biz buzz On the Move PHEBE WINTERS, DMD is
the newest addition to the staff of Penobscot Community Health Care’s Dental Center in Bangor. In addition to new patients, Winters will take on the patients of staff dentist Jeremy Jones, DMD, who left PCHC in December 2012. www.pchc.com
Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth. Houghton began his health care career as an Air Force corpsman serving at the military hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He previously worked as a medical-surgical CNA at the Ellsworth hospital. www.mainehospital.org
the University Credit Union’s Orono branch as the Campus Development Officer. In this role, she will be working on business development and outreach at the University of Maine. Kenney previously worked as the marketing director for OTT Communications. www.ucu.maine.edu
The Southwest Harbor Public library has promoted two library staff members. KATE PICKUP-MCMULLIN has been named assistant director and MARY ANNE MEAD has been named circulation manager. Pickup-McMullin has been working at the library as an assistant since 2003, and Mead formerly worked at West Tisbury Public Library in Massachusetts. Both women are former volunteers for the library. www.swhplibrary.org
DEBRA CAPILLI has been hired by Eastern Maine Development Corporation as a general accountant. Previously, Capilli worked for the Charlotte White Center in Bangor. www.emdc.org
VERENA A. STOLL has been promoted to the position of executive director at Parker Ridge, a senior living community in Blue Hill. Stoll joined Parker Ridge in March 2001, as director of marketing and advancement. www.parkerridge.com
MELIK PETER KHOURY has been appointed to the newly created position of senior vice president for external affairs for Unity College. He has previously held leadership positions at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, Paul Smith’s College in New York, and Culver Stockton College in Missouri. www.unity.edu
MATT ARCHAMBEAU is the new
AMY KENNEY has joined
CYNTHIA L. BERGIN has
been named branch manager for Camden National Bank’s Brewer location. Bergin has more than 15 years of banking experience, most recently serving as a small business relationship manager at Key Bank in Brewer. She lives in Bangor with her husband and two children. www.camdennational.com RICK HOUGHTON, RN is the new surgical services manager at Maine
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manager at the Verso paper mill in Bucksport. He was previously the manager of the Verso mill in Sartell, Minnesota, which is no longer in operation. Archambeau began his career with Verso at the Bucksport mill 20 years ago. www.versopaper.com MARIE E. HANSEN, JD has been chosen
to serve as the dean for the College of Business at Husson University. She most recently served the College of Business as associate dean, executive director of administration affairs, and as the director of the Schools of Legal Studies. www.husson.edu The President and CEO of Eastern Maine Development Corporation, MICHAEL AUBE, is the newest addition to the Penobscot Community Health Care board of directors. Aube has previously worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development
Administration, and as Maine’s commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development. www.pchc.com
Awards The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce recently presented awards to several area businesses at their annual dinner. The Non-Profit of the Year Award went to CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS OF EMHS, the Community Service Award went to HAMMOND STREET SENIOR CENTER, the Catherine Lebowitz Award for Public Service was given to RICHARD ROSEN, the Bion & Dorain Foster Entrepreneurship Award was given to GEAGHAN’S PUB AND CRAFT BREWERY, ANDREW HAMILTON won the Arthur A. Comstock Professional Service Award, WBRC ARCHITECTS-ENGINEERS was named the Business of the Year, and the Norbert X. Dowd Award was given to PETER VIGUE of Cianbro Corp. www.bangorregion.com Primary care physicians from MAINE COAST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL have been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for providing high quality care to patients who have cardiovascular disease or who have had a stroke. www.mainehospital.org DOUGLAS COLEMAN, Ph.D., a retired
Jackson Laboratory scientist whose work established the first clues to a genetic component in obesity, has won two major international science awards: the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine from the BBVA Foundation, based in Bilbao, Spain, and the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine from the Saudi Arabian King Faisal Foundation. www.jax.org ROBERT A. BEEKMAN, MD of Maine
Coast Pediatrics in Ellsworth was recently awarded the American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement Award for distinguished service and dedication to the mission and goals of the Academy. Beekman was cited for his many years of