for e First Bancorp while Burrell was with Samoset Resort. PORTopera hired Caroline Koelker as managing director. Koelker most recently served as event coordinator and development manager for Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, Mass. The Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership in Portland hired Derek Ahl as facilitator-trainer and executive coach. Pen Bay Healthcare and Waldo County Healthcare hired Joy Osterhout as regional director of community health and wellness. Osterhout was previously the healthy living resource center program leader at MaineGeneral Health in Augusta and the owner of Health & Education Communication Consultants in Berkeley, Calif., and Koloa, Hawaii. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in Rockland hired Jeff Charland as vice president/ regional relationship manager. Previously, Charland was with Athena Health as manager of credentialing services. Machias Savings Bank hired Nicole Pellenz as senior vice president of deposit rela- tionships and Nate Martell as senior vice president of risk management. 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. Nathaniel Fenton Elizabeth Burrell Nicole Pellenz Hon. Louis H. Kornreich Susan McPartlan Amy Rollins Nate Martell Jeff Charland Meghan Houdlette 1-800-564-0111 | eatonpeabody.com Augusta | Bangor | Brunswick | Ellsworth | Portland Business Law Commercial Finance Creditor and Debtor Rights Economic Development Employee Benefits Environmental & Land Use Estate Planning & Wealth Transfer Immigration Intellectual Property Labor & Employment Legislative & Government Relations Litigation / Dispute Resolution Municipal Law & Finance Natural Resources & Timberlands Real Estate Tax Aquaculture Artists & Cultural Organizations Automotive Banking & Financial Institutions Business Startups Commercial & Residental Developers Construction Education Energy Healthcare Hospitality Land Conservation Municipal, Quasimunicipal, & County Nonprofit & Charitable Organizations Professional Services Small Business Timberlands & Forest Products Utilities Practice Areas Industries Statewide Practice. Local Service.