7th Fleet Sailor Lauren Chatmas was selected as Junior Public Affairs Officer of the year for 2020. Contributed / Navy Office of Community Outreach
Cape sailor is public affairs officer of the year
Lt. Lauren Chatmas of Cape Elizabeth, public affairs officer for Destroyer Squadron Seven, has received the Thompson-Ravitz Award for U.S. Navy’s Junior Public Affairs Officer for her contributions during 2020.
The Thompson-Ravitz Awards for Excellence promote professional expertise and recognize the most exceptional performance and excellence in public affairs throughout the Navy.
Chatmas was commissioned in 2011. Following two sea tours on USS Porter and USS Lassen, she was stationed at the Pentagon, where she laterally transferred to the Navy’s public affairs community.
New priest assigned to Maine Med
Vaillancourt
Fr. Robert C. Vaillancourt has been appointed hospital chaplain at Maine Medical Center in Portlandname. A Lewiston native, Vaillancourt graduated from St. Dominic Regional High School before earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Maine at Orono and a bachelor’s in theology from St. Paul University in Ottawa. His assignment will start July 30.
For a complete list of statewide priest assignments, see portlanddiocese.org/PriestAssignmentsApril2021.
Recognition
InterMed and Martin’s Point Healthcare, both based in Portland, are among the 63 physician groups in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut named to Harvard Pilgrim Network’s 19th annual Physician Group Honor Roll. The distinction highlights those groups that achieved exceptional results in their approach to disease prevention and the treatment of both adult and pediatric patients.
Hires, promotions, appointments
Ian Bannon will succeed Blainor McGough as executive director of Mayo Street Arts starting on May 1.
Bannon
“Ian comes to MSA with unique experience in nonprofit arts leadership, childhood education and as a performing artist and puppeteer,” Advancement & Communications Manager Vanessa Marcoux said in a prepared release. Bannon has worked at Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris and at Figures of Speech Theatre in Freeport. He has been involved with MSA as an event volunteer and performer, and as a part-time program manager since February.
Kiwanians make blankets for hospital
Scarborough Kiwanians met April 16 to make blankets to donate to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital through Project Linus. Clockwise from left Jackie Perry, Janet Kelewae, Sherry Forest, Ron Forest and, with back to camera, Annalee Rosenblatt. At the back table are Melanie Lee and John Grew. Contributed / Scarborough Kiwanis
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