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V O L . X X I V N O. X I M AY 2 8 , 2 0 1 8 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Cornerstone Financial Planning in Portland hired Brittany Landry as office manager. Landry was previ- ously with Robert Half, a specialized staffing firm in Portland. The Law firm of Rudman Winchell in Bangor hired attor- ney Chris Hatch. Hatch, formerly of Tate Bywater in Vienna, Va. was accepted into the Maine bar in April and joined the firm's municipal and real estate sec- tions with a concentration in timber- land and forest practices work. Cardente Real Estate in Portland hired Courtney Brown as graphic designer and marketing director. Diversified Communications, an inter- national media company in Portland, hired Phil Friedman as an application developer and Jane Davis as an account executive. Friedman was previously with Group Market Share LLC while Davis was with EnsembleIQ in Chicago. CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environ- mental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, hired Christopher Buckman as senior project geologist-geophysi- cist in its Lewiston office. Buckman has two decades of experience in his field. Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden hired Charles Luce as a group benefits account manager in the company's ben- efits division. Luce, who has his state of Maine Life, Accident & Health Producer's license, has decades of expe- rience in the industry. OTELCO, a wireline telecommunica- tions company in New Gloucester, hired David Chaplin as outside plant field technician working out of its Granby, Mass. office. Chaplin most recently he worked as an engineering project manager at UC Synergetic. Broadreach Public Relations, a strate- gic communications advisory firm in Portland, hired Emily Goldthwait as a public relations and social media asso- ciate. Goldthwait was previously an editorial intern with Occasions Media Group in St. Augustine, Fla. Landry/French Construction Co. in Scarborough hired John Burrell as project estimator. Burrell was previously with PC Construction. Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Augusta hired Debra Gibb as finance manager. Gibb previously served as director of accounting at Coastal Enterprises Inc. in Brunswick. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Reed & Reed Inc., a heavy civil contrac- tor in Woolwich specializing in bridge, marine, wind power and electrical infrastructure con- struction, promoted Arthur Cavanagh to president and COO. Cavanagh has been with the firm since in 2002 and most recently was respon- sible for all energy projects. Landry/French Construction Co. in Scarborough promoted Matt Gagnon to senior project manager and Ian McCracken to senior project estimator. U.S. Cellular promoted Kyle Burbine to retail store manager for the Bangor Mall and Bangor retail locations. Burbine most recently served as a sales manager in Bangor. Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston pro- moted Scott Sarapas to vice president, mortgage market leader, Rob Westhoven to lead commercial loan officer for the Lewiston/Auburn market, Zach Ovington to commercial loan officer 1, Denise Tabet to retail service manager and Torri Jones to retail operations manager. Broadreach Public Relations, a strate- gic communications advisory firm in Portland, promoted Emily Colt to senior client associate and Josiah Petrin to client manager. Illustration Institute in Portland pro- moted Ellen Mahoney to development director. Mahoney was previously project manager. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] OHI, an adult mental services organiza- tion in Hermon, elected Sarah Zmistowski and Michael Deschaine its board of directors. Zmistowski is senior coun- sel at Eaton Peabody while Deschaine is retired past president of Cross Insurance's employee benefits division. The Maine Community College System in Augusta added Southern Maine Community College student Nicki Fowlie as the student trustee on its board of trustees. Fowlie is a 2017 graduate of the college's fire science technology program and is currently enrolled in the college's paramedicine program. The Maine Department of Education announced that Fern Desjardins will serve on the Maine State Board of Education. Desjardins, a former superintendent of schools in MSAD 33 who has accepted appointments to work on the Construction Committee and the Maine Charter School Commission, will serve as a representative of Congressional District 2 on the board. The Maine Public Relations Council in Portland added Trevor Jones, Yury Nabokov, Leah Williams and Meg Handlin to its board of directors. Jones is vice president of marketing, sales and customer service at OTELCO; Nabokov is innovation and digital strategy manager at Machias Savings Bank and teaches social media marketing at Husson University; Williams is social media and marketing assistant at Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution; and Handlin is senior client manager/PR strategist at Broadreach Public Relations. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] The city of Portland's Age-Friendly Portland Steering Committee said it presented its first age-friendly busi- ness designation to The Merchant Co., a handmade arts, crafts and vintage store in Portland. e Maine Mariners, a professional hockey team in Portland, were the second. Thomas College in Waterville said Professor Frank Appunn provided a remote keynote address about project manage- ment to more than 500 project managers nationally and internationally for AT&T. e college also announced that three of its business students, Kaitlyn Rourke, Landon Wilbur and Amanda Landry, recently placed third in a national competition at the Society for the Advancement of Management International Conference held in Washington, D.C. Atlantic Federal Credit Union in Brunswick was named as one of the "Healthiest Credit Unions" in the coun- try by Deposit Accounts.com, a bank account comparison website. e credit union received an "A+" health rating, placing it among top 2% of all federally insured credit unions in the U.S. Maine Compact Campus recently recog- nized faculty members and students at the University of Maine at Augusta with its annual awards. Sharon McMahon Sawyer, assistant professor of justice studies, was selected as its "Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service-Learning Excellence," Aaminah Aleem received the "Heart and Soul Student Award" and the First Nations Student Circle was presented the "President's Campus Leadership Award." Geiger, a promotional products distrib- utor in Lewiston, selected Anna Pittman, Michael French and Patti Gallant as its first quarter "Star Winners." Pittman is product data team leader in the IT department, French is assistant web and marketing manager in corporate programs and Gallant is order expedit- ing specialist in total care. e firm also presented its "President's Awards" to Brian Mann and Kevin Boilard. Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program in Brunswick announced that Howard Bliss, a food pantry volunteer, was selected as the "Maine Governor's Service Award Volunteer of the Year" for 2018. The University of Maine at Augusta Nursing Program said it received an endorse- ment from the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corp. and can now provide graduates with an oppor- tunity to sit for the Holistic Nursing 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. Brittany Landry Chris Hatch David Chaplin John Burrell Christopher Buckman Charles Luce Arthur Cavanagh Kyle Burbine Ian McCracken Matt Gagnon

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