PORTLAND – Three new directors were elected to the board of Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company on June 14.

Jolan Ippolito of Rumford Point, S. Catherine Longley of Brunswick and P.D. Merrill of Yarmouth were elected to three-year terms as policyholder members of the company’s board.

The board voted to elect Ward I. Graffam of Portland and Camden as chairman. Graffam ended his 30-year career with UNUM as president and managing director of UNUM European Holding Company in London, England.

Ippolito is vice president for risk management for American Skiing Co. She previously served on MEMIC’s board and was an incorporator of the company.

Longley is senior vice president for finance at Bowdoin College and a former commissioner of the Maine Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under Gov. Angus King.

Merrill is president of Merrill Transport Co. and Merrill Industries Inc. of Portland and is a well-known community and business leader in Greater Portland.

Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co., based in Portland, is the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer.