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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 27 N OV E M B E R 1 3 , 2 0 1 7 [ N E W H I R E S ] Bangor Savings Bank hired Paul Tormey as vice president and senior treasury and payment services officer. Tormey was previously a trea- sury management officer at TD Bank. The Maine Heritage Policy Center in Portland hired Terry Brown as director of communications. Brown is a nation- ally published writer with 25 years of professional experience in corporate and political communications. MaineGeneral in Augusta hired Amanda McDonough as a provider at MaineGeneral OB/GYN, Stephanie Joyce as a surgeon at MaineGeneral Surgery and Elaine Balutis and Michael MacKechnie as surgeons at MaineGeneral Orthopaedics. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine in Portland hired Rebecca Wright as director of development. Wright was previously as director of development for Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine. Machias Savings Bank hired Timothy Goff as branch manager in Presque Isle, Matthew Jarrell as branch manager in Brewer and Rebecca Crane as mort- gage specialist in Rockland. Camden National Bank hired Melanie Wendell as vice president, mortgage loan officer and Kevin Boggs as mort- gage loan officer in its residential lending department. Wendell was vice president, mortgage loan officer at Gorham Savings Bank while Boggs was a senior mortgage loan officer at Hampton Bay Mortgage Co. Verrill Dana, a law firm in Portland, hired attorneys Hale Melnick and Alexander Porter as associates. Both Melnick and Porter previously served as summer associates at the firm. The Maine Department of Labor in Augusta hired Nina McLaughlin as director of pol- icy and legislative affairs. McLaughlin was previously communications director for the Maine GOP. Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston hired David Tupponce as executive vice president and president of Central Maine Medical Center, and Lynn Budlong as vice president of physician services. Tupponce was previously CEO of Paradise Valley Hospital, part of Tenet Healthcare's Abrazo Community Health Network, in Scottsdale, Ariz., while Budlong was most recently vice president, primary care and strategic business operations at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Mass. Diversified Communications, an inter- national media company in Portland, hired Alayna Hebert as a web developer and Steven Hughes as an IT operations manager. Hebert was previously with Concordia Partners while Hughes was with MEMIC. Bristol Seafood in Portland hired Dana Bartholomew as vice president of sales. Bartholomew was previously with Ipswich Shellfish Group and Slade Gorton & Co. Spectrum Healthcare Partners in South Portland hired Mark Chaput as execu- tive director of clinical services and Ken Qualman as senior director of hospital services. Chaput most recently served as vice president for the orthopaedic-mus- culoskeletal service line at Anne Arundel Health System in Annapolis, Md. while Qualman was CEO at Western Nephrology in Wheat Ridge, Colo. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Donald Dubois as hospitalist. Dubois has more than 30 years of patient care experience. The Manufacturers Association of Maine hired Michael Doyon as consulting services coordinator for its business services division. Doyon has more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing encompassing the automation, semi- conductor and metals technologies. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay hired Deborah Bronk as president and CEO. Bronk is cur- rently the Moses D. Nunnally distin- guished professor of marine sciences and department chair at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences. SIS Bank in Sanford hired Christopher MacDonnell as vice president, cash management and treasury services. MacDonnell was previously senior vice president, treasury management at Bank of New Hampshire. Gorham Savings Bank hired Diana Wheelock as vice president, director of human resources. Wheelock was most recently director of organizational development at Dead River Co. Murray Plumb & Murray, a law firm in Portland, hired Elizabeth Hunt as partner. Hunt most recently worked at McLane Middleton in New Hampshire. Rockport Granite hired Kathy Wagner as director of sales for its interiors department. Crescendo Consulting Group in Portland hired Katelyn Michaud as a commu- nications specialist. Michaud previ- ously worked on health informa- tion technology projects under the Maine State Innovation Model grant and helped develop communica- tions materials for behavioral health organizations. Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury property company in Portland, hired Susan Desgrosseilliers as a vice president in its Camden office. Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader in Auburn hired Tim Cyr as broker in its Scarborough office. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Camden National Bank promoted John Everett to director of commercial banking for the Southern Maine region. Everett, who has been with the bank since September 2016, has nearly 40 years of banking experience. The Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce promoted Jessie Perkins to execu- tive director. Perkins spent the last five years as the cham- ber's marketing and events manager. Consumers for Affordable Health Care promoted Julia Underwood to interim executive director. Underwood was previously associate director of the organization. Community Concepts Inc. in Lewiston promoted Glen Holmes to president of its subsidiary, Community Concepts Finance Corp. Holmes has been with the organization since 2012 and has more than 25 years of experience leading an array of for profit and not- for-profit organizations. Penobscot Community Health Care in Bangor promoted Megan Sanders to vice president of human resources and general counsel. Sanders was vice president of human resources and associate general counsel. SMRT Architects and Engineers in Portland elected Kenneth Costello as a principal of the firm. Costello leads the firm's site design group. Crescendo Consulting Group in Portland promoted Scott Good to principal and director of research and Nate Kupel to director of digital marketing. Both Good and Kupel were previously senior consultants. 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. Amanda McDonough Lynn Budlong Diana Wheelock Michael MacKechnie Kevin Boggs Paul Tormey David Tupponce Mark Chaput Elaine Balutis Melanie Wendell Ken Qualman Stephanie Joyce Glen Holmes Jessie Perkins John Everett Megan Sanders

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