NEW HIRES Chris Chop has joined the Greater Portland Council of Governments as the agency’s transportation director. He will collaborate with cities, towns, transit agencies, and state and federal partners to improve multimodal transportation in the region and to allocate $26 million in annual funding for road, sidewalk, bikeway and public transportation projects. Chop was […]
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Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project announces recipients of the Justice Andrew M. Mead Fellowship
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS Bill Vickerson was recognized by Dale Carnegie & Associates for his 40 years of service as a certified Dale Carnegie Trainer. Vickerson, of Scarborough, has been a facilitator and trainer since the late 1970s. He is a partner at Irwin & Morris in Portland and has been a longtime community volunteer. AWARDS […]
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Gouwens hired as executive director of Ski Maine Association
NEW HIRES Ski Maine Association has hired Dirk Gouwens as the organization’s new executive director. Gouwens has served as eastern regional director of the US Ski Team and executive director of the New York Ski Racing Association for the past eight years. In those roles, he worked with several Maine ski areas hosting national and […]
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Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute adds two board members
NEW HIRES Catherine Johnston joined OTELCO as director of sales. Johnston brings 20 years of business technology leadership experience to OTELCO. She will oversee the daily operation of the sales organization in all OTELCO service areas in New England, Alabama and Missouri. Johnston was previously the direct sales manager for Spectrum. BOARD APPOINTMENTS The […]
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Sue Jones joins Psychology Specialists of Maine
APPOINTMENTS Skelton Taintor & Abbott shareholder Jim Pross has been elected to the Androscoggin Land Trust’s board of directors, on which he previously served from 2009-2018, including two years as president. The Androscoggin Land Trust is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting natural areas, landscapes and outdoor experiences in the Androscoggin River watershed […]
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Richards named executive director of the Maine Osteopathic Association
PROMOTIONS Amanda Richards was named executive director of the Maine Osteopathic Association. Richards joined the staff in 2016 as a membership and events coordinator and has served as director of operations since 2018. Albin, Randall & Bennett has promoted Laura Everett and Matthew Pore to principals of the firm. Everett joined the […]
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Bugbee promoted to USPS regional district manager
NEW HIRES Birchwood Interiors in Carrabassett Valley has named Brady-Anne Cushing as its new principal and general manager. Cushing began her career at Birchwood Interiors in 1996 as the company’s first full-time interior designer, then relocated to southern Maine to continue building her expertise in interior design. Cushing attended the Maine College of Art, studying […]
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Roy joins Sevee & Maher Engineers
NEW HIRES Sevee & Maher Engineers, a civil and environmental engineering consulting firm in Cumberland, has hired Michael Roy as senior civil engineer. Roy has over 20 years of professional experience in civil design, permitting, bidding, construction management and project management for private- and public-sector clients throughout the northeastern United States. Andrew Butcher joined the […]
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Johnson joins real estate group
NEW HIRES Rick Blanchard joined Alliance Realty in Westbrook as an associate broker. Blanchard has more than 21 years of experience in buying and selling real estate, specializing in single family residential, multifamily and new construction projects. He also spent 18 years working as a carpenter. Shay Johnson joined Locations Real Estate […]
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UNE announces new trustees and officers
BOARD APPOINTMENTS The University of New England Board of Trustees elected the following new officers. Dan McCormack, chief executive officer at Intermed of Portland, was named board chair. Regen Gallagher, D.O., chief medical officer at Cary Medical Center in Caribou, was named vice-chair. Gallagher is a 1995 graduate of the UNE […]