NEW HIRES

• Rebecca Isaacs joined BerryDunn as a tax manager for its tax consulting and compliance group. Isaacs was previously employed by Gibbons & Kawash.

 

• Sharon Breytenbach joined Norway Savings Bank as a certified public accountant.

Breytenbach has more than 20 years of experience. She was previously with a large organization in California.

 

• Dan Bookham joined Allen Insurance and Financial’s business insurance department.

Bookham of Rockland was the executive director of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce since January 2009.

 

• James Marshall was hired by Connectivity Point Design and Installation as an audio-visual sales director.

Marshall has more than 30 years of experience in audio-visual systems design, engineering and installation. Most recently, he worked for Maine Video Systems of Portland.

• Danielle Hardre was named a response manager for the American Red Cross of Maine.

Hardre previously worked at Feeding America in Fort Myers, Fla. She has been a Red Cross volunteer, serving as a disaster action team member and shelter worker.

 

• Regina Farren was hired as office manager for Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc.

Farren of Portland had worked at FetchDog in Portland, where she was a catalog project manager and image asset manager.

PROMOTIONS

• Leslie Eaton was named senior vice president, corporate and government services manager for Camden National Bank.

Eaton began her career with Camden National in 2005 as manager of the bank’s call center staff.

• Matthew Kasper was promoted to director of sales for U.S. Cellular in New England.

Kasper leads all sales activities in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont for U.S. Cellular.

He has held various leadership positions at U.S. Cellular, most recently as director of sales in Indiana.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Baker Newman Noyes has again been named one of the nation’s top 200 accounting firms by Inside Public Accounting (IPA) for 2012. Baker Newman Noyes has earned the top 200 distinction each year since the rankings began in 2010.

 

• Norway Savings Bank was awarded LEED Certification.

Norway Savings achieved the certification for energy use, lighting, water and material use as well as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies.

 

• Goodall Hospital was named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by the Joint Commission.

Goodall Hospital was recognized “for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, pneumonia and surgical care.”

Goodall is one of 620 hospitals in the United States to earn the distinction.

It’s the second year in a row that it was recognized as a top performer.

 

• Clark Insurance has retained its Best Practices Agency status for 2012, according to the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America.

Clark Insurance has maintained its designation since 1995.

 

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

• Kevin Kayne joined the board of directors at the Kids First Center.

Kayne works remotely from Portland as the director of Creative Strategy for the Stamford, Conn.-based company Crius Energy.