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Recruitment, promotion, appointment
Katie’s Day promoted to communications director at Portland Applause. He was hired in 2019 as a production designer and was promoted in 2021 to marketing manager.
Jackie Curtis promoted to senior vice president, senior human resources officer at Norwegian Savings Bank. She started working at the bank in 2022 as vice president of human resources and received the President’s Award in 2023.
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That Maine Children’s Museum and Theatre added five new members to the board of directors: Keyla Alston-Griffin, founder of the Digital Philanthropy Collective; Cameron Peden, senior vice president of human resources development and resources at United Way of Southern Maine; Katie Porter and his wife an employment attorney at Pierce Atwood; Rose Splint, non-profit consultants; and Maya Williams, a prominent poet, author, and poet from Portland. The museum also formed a new executive board with Gail Ringel as president, Julie Ouellette as vice president, and member Udai Chopra, Rose Parsons, Julia Trujillo And Kristin Valdmanis.
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Brendan Prast, family physician and preventive physician at MaineHealth, was named president of the board of directors American Heart Association of Maine. Dave Abel, president and general manager of Channel 8 WMTW and PWXT-Maine’s CW Portland, was named chairman of the board. The new members of the board are: Kevin Deckelmann, partner at Dentons Law Firm; Aline Iskandar, an interventional cardiologist at Northern Light Mercy Hospital; Mindy Beyer, cardiovascular services program manager at MaineHealth; Thomas Lyons, vice president of operations at MaineHealth; Alison Nason, director of marketing and operations at Mainebiz; and Steve Woods and his mother President and CEO of TideSmart Global and Promerica Health.
Cameron Garrett employed as executive director at Northeastern Hearing and Speech. He most recently served as executive director of Islands Community Medical Services in Vinalhaven.
Cornelius
Lauren Cornelio employed in University Credit Union as a community engagement manager based in Scarborough. She graduated from the University of Southern Maine in 2024 with a master’s degree in organizational leadership.
Giving back
Norwegian Savings Bank donated $20,000 to University of Southern Maine Foundation to support the McGoldrick Center for Career and Student Success, a new center on the Portland campus.
Evergreen Credit Union is donating $50 for every goal scored by the Maine Mariners in the 2023-24 season through its Goals for Food initiative. The total amount of $6,450 was given to Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger in Maine, which provides contributions to organizations fighting food insecurity in the state. Pictured above, from left, are Jordan Place, director of global partnerships at Oak View Group; Jason Lindstrom, president and CEO of ECU; and Jen Burke, assistant vice president of communications and outreach at Maine Credit Unions. Contribution / Evergreen Credit Union
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