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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 23 M A R C H 7 , 2 0 1 6 [ N E W H I R E S ] USI Insurance Services in South Portland hired Kelley Owen as senior account manager in its employee benefits insurance division. Owen was with Unum in its Seattle office. The MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor hired Vicki Losick as an assistant profes- sor. Losick was with the Carnegie Institution for Science in Baltimore, Md. Diversified Communications, an interna- tional media company in Portland, hired Clifford White as an editor, Devin Temple as a marketing coordinator and Rebecca Schmitt as a conference manager. Norton Insurance Agency in Cumberland Foreside hired Pam St. Clair as an account executive and Conrad Birkett as commercial lines assistant. Previously, St. Clair was a commercial producer/ account manager and branch manager with the Varney Agency in Bangor while Birkett was with J.H. Birkett CPA PA in Brunswick. Spectrum Medical Group in South Portland hired Ann Robinson as chief legal counsel and director of govern- ment affairs. Robinson was most recently a partner at Preti Flaherty. A business and strat- egy consulting col- lective in Portland, known as pro-voke LLC, hired Brad Wise as partner and chief insights officer. Wise retired last year as president of Hannaford Supermarkets. Community Concepts, a nonprofit and community action agency in Lewiston, hired Richard Davis as director of infor- mation technology. Drummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, hired Reid Hayton-Hull as an attorney in the firm's real estate group and Julia Pitney as an attorney in the firm's bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors' rights and trial services groups. The Eastern Maine Community College Foundation in Bangor hired Jennifer Khavari as interim executive director. Gawron Turgeon Architects in Scarborough hired Emma Carmody as an interior designer. Carmody is a recent graduate of the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University. Chalmers Insurance Group in Bridgton hired Bob Logan as a commercial lines account executive. Logan was previ- ously co-owner of RG Johnson Ski & Sports in Bridgton. Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarborough hired Shannon Barnicle the house man- ager of Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Barnicle was formerly the clinical director of operations for Sentry at Home Comprehensive Home Care in York. Norton Financial Services in Cumberland Foreside hired Chris Byrne as IT manager. Byrne was founder and president of Cogent Information Systems/EZBackup.com. Lyman-Morse, a boat builder with oper- ations in omaston and Camden, hired John Morin to head its new bro- kerage office located at Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marine. Morin has been a certified professional yacht broker for more than 12 years. Community Partners Inc., a nonprofit in Biddeford that provides support to peo- ple with developmental and multiple disabilities, hired Jill Conover as director of development and public relations and Amybeth Hurst as executive assistant. Albin, Randall & Bennett, a CPA firm in Portland, hired Mary Polito as opera- tions director. Previously, Polito served as practice administrator of Maine Medical Partners - Maine Health Cardiology. Dawson, Smith, Purvis & Bassett, an accounting firm in Portland, hired Katherine Drake. Drake is a recent graduate of the University of Maine. Tidestone Solutions, an account- ing software and consulting firm in Portland, hired Jean Wormwood as technical consultant. Piper Shores, a nonprofit retire- ment community in Scarborough, hired Brian Kenney as facilities direc- tor. Kenney was previously with the Windham School Department. The University of Maine Alumni Association in Orono hired Jill Fiore as director of strategic engagement and Annie Cambridge as director of alumni programs. Fiore previously served as Husson University's direc- tor of marketing while Cambridge was the membership and convention sales manager for the Greater Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau. Broadreach Public Relations in Portland hired Emily Paul as a public relations special- ist. Paul was with Weber Shandwick in Chicago. Verrill Dana, a law firm in Portland, hired Kelly Donahue as an attorney in the firm's intel- lectual property group. Previously, Donahue was an associate at Locke Lord in Boston. WGTECH, an IT firm in Westbrook, hired Torry Eaton as senior human resources administrator, Ed Eshleman and Scott Deshaies as senior systems engineers, Corey Ramsey and Matt Beaudet as IT support engineers and Evan Goulet as IT support technician. WBRC Architects Engineers in Bangor hired Mauren Freire as an architect. Freire previously owned her own firm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mercy All About Women in Portland hired Erica Richards as a certified nurse midwife. Richards was with Women's Wellness Comprehensive Care. Hancock Lumber in Casco hired Paul Wainman as CFO. He has previous finance and management experience at Hallmark's William Arthur subsid- iary and Kleinfeld Paper. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Salem Advisory Group LLC, a registered investment advisory firm in Wells, promoted Larry Blake to health care specialist and MJ Crace to marketing director and office manager. Bristol Seafood in Portland promoted Peter Handy to president and CEO. Handy was previously vice president of business development. Albin, Randall & Bennett, a CPA firm in Portland, promoted Samantha Anderson, Ian Dumond and Amy Kronenthal to senior accountants and Karla Brannen to a tax manager. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Karen Boston, an attorney at Lipman & Katz in Augusta, was named to the board of the Kennebec Valley Chamber. Port Resources, a nonprofit in South Portland that supports people with developmental and behavioral health challenges, added Terry Valcourt and Kristen Pietroski to its board of directors. Valcourt is a trial assistant with the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office and Pietroski is a vice president of financial stress test- ing at TD Bank. HealthInfoNet, a nonprofit in Portland that uses information technology to improve patient care quality and safety, named Edward Kane, vice president, Maine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Dervilla McCann, chief of population health, Central Maine Health Care; Edward Trainer, retired public health administrator; and Marie Vienneau, president and CEO, Mayo Regional Hospital to its board of directors. e Board of Directors of Community Partners Inc., a nonprofit in Biddeford that provides support to people with developmental and multiple disabili- ties, added Gregory Bowers, execu- tive vice president and COO, Maine Behavioral Healthcare; Joe Picoraro, vice president, PC Construction Co.; and Craig Piper, SMRT Architects and Engineers, to its board. 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. Brian Kenney Conrad Birkett Kelly Donahue Richard Davis Emma Carmody Karen Boston Brad Wise Pam St. Clair Chris Byrne Vicki Losick Emily Paul

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