BOARD APPOINTMENTS Nick Battista, senior policy officer at the Island Institute, has been appointed chair of the ConnectMaine Authority’s board. ConnectMaine’s mission is to facilitate the universal availability of broadband to all Maine households and businesses. Establishing criteria defining areas with inadequate service, supporting investments in broadband, and administering funds are all duties of ConnectMaine. […]

NEW HIRES Ruth Martin has joined Katahdin Trust as vice president of retail services and branch manager. Martin will be responsible for retail lending, business development and the daily management of the Scarborough branch. Martin has over 25 years of banking experience, including time with Home Savings of America in Florida, and Bank of America […]

NEW HIRES Northern Light Mercy Hospital added certified nurse midwives Eileen Grillo, Jennifer Gilbert and Elsa Heros to its newest medical practice, Northern Light Mercy Midwives, formerly Back Cove Midwives. Grillo, who has several years experience in obstetrics and gynecology, helped bring the specialized pregnancy and childbirth care to Mercy Hospital’s birthplace center in 1992 […]

NEW HIRES The Laborers’ International Union of North America New England Region Organizing Fund has named Jason J. Shedlock as its regional organizer. Shedlock was previously executive director of the Maine State Building and Construction Trades Council and a special assistant to former Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling. Shedlock will use his experience with organizing, political […]

NEW HIRES Jamey Seely has been appointed general counsel and corporate secretary at Covetrus Inc., a Portland-based company that provides animal health technology and services. Prior to joining Covetrus, Seely, who has 20 years of legal and business experience in the energy, manufacturing and technology industries, served as president and general counsel of Integra, a […]

NEW HIRES   St. Mary’s Health System of Lewiston has named Jeffrey Hundman as its vice president of finance and chief financial officer, and Coleen Elias as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Community Clinical Services, a Lewiston-based provider of health, pediatrics, dental, psychiatry and counseling services. Prior to joining Covenant Health, Hundman […]

NEW HIRES St. Mary’s Health System of Lewiston has named Jeffrey Hundman as its vice president of finance and chief financial officer, and Coleen Elias as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Community Clinical Services, a Lewiston-based provider of health, pediatrics, dental, psychiatry and counseling services. Prior to joining Covenant Health, Hundman was […]

NEW HIRES Amplify Additive of Scarborough has hired Jeff Laniewski as vice president of operations, and Andre Clement as industrial designer for the orthopedic implant technology company. Laniewski, who has over 30 years of senior-level business operations experience, most recently taught entrepreneurship and business marketing classes to high school students in Arizona, where he was […]

HONORS Encompass Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Elissa Charbonneau of Freeport was recognized by Modern Healthcare magazine in its June 15 issue as one of this year’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives. The program acknowledges clinicians working in the healthcare industry who are deemed by their peers and an expert panel to be the most […]