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V O L . X X I I N O. V I I I A P R I L 1 8 , 2 0 1 6 36 [ N E W H I R E S ] RE/MAX Shoreline, a real estate agency in Portland, hired Crystal Tropeano. Tropeano was previ- ously a real estate broker in Massachusetts. Mary Beth (Boland) Haut has been named president and chief execu- tive offi cer of Acadia Trust NA, the wealth manage- ment subsidiary of Camden National Corp. She will be based at Acadia Trust's Portland offi ces, located at 5 Milk St., and will lead all of its investment and trust services throughout Maine and New England. She was previously at Citizens Private Bank, the private banking division of Citizens Bank, where she served as senior vice president and market executive for Massachusetts. The Island Institute in Rockland hired Marydale Abernathy as vice president of media and commu- nications. Abernathy was most recently principal of Highermind Mediaworks. The Institute for Humane Education in Surry hired Barbara Fiore as director of its Solutionary Congress Program, a school-based initiative through which students learn about and solve real-world challenges. Fiore was previously an instructor and program director at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School in Camden. P&C Insurance in Westbrook hired Phillip Smith as commercial insurance execu- tive and Chrissy Rioux as account manager for commercial lines. Smith was previously an insurance agent with Northern Insurance Group of Portland while Rioux was with C.N. Brown. The Kids First Center, a nonprofi t agency in Portland that helps children and parents cope with the eff ects of separation and divorce, hired Nicolle Carbone as executive director. Carbone was previ- ously a manager at the Maine Judicial Branch. The city of Portland hired Jason Shedlock as special assistant to the mayor. Shedlock most recently served as the deputy director of emergency manage- ment and board of health for the Sagadahoc County Emergency Management Agency in Bath. C&L Aviation Group in Bangor hired Pat Lemieux as director of marketing. Lemieux has more than a decade of experience building brand awareness and audience development for both media companies and nonprofi ts. PDT Architects in Portland hired Matthew Pitzer as project manager for commercial and historic preser- vation projects. Pitzer was with the Knickerbocker Group in Portland. Franklin Health Women's Care and Franklin Memorial Hospital hired Jacques Belair as a board-certifi ed obstetrician and gynecologist. Belair was previously with OB Hospitalist Group at two California locations, in Mountain View and Salinas. The Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park hired Nicholas Fisichelli as forest ecology pro- gram director. Fisichelli was previously with the National Park Service Climate Change Response Program. Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. in Bangor, hired Abram Treadwell as account execu- tive for personal lines and Sean Doyle as account executive for commercial lines. Treadwell and Doyle will be based in the fi rm's Lewiston offi ce. 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. Chrissy Rioux Nicholas Fisichelli Marydale Abernathy Crystal Tropeano Phillip Smith Jason Shedlock Matthew Pitzer Your Banking Experience Begins with Architecture

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