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V O L . X X I I N O. X X I I I O C T O B E R 3 , 2 0 1 6 40 [ N E W H I R E S ] Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader in Auburn hired Denise Gasbarrone in its Scarborough office. Gasbarrone was previously owner of Can I Help You. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Patricia Laney as assistant vice pres- ident, bank secrecy act analyst. The Maine Academy of Modern Music in Portland hired Andrew Hodgkins as drum instructor, Cody Phipps as instructor in its MAMM Machias outreach programs and Joyce Schmitt as grant writer. MaineGeneral Gastroenterology at the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta hired Fady Asslo and Joseph Charpentier. Both specialize in diagnosing and treating digestive and liver diseases. Asslo completed residency training in internal medicine at Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences in South Orange, N.J., and completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at Seton Hall University/New York Medical College at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., while Charpentier completed both his residency training in internal medicine and fellow- ship training in gastroenterology at the University of Massachusetts' Worcester campus. Maine Media Collective in Portland hired Andrea King as COO and associate publisher. King was pre- viously founder of Aristelle, a fine lingerie retailer. The Jackson Laboratory hired Jacqueline White to direct its Center for Biometric Analysis, now under construction on the institution's campus in Bar Harbor. White was principal scientific manager of the Mouse Genetics Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, England. Camden National Bank hired James Edwards as senior vice president and treasury manage- ment sales advisor and John Everett as senior vice presi- dent, commercial banking officer. Both will be based in the bank's Portland office. Edwards was previously with People's United Bank while Everett was with KeyBank. Maine Trailer Inc. in Hampden hired Annette McKenney as accounting manager and Joy Sinclair as marketing and customer relations director. McKenney previously served as billing supervisor at Gaftek while Sinclair was an associate at Cashman Communications and marketing lead for Relay For Life of Penobscot. Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, hired Jack Woodcock as an associate. Woodcock joins the firm's Litigation Practice Group. Previously, Woodcock was a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. The U.S. Small Business Administration hired Ed Carballo as a lender relations specialist in its Augusta District Office. Carballo most recently worked for the Department of Justice where he served in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport hired Jeffrey Rasmussen as an orthopaedic surgeon at Pen Bay Orthopaedics and Adda Winkes as a pediatrician at Pen Bay Pediatrics. Rasmussen was previously with New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, where he was an orthopaedics sports medi- cine fellow while Winkes was with TRICARE Prime Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, Va. People's United Bank in Portland hired Moya Elliot as senior vice president, senior wealth manage- ment officer. Tranzon LLC, a real estate auc- tion company in Portland, hired Scott King as president and CEO. King, formerly executive vice president of J.P. King, currently serves on the National Auctioneers Association board of directors and as an instructor in the Certified Auctioneers Institute. The John T. Gorman Foundation in Portland hired Jennifer Beck as a program associate. Previously, Beck was the founder of an independent consulting practice special- izing in evaluating strategies to support positive out- comes for vulnerable children, youth and families. Diversified Communications, an international media company in Portland, hired Lauren St. Clair as a mar- keting director, Victoria Ryder as a marketing coordi- nator and Denise Eastman as an accounting manager. St. Clair was previously with 360 Media Ventures in Portland, Ryder with Southern New Hampshire University in Portsmouth, N.H., and Eastman with Olympia Sports in Portland. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Camden National Bank promoted Scott Fernald to senior vice presi- dent, commercial banking officer for the Downeast region. Fernald was previously vice president, commercial loan officer. NAI The Dunham Group, a real estate firm in Portland, elected Justin Lamontagne as a partner. Lamontagne joined the firm in 2011 and has worked in commercial real estate since 2006. The NorthEast Family of Companies, a charter company in Lewiston, promoted Larry Allen to assistant general manager of all four of its divisions. Allen was dispatcher and operations manager. Sea Bags, a designer and manu- facturer of handmade items from recycled sails in Portland, promoted Melissa Kenison to public relations and social media manager, Sean Powers to sail trade manager, Page Young to operations and marketing specialist and Allison Killen to market- ing associate. Kenison was a marketing associate, Powers a sail-acquisition associate, Young was in operations at Sea Bags and Killen was in customer service and retail associate positions. Katahdin Trust Co. in Houlton promoted Natasha McCarthy to human resources director. McCarthy was previously human resources generalist. WMTW in Portland promoted David Charns to its weekday morning team. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Woodfords Family Services, a nonprofit in Westbrook serving people with intellectual and developmen- tal disabilities and their families, appointed Greta Averbach, Michael Bolanz, Nicole Burke, Zachary Longley, Jahnna Steindl and Kelly Worden to its board of trustees. Averbach is a psychotherapist, Bolanz a direct hire recruiter with Adecco USA, Burke the manager of clinical operations with VNA Home Health Hospice, Longley a financial planner with Northeast Planning Associates, Steindl is vice president of the Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce and Worden is associate vice president with Liaison International. Verrill Dana, a law firm in Portland, said that Thomas Newman, a partner and chair of the firm's Business and Commercial Litigation prac- tice group, was appointed as chair of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence by e Maine Supreme Judicial Court. e committee reviews and proposes amendments to the Maine Rules of Evidence, which ensure proceedings are administered fairly, without unjustifiable expenses and delays, and promotes the development of evi- dence law to support a just determination. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Skelton Taintor & Abbott, a law firm in Auburn, announced that eight of its attorneys were selected 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. Andrea King Jeffrey Rasmussen Fady Asslo Moya Elliot James Edwards Adda Winkes Jack Woodcock Joseph Charpentier Patricia Laney John Everett Larry Allen Scott Fernald Thomas Newman Natasha McCarthy

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