Class Notes

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

1995

Heidi (Vanorse) Neal, founder and co-owner of Loyal Biscuit Company, recentwly raised $12,000 through an annual holiday. roundup-your-purchase fundraiser, which was used to purchase 12,000 pounds of food to donate to eight animal shelters from Trenton to Augusta!

2004

Kimberly Colwell Snow ’04, M.B.A. ’04, owner of Ellsworth Jewelers, celebrated her business’s ten-year anniversary in February.

Benjamin Fairclough was hired as an account manager at WSC Sports in NY.

John Fullerton was named Director of Ambulatory Operations & Process Improvement for Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.

2005

Meredith (Arute) Ripley secured a position with athenahealth as its newest People Manager in Customer Success Management.

Jasmine (Carey) White became the new owner of Vintage & Vogue Consignment, LLC, based in Augusta, ME.

2006

Randy Clark M.B.A. ’06 was named President at Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield.

Eric French ’06, M.B.A. ’15 secured a new position with Eastern Maine Healthcare as its System Director of Financial Planning.

Joy Ireland ’06, M.B.A. ’08 secured a new position as an account executive with Cornerstone Insurance Agency.

2009

Andrew Dimmitt was promoted from account lead to account manager at Unified Parking Partners, LLC.

2010

Krista Specht was named Director of Sales – Digital Commerce at United Natural Foods, Inc.

2011

Casey (Trask) Collins was named the new Publishing Manager at Inspire Brands.

2012

Brandon Rolfe was hired as assistant groundskeeper for Portland Sea Dogs.

2013

Kayla (Giroux) Holt was hired as an information technology project manager with Robert Half.

Lynn (Chaisson) Morkeski ’13, M.B.A.

’13 was promoted to Senior Accountant at Sheridan Construction Corporation.

Lauren (Bickford) Wentworth M.B.A.

’13, was named Assistant Director of Alumni Relations at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH.

2014

Joseph Caraglia ’14, M.B.A. ’16 accepted a position within the Maine Department of Transportation as a technician with Project Development Bridges.

Joshua Clark was hired as Network Administrator with Technology Solutions of Maine.

John Little, Jr. was hired as a financial aid counselor at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute.

Marquis Mason-Pollard was named Men’s Head Basketball Coach here at Thomas College.

Scarlett (Stevens) ’14 and Shawn Ouellette ’13 recently welcomed Henry’s sibling. Their future Terrier was born on January 9, weighing in at 9 lbs., 7oz.

Ryan Perry ’14, M.B.A. ’15 accepted a position with The Shyft Group as their new order entry/processing support professional.

Danielle Welch ’14, M.S. ’20 was promoted to the position of Cybersecurity Team Lead at Tyler Technologies.

Heidi (Vanorse) Neal ’95 Meredith (Arute) Ripley ’05

Marquis Mason-Pollard ’14 Jessica (Bickford) ’18 and Jack Flynn ’18

Scarlett (Stevens) ’14 and Shawn Ouellette ’13 recently welcomed Henry’s sibling. Eliezer Vilanova ’17, M.B.A. ’18 Leah Kruse ’19, M.B.A. ’20

Alumni who work at Portland accounting firm Albin, Randall & Bennett, a proud sponsor of Greenlight Maine: Back row - Kyonna Tobin ’21, M.B.A. '22, Danielle Berard ’20, M.B.A. ’21, Holly (Mullen) Ferguson ’95, M.B.A. ’96, Dalton Myers ’15, M.B.A. ’16, Rachel Gillis ’17, M.S. ’20, ’21 Front row - Robin Cyr M.S. ’02, Cassidy Pinkham ’18, M.B.A. ’19

Alumni Class Notes

2015

Callie Flood ’15, M.B.A. ’16 was promoted to the Clubs Guest Experience Manager at The Seagate Hotel & Spa in Delray Beach, FL.

Jonte ’15, M.B.A. ’18 and Lyndsi (Merrill) Roussel ’16 recently got married!

Sarah (Peterson) Webster ’15, M.B.A.

’18 was hired by the State of Vermont as their newest Program Coordinator for Law Enforcement Grants and Traffic Records.

2016

Zackary Groat was promoted to assistant foreman at Bath Iron Works.

Katie McAlllister ’16, M.B.A. ’18 was named by The National Association of REALTORS® as one of the Top 30 Realtors under the age of 30 in the country! Katie is the first Maine women to ever win; was one of two honorees from all of New England; and was the only winner from the State of Maine in the last ten years!

Blaine Ward was named the new Employer Reporting Manager for the Maine Public Employees Retirement System.

Joshua Woodard ’16, M.B.A. ’17 was named Assistant Branch Rental Manager at Enterprise in Augusta, ME.

2017

Hollie (Kozlowski) recently married Jonathan Hildreth!

Steven Lawrence was hired as a data conversion engineer 1 with Vertafore, based in Houston, TX.

Alexis Merrifield was hired by Maine Behavioral Health as a behavioral health professional.

Crystal Peatfield secured a new position as primary therapist at The Process Recovery Center in Nashua, NH.

Jordyn Taylor ’17, M.B.A. ’18 was hired as an information technology specialist with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Eliezer Vilanova ’17, M.B.A. ’18 recently earned his DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) from Grand Canyon University.

2018

Jessica (Bickford) recently married Jack Flynn!

Evelyn Swan secured a new position with Rokk Solutions as account executive.

2019

Brendan Arsenault was named business development representative at SkillCat.

Leah Kruse ’19, M.B.A. ’20 was promoted to human resources and disability professional with Cianbro Corporation.

Masee Shahid was promoted to Branch Manager at Enterprise Truck Rental in Bangor, ME.

Reid ’19 and Kayla (Chapman) Wallingford ’20 got married this past October.

2020

Carina Iacozzi was promoted to HR generalist at American Training Inc and was also named Head Coach for the Winchester Girls Lacrosse League.

Baxter Levasseur was hired by Camden National Bank in Waterville as their Assistant Banking Center Manager.

Isaac Salisbury secured a full-time internship with the Portland Sea Dogs as ticket office associate.

Austen Schutte was named the new Title III Grant Specialist with Thomas College.

2021

Saige Allard was hired as a background investigator at Peraton.

Joshua Biondo secured a new position as project accountant with SWABACK in Scottsdale, AZ.

Ben Carter recently obtained his private pilot license, an instrument rating, and is now working as a professional commercial pilot. He is also pursuing his flight instructor license in his spare time.

Kyle Gleason ’21, M.B.A. ’22 secured a new position as an investor services representative with Stone Coast Financial Services in Portland, ME.

Caleb Gorey was hired as an insurance representative at MaineGeneral Health.

Duncan McDougal was hired by Bangor Savings Bank as a commercial credit analyst 1.

Harrison Mosher ’21, M.B.A. ’22 was promoted to the new dual role of office assistant and insurance representative at MaineGeneral Health.

Katrina Pratt was hired by the University of Southern Maine as their Recreation Coordinator.

2022

Ethan Barnett is working as a CIP Management Trainee this summer with FW Webb.

Jacob Bazinet was hired as a consultant for CGI.

Maeghan Bernard is working as an audit internship with Berry Dunn this summer.

Lindsey Desmarais was hired as a 5th grade teacher at Williams Elementary School.

Samuel Falla ’22, M.B.A. ’22 was hired as a benefits specialist for long-term disability at Unum.

Charlie Hippler secured a new position with Bangor Savings Bank in their highly selective Management Trainee program.

Hunter Hughes secured a position with Camden National Bank in Auburn as their newest retail bank trainee.

Jacob Lacroix was hired as a marketing specialist with N’ware Technologies.

Jarod Maher was hired as a software developer intern with Tyler Technologies in Yarmouth, ME.

Kyleigh Murchison, who is currently pursuing her Master’s in Social Work at Smith College, secured a field placement with Belchertown Public Schools.

Jacob Rainey secured a new position with Kennebec Savings Bank as information security engineer.

Tyler St. Pierre was awarded an internship with Tyler Technologies in Yarmouth, ME, with their Disaster Recovery Team.

Elisabeth Sanborn is working as a summer intern at Albin, Randall & Bennett.

Steele Young is working as a management trainee in the Leadership Development program at Copart in New Hampshire. n

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