
<img src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/pph-icon.png" style="vertical-align:middle;"> <span></span> <span> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/login">Sign in</a> or <a href="https://myaccount.pressherald.com/order/?ref=paywall-stub">Subscribe</a> </span> <span class="expand-extra-messaging extra-closed">See Offers</span> <span class="close-slidedown"> <img src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/close-icon.png" style="vertical-align:middle;"> </span> <br><br><strong>Account Subscription: ACTIVE</strong><br>Questions about your account? Our customer service team can be reached at <a href="mailto:circulation@metln.org">circulation@metln.org</a> during business hours at <a href="tel:2077916000">(207) 791-6000</a>.<br>Hires, promotions and appointments at Portland Water District, Maine Sports Commission, Tate House Museum, New Ventures Maine and SailMaine, and a donation to Make-A-Wish from VIP Tires and Service.<br>You are able to gift <span class="subscriber-message-share-count">5</span> more articles this month.<br>Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. <a href="/article-gifting">Learn more</a>.<br>With a <span class="sitename">Press Herald</span> subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month.<br>It looks like you do not have any active subscriptions. To get one, <a class="subscriptions-link" href="">go to the subscriptions page</a>.<br>With a <span class="sitename">Press Herald</span> subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month.<br>Clements <i></i> <br>Bourque <i></i> <br><strong>Portland Water District</strong> promoted three members: <strong>Michelle Clements</strong> was promoted to director of communications and public relations; <strong>Ryan Bourque</strong> to water system manager; and <strong>Greg Pellerin</strong> to engineering and asset management services manager. Clements joined in 1997 as public relations manager and serves as editor of the New England Water Works Association’s technical publication, the Journal; Bourque joined in 2007 as a water system operator and advanced to utility specialist, distribution foreperson, and transmission and distribution supervisor; and Pellerin joined eight years ago as a project manager.<br>Pellerin <i></i> <br>Caron <i></i> <br><strong>Patrick Caron</strong> was hired as sports development director at the <strong>Maine Sports Commission.</strong> He launched the Move Free Run Club and is already on the nonprofit’s board of directors.<br><strong>Tate House Museum</strong> added four members to its board of directors: <strong>Kyle Kirby,</strong> an in-house litigator and manager at Unum in Portland; <strong>Jeff Winchenbach,</strong> a retired certified public accountant and a docent at the museum; <strong>Michael Epstein,</strong> a museum docent and retired pediatric cardiologist; and <strong>Holly Hurd-Forsyth,</strong> curator at the Fifth Maine Museum on Peaks Island.<br>Donovan <i></i> <br>Holt <i></i> <br><strong>Kim Donovan</strong> was hired at <strong>New Ventures Maine</strong> as a workforce specialist.<br><strong>John Holt</strong> was hired as junior program director at <strong>SailMaine.</strong> He grew up as a student at SailMaine and was captain of the Portland High School sailing team and spent time as a summer coach teaching Opti Learn to Sail.<br>VIP Tires and Service raised nearly $330,000 in 2024 for Make-A-Wish. From left, VIP Tires and Service President and CEO Tim Winkeler, Make-A-Wish Maine Director of Development Nichole Rutherford, Make-A-Wish President and CEO Brian Franks, VIP Tires Senior Manager of Human Resources Mary Daigle, Director of Marketing, Advertising and CRM Lynn Campbell, and Executive Chairman John Quirk. <span class="credit"> <i>Contributed / VIP Tires and Service</i></span> <br>Comments are not available on this story.<br><a href="/feedback-form/">Send questions/comments</a> to the editors.<br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxOZXI0RmZsazBYVFp2c0RodWo1M1ozZThxZnJ0WGNlNFJjdEktR1lscXNoT0R1OWFxSXUtR19fMi1ISkhBa1ZiSlNVbHMxMjlCX1ZfVUdtSzVia2JjZVhocERUY1lLVWh0QjB3RjRBN0RYR2NVVG9MS3RMR3Z2amkyTnRQS3Fsdk4xWGRZaDVienpuQQ?oc=5">source</a>