JAY — Officials for Verso Paper announce that Cherilee Budrick has accepted the position of mill communications manager at the Androscoggin Mill. In that position, she will be responsible for managing communications within the mill, in the local community and strategic communications with key constituent groups.

A graduate of Emerson College, she began her communications career in Boston, working in radio news. She has held a variety of television news positions, including general assignment reporter, news anchor and news bureau chief. Most recently, she served as the communications coordinator for Consumers For Affordable Health Care, an advocacy group based in Augusta.

Budrick lives in Auburn.