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V O L . X X I V N O. V M A R C H 5 , 2 0 1 8 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Midcoast Federal Credit Union in Freeport hired Tena Wallace as vice president retail services in omaston. Wallace has 30 years of customer service experience within the financial industry. James W. Sewall Co., a natural resources, energy and infra- structure consulting firm in Old Town, hired Finn Bondeson as civil staff engi- neer in the firm's engineering group. Waynflete, a private school in Portland, hired Mary Jane Pagenstecher as director of performing arts. Pagenstecher, who will begin her role in August, currently serves as director of fine and perform- ing arts at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Md. Pine Tree Society, an organization in Bath serving Maine children and adults with disabilities, hired James Belanger as finance director. Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry, a law firm in Portland, hired Jeffrey Herbert, Mark Balfantz and Joseph Carleton Jr. as attorneys. Herbert is a member of the firm's real estate practice group, Balfantz is a mem- ber of the firm's government services and land use and planning practice groups and Carleton has practiced condominium and homeowner asso- ciation law for 30 years, representing major developers and large home- owner association clients. The Maine Real Estate Network in South Portland hired Barry Harder as a broker. Dawson, Smith, Purvis and Bassett, a CPA firm in Portland, hired Benjamin McCartney as a mem- ber of its business valuation team. McCartney was previously a member of Toyota North America's manage- ment development program. OTELCO, a wireline telecommunica- tions company in New Gloucester, hired Kendra Carter as marketing coordinator and Paul Archambault as a voice and data network engineer based in Portland. Carter worked most recently at WEX Inc. while Archambault was a senior product development architect for FairPoint. Hussey Seating in North Berwick hired David Holdsworth as a dealer sales manager for the Midwest market and Shane Milburn and Jeffrey Wilson as applica- tions engineers. Holdsworth was previ- ously with Wayne-Dalton a Division of Overhead Door Corp., Milburn was a mechanical engineer at Kleenline Corp. and Wilson was a senior design engi- neer for the Kurt J. Lesker Co. Malone Commercial Brokers in Portland hired Brandon Mitchell as an associate broker, Cheri Bonawitz as a commercial broker and Karen Rich as a broker. Mitchell joined the firm after several years in commercial real estate, Bonawitz is a Certified Commercial Investment Member and a member of the Maine Commercial Association of Realtors and National Association of Realtors and Rich specializes in all aspects of sales and leasing of retail, office and industrial properties. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. in Bangor, promoted Louise Tardie to benefits division manager at its Bangor office. Tardie was most recently an employee ben- efits account manager. CBRE|The Boulos Co., a real estate agency in Portland, pro- moted Catie Seavey to associate broker. Midcoast Federal Credit Union in Freeport promoted Liza Reno to vice president retail services, Bath and Edgecomb and Dana Orenstein to vice president business development and mortgage loan officer. Diversified Communications, an international media company in Portland, promoted Jonathan Bass to marketing manager. Bass most recently served as senior marketing coordinator. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington pro- moted Michael Worthley to lead pharmacy techni- cian. Worthley was previously a phar- macy technician. Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution promoted Brian Ballute to senior vice president, CFO and treasurer; Mark Jones to senior vice president, direc- tor of lending; Jeff Roberts to senior vice president, director of informa- tion technology; Jeff St. Laurent to vice president, retail lending manager; Mark Hodgdon to vice president, digital banking manager; Michael Jean to vice president, business loan officer II; Joe Reardon to assistant vice president, Westbrook branch manager; DeAnn Lewis to vice president, information security officer; Tammy Tracy to assistant vice president, business banking office manager; Travis Vacchiano to business banking officer; Ashley Parker to cus- tomer care officer; and Cara Chase to customer relationship associate. Dream Local Digital, an online market- ing agency in Rockland, promoted Sierra Hayes to senior project manager, Kasey Ahlquist to client strategy and brand manager and Kimberly Grindle to senior marketing strategist. Hayes was previously office coordinator and project manager while Ahlquist and Grindle were marketing strategists. Norway Savings Bank promoted Deb McPhail to senior vice president, deposit operations; Rob Harville to vice presi- dent, commercial lending; Kelly Sturmer to vice president, market manager; Tici Conant to assistant vice president, com- mercial administration; Janel Danforth to assistant vice president, retail strategies analyst; and Pam Gaudet to assistant vice president, commercial administration. Health Access Network, a com- munity health center in Lincoln, promoted Nicole Morrison to CEO. Morrison, who has 20 years of manage- ment experience in health care, had served as interim CEO since August. First National Bank and its parent com- pany, The First Bancorp in Damariscotta, promoted Monique Bearce to branch manager of both of the bank's Rockland locations and Angela Parent to assistant branch manager in Rockport. Bearce was previously assistant branch manager at the bank's Rockland Park Street loca- tion while Parent was branch supervisor. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] The Land & Garden Preserve in Seal Harbor elected Sam McGee as chair of its board of directors. McGee, who was elected in November and will transition to the chair role this spring, has been a board member at the Preserve since 2007. Milestone Recovery, an addiction recov- ery program in Portland, added Russ Donahue, Marc Foster and Kinna Thakarar to its board of directors. Donahue is senior consultant and principal at HDS Consulting, a marketing com- munications firm Freeport; Foster is an associate broker with Vitalius Real Estate Group; and akarar is an attending physician at InterMed, works at the Virology Treatment Center in Portland and is an assistant professor of medicine at Maine Medical Center/ Tufts University School of Medicine. 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. Jeffrey Herbert Cheri Bonawitz Karen Rich Finn Bondeson Shane Milburn Brandon Mitchell Jeffrey Wilson David Holdsworth Mark Balfantz Joseph Carleton Jr. Angela Parent Jonathan Bass Michael Worthley Monique Bearce Nicole Morrison Barry Harder Catie Seavey

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