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V O L . X X I I N O. X X V O C T O B E R 3 1 , 2 0 1 6 38 [ N E W H I R E S ] EMHS in Brewer hired Charlie Therrien as president of Mercy Hospital in Portland, Gregory LaFrancois as president of TAMC in Presque Isle and a senior vice president of EMHS and Anthony Filer as senior vice president and CFO. errien, who has more than 35 years of health care experience, was previously president at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth; LaFrancois, a 28-year health care veteran, was president and CEO of Saint Aloisius Medical Center in Harvey, N.D.; and Filer was CFO at Presence Health in Chicago. Franklin Community Health Network in Farmington hired Miriam Leonard as COO. Leonard, who has worked as a health care leader over a career spanning more than 20 years, was vice president, value improvement at MaineHealth. Berman & Simmons, a law fi rm in Lewiston, hired Esther Yoo. She was previously with Pierce Atwood LLP in Portland and will represent plain- tiff s in personal injury cases. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Justin Clark as a surgeon at Franklin Health Surgery and Richard Batstone as an urologist and surgeon at Franklin Health Urology. Previously, Clark pro- vided general surgery at MaineGeneral Medical Center while Batstone was in private practice in Farmington. The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce hired Katie McAllister as marketing and membership coordinator. Starboard Leadership Consulting in Bangor hired Laura Mitchell, Melissa Donnelly and Scott Schnapp as consulting partners. Mitchell was an independent consultant, Donnelly was a research analyst at e Council on Financial Competition in Washington, D.C., and Schnapp was executive director of the Maine Association of Nonprofi ts. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Josephine Iannelli as execu- tive vice president, CFO and trea- surer of Bar Harbor Bankshares and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust and its subsidiary Bar Harbor Trust Services. Iannelli most recently served as senior executive vice president, CFO and treasurer of Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Pittsfi eld, Mass. Bernstein Shur, a law fi rm in Portland, hired Alex Kemp as director of marketing and business development. Previously, Kemp was co-founder and chief marketing offi cer of Harke Strategic LLC, a corporate security and executive protection services fi rm. Frannie Peabody Center, an HIV/AIDS organization in Portland, hired Donna Galluzzo as executive director. Galluzzo was executive director at Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland. Diversifi ed Communications, an inter- national media company based in Portland, hired Meg Stout as a marketing technologist and Lorin Coffl er as a corpo- rate development administrator. Stout was previously with Renewable NRG Systems, Burlington, Vt., while Coffl er was with Desmaris, Ewing & Johnston PLLC in Manchester, N.H. EMMC Orthopedic Surgical Specialists in Bangor hired Carmen Crofoot and David Newman as surgeons. Both doctors provide hip and knee surgery as well as general orthopedic services. Harriman, a design and engineering fi rm in Auburn, hired Lisa Sawin and Stephen Fraser as architects, Jennifer Siciliano as senior urban planner, Samuel Forgue as civil engineer, Pranjali Rai as urban designer, Mary Zambello as a designer in the Interior Design Studio and Benjamin Hackett as mechani- cal designer. Spurwink Services, a nonprofi t in Portland that provides behavioral health and educational services for children, adults and families, hired 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. Benjamin Hackett Lisa Sawin Stephen Fraser Josephine Iannelli Mary Zambello PRESEN T ING SP ONSORS To make a Donation to the Next List Alumni Scholarship Fund through the Maine Community Foundation, visit mainecf.org and click on mainecf.org and click on mainecf.org Make a Gift. Mainebiz invites you to network with the future. Tickets are $40 and the price of ticket includes 1 free drink! The Woodlands Club 39 Woods Road, Falmouth November 3 5:00–7:00pm For more information and to register, visit mainebiz.biz/next FOLLOW US @MBEVENTS #MBNext16 ELAINE ABBOTT TOM ADAMS BRIAN CORCORAN MELIK PETER KHOURY DREW LYMAN CHARLOTTE MACE JAMES MCKENNA EMILY SMITH LUCAS ST. CLAIR SEAN SULLIVAN

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