As of 2023, the organization has a core group of 10 businesses giving potentially life-changing jobs to adults with disabilities. With a shortage of skilled workers impacting all levels of industry, SAW is doing what it can to fill those gaps.
Simone Grimes named chief financial officer at Acadia Insurance
Simone Grimes
Simone Grimes has been appointed chief financial officer of Acadia Insurance in Westbrook. She succeeds Charlie Hamblen, who will retire later this year. Grimes has diverse senior leadership experience in the worlds of finance and insurance, previously working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, then as a regional vice president at a national insurance carrier and most recently serving as the deputy chief operating officer and senior strategy executive at the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Washington, DC.
Eric Rasmussen
Gawron Turgeon Architects, of Scarborough, has announced two new hires to its team.
Sea Bags, a designer and manufacturer of bags, totes and accessories made from recycled sail cloth, hired
Ashley Rochus as retail store manager in Portland.
Skowhegan Savings hired
Greg Legier as vice president and commercial lender in Portland. Legier most recently served as a regional vice president and commercial loan officer for Franklin Savings Bank in New Hampshire.
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, a law firm in Portland, hired
Andrew Helman as a partner in its restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy practice and distressed health care group. Helman, who is based in Portland and Boston, has experience with a variety of businesses, including those in the health care industry, to help them restructure and protect their assets.