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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 35 O C T O B E R 2 , 2 0 1 7 [ N E W H I R E S ] Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Kristy Goodson as senior vice president, trea- sury services man- ager based at Lake Sunapee Bank in Concord, N.H., and working with business customers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. CES Inc., a fi rm of engineers, environ- mental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, hired Justine Drake. Hydro International, a supplier of storm water and wastewa- ter management solutions in Portland, hired Mark Dennis as vice president of sales. Dennis was most recently vice president of sales and market- ing at Trinity Services Group, a food, commissary and technology service provider to the corrections industry. LDT Human Capital Solutions, a sis- ter company of Springborn Staffi ng in Portland, hired Diane Abramson as director of human resources consulting. Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters, a nonprofi t in Portland founded to raise private funds for Maine's new national monument, hired Andrew Bossie as executive director and Elaine Tselikis as communications and administrative coordinator. Bossie previously ran Maine Citizens for Clean Elections while Tselikis is prin- cipal at VisionTree Creative. The University of Maine School of Law in Portland hired Jennifer Crane as director of advance- ment. Crane previously worked in the offi ce of development and alumni relations at Bowdoin College. The MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor hired Sam Beck as an assistant professor of com- putational biology. Beck, who previously with the department of molecular biosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, will lead a research team focused on the study of progeria, or Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare genetic condition characterized by accelerated aging in children. U.S. Sen. Angus King hired Jeff Sobotko as press secretary and director of digi- tal media. Sevee & Maher Engineers Inc., a consulting fi rm in Cumberland, hired Kristy Bishop as a senior environmental engineer and project manager. Bishop previously was a project manager at Woodard & Curran in Portland. Gov. Paul R. LePage hired Steven McGrath to serve as the director of the Governor's Energy Offi ce. McGrath, a former CFO of Downeast Energy Corp., was most recently CEO of Greystone Advisors, a fi nancial and management advisory company, as well as a part-time CFO for a number of small businesses in Maine. First National Bank in Damariscotta hired Jessica Day as branch manager. Creative Offi ce Pavilion in Portland hired Kate Turner as an architecture and design account manager. Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation in Newry hired Alex Carr as direc- tor of philanthropy. Carr retired from the U.S. Navy in 2013 and previously served on the North Yarmouth Board of Selectmen. 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. Andrew Bossie Jessica Day Alex Carr Justine Drake Elaine Tselikis Kristy Bishop Sam Beck Jennifer Crane Kristy Goodson 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 org and click on org Make a Gift. Mainebiz invites you to network with the future. Early bird tickets are $40 and the price of a ticket includes 1 free drink! (Early bird discounted tickets end October 23) O'Maine Studios 54 Danforth Street, Portland November 9 5:00–7:00pm For more information and to register, visit mainebiz.biz/next FOLLOW US @MBEVENTS #MBNext17 JIM BRADY JARED, JOSHUA, JACOB AND CALEB BUCK JEN FULLMER JESSICA MASSE JOHN HAFFORD DANIEL KLEBAN DAVID KLEBAN JB TURNER BEN WAXMAN WHITNEY REYNOLDS

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