Farmington – Suzy Gorr, a respiratory therapist at Franklin Memorial Hospital, recently earned the designation of certified pulmonary function technologist from the National Board for Respiratory Care. National credentials are recognized standards of professional excellence.

Gorr passed an exam designed to measure essential knowledge, skills and abilities required of a pulmonary (lung) function technologist. The examination consisted of 115 multiple-choice questions distributed among three major content areas: instrumentation/equipment, diagnostic procedures and data management.

Gorr resides in North New Portland and has been employed by Franklin Memorial Hospital for nine years.

Life Matters focus of Mechanic Falls company

MECHANIC FALLS – Marylin Newell has launched Life Matters, a company to help people be successful on and off the job.

Newell counsels individuals and groups around work/life balance and in other personal and professional areas. She is a certified coach and registered counselor, and holds a master’s degree in adult education from the University of Southern Maine.

Newell plans to offer professional and personal development seminars at the Life Matters classroom in Mechanic Falls where she will also provide individual counseling and coaching. Work-related seminar topics will include time management, negotiating, leadership, business development and communication skills. Personal development topics for seminars and private counseling and coaching sessions include divorce recovery, career coaching, parenting skills and weight management.

Additionally, she will facilitate the final segment of the four-day New England College Council Leadership Academy, leading participants through a Negotiating Style Inventory workshop in Stowe, Vt., on June 15.

For more information, contact Newell at (207) 345-3100.