Several staff changes have taken place at the 3,000-member, Augusta-based Maine State Bar Association. Jacqueline Rogers has been promoted to the new position of assistant executive director, coordinating and supervising daily staff activities for the organization. Since joining the MSBA staff in 1984, Rogers has been instrumental in improving the association’s Lawyer Referral and Information Service to better serve lawyers and consumers. During the past five years, she has focused on developing the organization’s continuing legal education program to meet the needs of Maine lawyers.

Rogers’ former post as director of the education program has been filled by Linda Morin-Pasco, who has been the MSBA public services director for many years. In her new position, Morin-Pasco manages hundreds of statewide seminars held each year for Maine’s lawyers. Before joining the MSBA staff in 1993, she worked as an assistant to the executive director of the Maine Bar Foundation.

Kay Kalvati has been hired as the association’s new Lawyer Referral and Information Service director, overseeing a service that helps people find lawyers best able to resolve their legal problems. She previously worked for the Maine Department of Labor and the Maine State Housing Authority, where she administered the Community Development Block Grant Program.

Other recently hired MSBA staff members are Continuing Legal Education coordinator Mindy Coates, who previously worked as city clerk for the city of Gardiner; and CLE assistant Penny Hilton, who provides logistical coordination, marketing, and communications. Hilton is a former journalist, VISTA volunteer with the Maine Campus Compact, and coordinator of the Maine Volunteers for Justice project.