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V O L . X X I I I N O. V M A R C H 6 , 2 0 1 7 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Town & Shore Associates, a luxury real estate firm in Portland, hired Joi Kressbach as a bro- ker and owner. Benchmark Residential & Investment Real Estate in Portland hired Courtney Parsons as executive assistant and Bonnie Tolzmann, Tony Holt, Danielle Smith Bruce, Derek Gordon, Teresa Medved, Ezra Provost, Connie Zhu and Heather Rice as realtors. Machias Savings Bank hired Karen Coffin as vice president and branch man- ager of its Middle Street location in Portland and Lucas Morris as vice presi- dent, credit business manager. WBRC Architects Engineers in Portland hired Tyler Johnson as an architect. Speaking Up for Us of Maine, a self-advo- cacy organization in Augusta for people living with intel- lectual and/or developmental disabili- ties, hired Kile Pelletier as employment associate. Pelletier will be working in partnership with Portland-based employment agency, Pro Search Inc. Gorrill Palmer, a land development, transportation and municipal engi- neering firm in South Portland, hired Lucas Anthony as land develop- ment project manager. Anthony was previously with Bowman Consulting and Kimley-Horn and Associates. Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury property company in Portland, hired Sheilah Lloyd as an assistant vice president. Payroll Management in Auburn hired Jean Domaingue as client services man- ager and a member of its executive management team. U.S. Cellular hired Gerry Wilson as business area sales manager for the New England region, including the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Wilson was most recently with IPCS Wireless. Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution hired David Jones as a network support specialist. Previously Jones was with e Tech Guys. Wright-Pierce, an engineering consult- ing firm in Portland serving public and private clients, hired Kathleen Gierok as a senior project manager in its Orlando, Fla., office. F.L.Putnam Investment Management Co. in Portland hired Abby Psyhogeos as senior vice president and private client advisor. Psyhogeos was pre- viously with Bainco International Investors, a registered investment advisor based in Boston. MaineGeneral Surgery in Augusta hired Judith Wood Cook as a vascular sur- geon and MaineGeneral Orthopaedics in Augusta hired John Bradford as a surgeon. Cook was previously at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa., while Bradford, who spe- cializes in total joint replacement, was previously with EMMC Orthopedic Surgical Specialists in Bangor. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Dianna White as Medaccess pre- scription assistance case manager. White has six years of experience assisting those in need of prescription support having previ- ously worked for the grant-funded Franklin Health Access Rx. Elder Planning Advisors of Maine Inc. in South Portland announced that Hugh O'Shea has affiliated with the firm as an associate advisor. Dawson, Smith, Purvis & Bassett PA, an accounting firm in Portland, hired Nicole Clement, Lauren Rousseau and Christine Heinemann. BerryDunn, an accounting and consulting firm in Portland, announced several new hires. In the firm's Audit and Accounting Group, Stephanie Chaca and Alexandra Hall were hired as accountants and Morgan Hilow as auditor. In the Government Consulting Group, Nicole Fellows, James Quentin, Joseph Shagoury and Matthew Tremblay were hired as consultants; Susan Gard-Smith as senior consultant; Louis Krupp as cyber security consultant; and Benjamin Smith as senior content editor. In addition, Kacie McNichol was hired as a tax specialist in the tax group and Emily Marquis as event marketing coordinator in the Marketing Group. e city of Lewiston hired Denis D'Auteuil as deputy administrator. D'Auteuil is currently assistant city manager and act- ing city administrator in Auburn. RE/MAX Shoreline in Portland hired Carol Ann Doucette. Doucette has consistently been a multi-million dollar producer and one of the top agents in the Lakes Region. Arthur Gary School of Real Estate in Westbrook hired Laurie Barrett as director of training and education. Barrett has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate, title and mortgage-related industries. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution announced several promotions. Allison Graham was promoted to branch admin- istration officer; Dennis Dalton to assis- tant vice president; Mary Jane Sawyer to assistant branch manager in Biddeford; Sarah Gonneville to assistant branch manager in South Portland; and Debbie Houle, Kathleen Williamson and Katrina Desjardins to customer relationship offi- cers. In addition, Beth Caron transferred to the compliance department, where she will work as a compliance specialist. Patrons Oxford Insurance Co. in Auburn promoted Rachel Bannister to assistant vice president of marketing. Unum, a disability insurance com- pany in Portland, promoted Matthew Monaghan to senior vice president of corporate and regu- latory and general counsel of the Closed Block segment of business. Monaghan was most recently head of the corporate and regulatory legal team. Shelly Shibles was promoted to regional vice presi- dent of quality and safety for Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway and Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. Shibles started at Stephens Memorial in 1999 in a clini- cal role before moving into administra- tion to manage quality and safety. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Telford Allen III was recently elected as a director of Machias Savings Bank, Machias Bancorp, MHC and its subsidiaries. Bruce Holmes was elected as secretary by the 15-member national Century 21 Commercial Advisory Board for 2017-18. Holmes, who has served on the board since 2006, is president of Century 21 Venture Ltd in Augusta. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Huston & Co., a firm in Kennebunkport that designs and builds custom furni- ture for library and academic institu- tions and corporate environments, received a gold award in LibraryWorks' third annual Modern Library Awards. 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. Abby Psyhogeos John Bradford Carol Ann Doucette Judith Wood Cook Dianna White Joi Kressbach Lucas Anthony Sheilah Lloyd Gerry Wilson Karen Coffin Lucas Morris Tyler Johnson Matthew Monaghan Shelly Shibles Telford Allen III

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