John Rohman Elected to CNC Board
CAMDEN, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The board of directors of Camden National Corporation has announced that
John M. Rohman has been elected to serve as a member of the board of
directors, effective September 2, 2010. Rohman has served on the board
of directors of Camden National Bank, a subsidiary of the Company, since
2007 and will remain a member of that board. He replaces Ward I. Graffam
who has retired from the board after reaching the mandatory retirement
age for directors.
Commenting on the announcement, Rohman said, “Camden National Bank is
among the best mid-tier banks in the country, and it has been my
pleasure to serve on its board. I look forward to expanding my
contribution by representing other shareholders on the Board of Camden
National Corporation.”
“John is an asset to the Camden National family, and to the State of
Maine through his many civic leadership positions,” said Karen W.
Stanley, chair of the board of directors. She added, “It has been a
pleasure to work with John the past few years, and I look forward to his
continued guidance as a member of the Camden National Corporation board
of directors.”
Rohman is chairman of the board of WBRC Architects-Engineers in Bangor
after serving as its president and chief executive officer from 1990 to
2010. He received a BS in civil engineering from the University of Maine
at Orono in 1968, and a BS in business administration from Husson
College in 1977. After two years in the military with the 1st
Air Cav Division in Vietnam, he went to work as project engineer for
Eaton W. Tarbell and Associates, an architectural firm in Bangor with a
primary focus on commercial buildings. In 1973, he joined what is now
WBRC Architects-Engineers.
For many years, Rohman has had a strong interest and involvement in the
arts and education, having served as chair of the board of directors of
the Maine Crafts Association, on the board of directors of the Bangor
Symphony Orchestra, and on the of University of Maine Museum of art
advisory committee. Rohman is a trustee of Husson University, and is a
former chair of the University of Maine alumni association board of
directors. He is now active as the chairman of the Maine Arts Commission
as appointed by Governor John Baldacci. In 2004, Rohman was also elected
to serve on the board of the Maine Chamber of Commerce.
After serving as president of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce,
Rohman entered the political arena and started his first City Council
term in 1997 and served as Mayor of the city of Bangor in 2001. The
selection of Bangor as the three-year site of the National Folk Festival
was a very active item for both Rohman and his wife Lyndy, and that
continues for the American Folk Festival. Rohman served as chairman of
the Festival in its first two years. After the success of the Blaine
House Conference on Maine’s Creative Economy, Governor Baldacci
established the Creative Economy Council and appointed Rohman as the
chair.
“We are excited to have John join the board of Camden National
Corporation,” said Gregory A. Dufour, president and chief executive
officer of the Company. “John has a unique combination of business
experience and community involvement that is important to our
shareholders, customers, and communities.”
Camden National Corporation, recently ranked 12th in USBanker's
2010 list of top-performing mid-tier banks, is the holding company
employing more than 400 Maine residents for two financial services
companies including Camden National Bank along with its division Union
Trust, and the wealth management company, Acadia Trust, N.A.Camden
National Bank, named in 2009 as the Finance Authority of Maine’s
“Financial Institution of the Year,” is a full-service community bank
with a network of 38 banking offices serving coastal, western, central,
and eastern Maine. Acadia Trust offers investment management and
fiduciary services with offices in Portland, Bangor, and Ellsworth.
Located at Camden National Bank, Acadia Financial Consultants offers
full-service brokerage and insurance services.
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Source: Camden National Corporation
Contact:
Camden National Corporation
Chance Farago, 207-230-2120
Public
Relations Officer
cfarago@camdennational.com