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V O L . X X I I N O. X X S E P T E M B E R 5 , 2 0 1 6 38 [ N E W H I R E S ] Lift 360, a nonprofit in Portland dedicated to strengthening lead- ers, organizations and communi- ties throughout New England, hired Jane Bechtel Lafleur as senior consultant. Lafleur was executive director of Friends of Midcoast Maine in Camden. Stantec, an engineering and archi- tecture firm in Scarborough, hired Jessica Strauss Hunt as project manager and environmental sci- entist. Hunt has 15 years of experi- ence in field data collection and analysis, water quality monitoring, environmental permitting, water- shed evaluations and stormwater management. RE/MAX Realty One in Kennebunk hired Michelle Allen as a sales agent. Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader in Auburn hired Melissa Greenwood. Sevee & Maher Engineers Inc. in Cumberland hired Jim Manzer as a civil engineer. Manzer has 16 years of experience in civil, transpor- tation, process and environmental engineering. The Ogunquit Playhouse hired Dan Breen as director of development. Breen has 30 years of fundrais- ing experience at educational and arts institutions, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Middlebury College. Day One, a South Portland agency preventing and treat- ing adolescent substance abuse, hired Sharon Martel as accountant. Martel has more than 20 years of account- ing experience in the nonprofit and legal services field. Bangor Savings Bank hired Frank Benedict as vice presi- dent and regional mortgage development manager in Cumberland and York counties. Benedict was most recently regional sales manager at TD Bank. Preti Flaherty, a law firm in Portland, hired attor- ney Kristin Collins. Collins will practice in the firm's Municipal Law Group in Augusta. Heart At Work Associates, a career counsel- ing and out- placement firm in Portland, hired Nancy Rankin and Mark Cook as career coaches with human resources, train- ing and outplacement experience. Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield hired Benjamin Crockett as instructor and coordinator for its Sustainable Agriculture program. Most recently, Crockett managed a 300-acre incubator farm in New York's Hudson Valley. The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor hired Martin Pera, a leading stem cell researcher with interests in neuro- science and regenerative medicine, as a professor. Pera is chair of stem cell sciences and head of Stem Cells Australia at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Nancy Marshall Communications in Augusta hired Liz LeClair as a graphic designer and account coordinator. MaineHealth in Portland hired Marcy Dunn as senior vice presi- dent and chief information officer. Dunn is currently senior vice president and chief information officer at Catholic Health Services of Long Island in Melville, N.Y. Brown, Holmes & Milliken Agency, an insurance agency in Ellsworth, hired Larry Freeman, a 35-year veteran of the insurance business. 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. Dan Breen Jane Bechtel Lafleur Martin Pera Michelle Allen Nancy Rankin Jessica Strauss Hunt Liz LeClair Mark Cook

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