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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 29 JA N UA R Y 2 5 , 2 0 1 6 of the firm's business, litigation and dispute resolution and technology, outsourcing and data security practice groups while Gerlach, a tax attorney by training, is a member of the firm's labor and employment and business law practice groups. Sea Bags, a designer and manufacturer of handmade items from recycled sails in Portland, promoted Laura Hnatow to vice president, marketing and e-commerce. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] The Portland Public Schools' Occupational Therapy Department said that Tracey Falla, district occupational therapist, was elected president of the Maine Occupational Therapy Association. The ACE Mentor Program of Maine in Portland named its new board of directors and officers for the 2015-2016 mentor session including: Chairman, Tyler Johnson, Harriman; Vice Chairman, Leigh Bartlett, Stantec; Secretary, Matt Carter, Carter Architectural Design LLC; Treasurer, Greg Edwards, Edwards, Faust & Smith; Southern Maine Leader, Jill Johanning, Access Design/Alpha One; and Fundraising Chairperson, Robbyn Reed, Burns & McDonnell. In addition, Richard Borrelli, WBRC Architects – Engineers; Jack Carr, Criterium Engineers; Matthew Cyr, Consigli; Bob Greene, CIANBRO Corp.; and Mike Pulaski, Thornton Tomasetti were named officers. Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarborough elected Edward McGeachey III, presi- dent of Southern Maine Health Care, as board chairman; Gayle Brazeau, profes- sor and dean, University of New England, College of Pharmacy, vice-chair; Kevin Montminy, director of audit and compli- ance, MaineHealth, treasurer; Maryanna Arsenault, health care consultant, secre- tary; and Miriam Leonard, vice president of value improvement, MaineHealth, past board chair. e organization also elected Laurence Gross, executive direc- tor, Southern Maine Agency on Aging; Heidi Hanson, principal, HN Hansen and Co.; Angela Orr, owner and director of good, All Pharmacy and independent distributor for Jeunesse Global; Adam Walker, funeral director and owner, Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Homes and Cremation Services; and Paul Wolf, presi- dent, Kennebunk Investment Service, to its board of directors while Kay Flannigan, Claire Brannigan, Walker and Orr were elected as Corporators. The Maine Association of Conservation Districts elected Bruce Talley president. Talley is a supervisor of the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] e World Economic Forum, an independent organization committed to improving the state of the world through public-private cooperation, selected Treehouse Institute in Portland to launch Maine's first ever Global Shapers Hub. As part of the launch, 20 influencers under the age of 30 were selected including: Muna Adan, stu- dent, University of Southern Maine; Maria Anderson, pastor, St. Ansgar Lutheran Church; Alyssa Bouthot, associate broker, The Swan Agency Sotheby's International Realty; Brittany Charette, creative assis- tant, The VIA Agency; Edwige Charlot, educator and entrepreneur, Creative Approach Co.; Nathan Davis, consultant, The Beacon Group; Sean Douglas, para- legal, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project; Chanel Lewis, student success advisor and adjunct faculty, Southern Maine Community College; Olivier Manirankunda, co-founder, Burundi 3.0; Meghan Frances McCormick, program manager, Maine Campus Compact; Katherine McDonald, administrator, Idexx Laboratories; Brandy Mills, senior coordinator, L.L.Bean; Emelda Ogweta, direct care worker, Spurwink Services; Elizabeth Quaglieri, COO, Maine Media Collective; Charlotte Redmann, digital media manager, Blaze Partners; Jana Richards, public health program coordinator, Opportunity Alliance; Thomas Tutor, energy advisor and solar design specialist, ReVision Energy; Tyler Sawyer, scientist/associate, Idexx Laboratories; Austin Sutherland, director, product and market devel- opment, Unum; and Andrew Zarro, outreach and development director, Growsmart Maine. Comfort Keepers, a Scarborough pro- vider of in-home support services for older adults in southern Maine, named Margaret Saunders and Jayne Bragdon its Caregivers of the Month for November and Chris Libby and Carol Holland its Caregivers of the Month for December. Woods End Laboratories in Mount Vernon announced that its Solvita Field Test Kit was nominated Top Product of the Year by Ag Professional, a magazine for the agricultural retail industry. e test kit allows farmers to measure soil health without the need for laboratory testing. 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