NEW HIRES
Janelle LoSciuto has joined Rinck Advertising in Lewiston as a public relations manager. LoSciuto brings a dozen years of professional experience in communications, community relations, development and nonprofit leadership to Rinck, a marketing and advertising agency. Most recently, LoSciuto founded and led Vibrant Communication Strategies in Westbrook. Previously, she served as executive director at the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Freeport. She also has held positions with the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement and the Maine chapter of the March of Dimes. LoSciuto earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the University of Southern Maine and has a master’s degree in arts, entertainment and media management from Full Sail University.
Sam Grinnell has joined Allen Insurance and Financial as an account manager in the company’s business insurance division. Grinnell is a graduate of Colby-Sawyer College and before starting his insurance career at Allen, he worked as a carpenter, a home inspector and an aquatics director at the Penobscot Bay YMCA in Rockport. Grinnell will be based at Allen’s office on Elm Street in Camden. The firm has another Camden office, on Chestnut Street, as well as branches in Belfast, Rockland, Southwest Harbor and Waterville.
Ethan Kane has been hired as marketing manager at the Scott and Sunny Townsend Team of Keller Williams Realty in Portland. Kane has over a decade of sales and customer service experience, and brings expertise in media and marketing to his role.
PROMOTIONS
At Portland-based law firm Drummond Woodsum, Chris Stevenson has been named co-leader of the firm’s Business Services Practice Group. He shares that role with Michael High, who has served as the practice group leader for over 23 years. Stevenson is a tax attorney and former CPA, and focuses his practice on a range of federal and state tax compliance issues and other matters before taxing authorities. In addition, Doug Ginn has returned to the firm as a shareholder and member of the firm’s Business Services Practice Group. He previously served with Drummond Woodsum for over five years before leaving to work at Burns & Levinson, a Boston-based firm, as a general business and mergers and acquisition attorney.
Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution has made the following promotions across the various departments of the bank and its eight branches.
• John Mondor was promoted from vice president, marketing and communications manager to senior vice president, director of marketing and customer experience.
• Kenda Bouffard was promoted from assistant vice president, retail lending processing and closing manager to vice president, retail lending processing and closing manager.
• Lisa Bowdler was promoted from assistant vice president, business loans and project administrator to vice president, business loans and project administrator.
• Mike Gauthier was promoted from assistant vice president, information technology manager to vice president, information technology manager.
• Andy Kany was promoted from loan officer to assistant vice president, loan officer.
• Julie LoPresti was promoted from assistant vice president, payment operations manager to vice president, payment operations manager.
• Jena Walton was promoted from assistant vice president, retail loan servicing supervisor/collection officer to vice president, retail loan servicing supervisor/collection officer.
• Cara Gobeil was promoted from officer, auditor to assistant vice president, auditor.
• Mikhaela Helm was promoted from officer, customer care assistant manager to assistant vice president, customer care assistant manager.
• Andrew Mockler was promoted from marketing officer to assistant vice president, marketing and communications manager.
• Kelci Parker was promoted from customer relationship officer to assistant branch manager, Scarborough.
• Jenn Corthell was promoted from senior retail loan servicer/escrow clerk to officer, senior retail loan servicer/escrow clerk.
• Jayke Scott was promoted from customer relationship associate to customer relationship officer.
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