NEW FACES

• Anne Mazer has joined Hurley Travel Experts as a corporate travel consultant.

Mazer, of Scarborough, has more than 30 years of experience as a travel consultant, supporting companies such as L.L. Bean, Hussey Seating and Cole Haan Footwear. She was previously with Hewins Travel/AAA Northern New England.

• Daniel M. Levesque, Brittani Fleury and Nikki Evans have joined Gawron Turgeon Architects, an architecture, interior design and landscape architecture firm in Scarborough.

Levesque was named building information modeling manager. Fleury is an interior design intern; and Evans is working as a receptionist and administrative assistant.

• Ethan Strimling and Philip Harriman have joined the news team at WCSH-TV (Channel 6) and WLBZ-TV (Channel 2) as political analysts.

Strimling is chief executive officer of LearningWorks, a nonprofit that offers learning opportunities for at-risk youth, local immigrants and low-income families. He previously served in the state Senate, representing Portland for three terms.

Harriman is a co-founder of Lebel & Harriman, LLP in Falmouth. He also served in the Maine Senate, representing Yarmouth, Freeport, Falmouth and Durham for four terms.

• Karen Michaud has joined People’s United Bank, Southern Maine as senior vice president of cash management in the Portland office. Michaud was previously with TD Bank and has more than 20 years of cash management experience.

• Jill Simpson has joined Alpha One as an access design specialist and architect. A licensed Maine architect, she previously worked for WBRC Architects Engineers in Bangor.

• Robert Jolicoeur became a Jackson Hewitt Tax Service franchisee by acquiring the Saco-Biddeford and Scarborough-South Portland territories.

Jolicoeur has more than 20 years experience in the industry. He is planning to open four locations this month, including an inline store in the Maine Mall and kiosks in the Biddeford and Scarborough Walmarts. The year-round office will be at 245 Route 1, Scarborough.

PROMOTIONS

• Kevin Flynn and Steve Burgess were promoted to senior property adjusters at Colonial Adjustment.

• John Fitts was promoted to vice president at Colonial Adjustment. He joined the firm in 1997 as a property adjuster and was later promoted to operations manager.

• Kenneth Eaton was named president of Teamsters Local 340. Eaton, who has been a Teamster for the past 35 years, was chosen to fill the unexpired term of James E. Carson, who died Dec. 8.

• Dale Gavin of Cape Elizabeth was elected to “of counsel” status at Thompson & Bowie.

Gavin joined the firm in 2003 and specializes in workers’ compensation defense. She previously practiced in the house counsel office of One Beacon Insurance Co., where she began her workers’ compensation practice in 1990.

AWARDS and RECOGNITION

• The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project recently recognized the following individuals and law firms:

Drummond Woodsum was named ILAP’s Pro Bono Firm of the Year. Last year, the firm tripled the number of attorneys representing ILAP clients seeking asylum in the United States, and donated hundreds of hours of attorney and paralegal time.

Robyn March, of the firm Lambert Coffin, was named the agency’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. March has volunteered with the organization since 2001.

James Wagner of Cape Elizabeth received the Mentor Attorney of the Year award.

Other awards went to Lisa Adams, JD, Legal Volunteer of the Year; Jill Welch, Clinic Volunteer of the Year; and Sister Patricia Pora, Community Volunteer of the Year.

• Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick was named to the 2010 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Hospital Honor Roll for the continuing success and commitment to its quality improvement initiatives. Mid Coast is one of seven hospitals in Maine selected for the honor roll and one of 40 in New England.

• Richard Lambert, code enforcement officer for Saco, was named Code Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Maine Building Officials and Inspectors Association. Lambert, of Biddeford, has been a member of the association since 1982. He has served as code enforcement officer in Saco for the past 25 years.

• Mystic Woodworks recently received the 2010 Pine Tree Award from the Maine Wood Products Association.

Mystic Woodworks, based in Warren, produces kitchen and home office items. The business is owned by Ray and Jamie Doubleday and has made woodenware for the past 20 years.

GENERAL

• Riikka Morrill, an associate with Verrill Dana, has joined the board of directors for the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Before attending law school, she served as ILAP’s supervising paralegal.

• Nancy Marshall Communications was selected by Church’s China, a British retailer of royal souvenirs, to market its line of Royal Wedding memorabilia. The agency, founded in 1991, will promote the products in the United States and Canada by working closely with the U.K. Gift Co., the Internet sales division of Church’s China.

• United Way of York County named the following individuals to its board of directors: David Hines, managing partner at HM Payson & Co., chair; Sue Hadiaris, vice president of community relations and development at Southern Maine Medical Center, vice president; Kathy Verrill, vice president of business services at Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, secretary; Paul Wainman, president of William Arthur, treasurer; and Linda Bishop, plant manager of Jagger Brothers, ethics officer.

• Peter E. Dunn Jr., a business consultant with Jordie Lee Co., has earned his Maine real estate license. Dunn works with owners of small- to mid-sized companies to position their businesses for potential sale. He also assists business owners in analyzing and identifying solid companies to purchase.

• Adrianne Fouts, a member of Verrill Dana’s litigation and trial and intellectual property and technology practice groups, was recently named to the board of directors of Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.