Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

CEDS Committee

• Scott Adkins – County Administrator, Hancock County, EMDC Board Member
• Sven Bartholomew – Senior Vice President, Camden National Bank, EMDC Board Member
• Edmond Bearor – Attorney, Rudman Winchell & EMDC Board Member
• John Belding – Director, University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center
• Martha Bentley – Director, Economic Development Coordination & Small Business Ombudsman, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
• Rob Brown – Director, Business Ownership Solutions Program, Cooperative Development Institute
• Rich Campbell – President, Campbell Environmental Group, EMDC Board Member
• David Cole – David Cole Consulting. Former Maine DOT Commissioner
• Denice Conary – Chief Financial Officer, Penquis
• Dr. Steven Cunningham – Professor of Management and Economics, Husson University, EMDC Board Member
• Kelly Cotiaux – Staff, U.S. Senator Susan Collins
• Dr. Andrew Crawley – Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Maine
• Sara Devlin – Director, Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation System
• Michael Donahue – President, Northern Light Beacon Health, EMDC Board Member
• David Dunning – Vice President of Marketing & Human Resources, S.W. Cole Engineering, Inc.
• Judith East – Executive Director, Land Use Planning Commission
• Michael Elliott – Manager of Finance & Business Development, Northern Light Beacon Health
• Tanya Emery – Director of Community and Economic Development, City of Bangor
• Wayne Erkkinen – County Commissioner, Piscataquis County, EMDC Board Member
• James Gillway – Town Manager, Town of Searsport, EMDC Board Member
• Molly Ginn – Center Director, Career Systems Development Corporation
• Jill Goldthwait – Government Relations, The Jackson Laboratory
• Jon Gulliver – Director of Investor & Community Relations, NMDC
• Susan Hammond – Executive Director, Four Directions Development Corporation, EMDC Board Member
• Jay Hardy – Economic Development Director, Town of Lincoln
• Barbara Hayslett – District Director, U.S. Congressman Jared Golden
• Lisa Larson – President, Eastern Maine Community College, EMDC Board Member
• Jeff Letourneau – Executive Director, Networkmaine
• D’arcy Main-Boyington – Director of Economic Development, City of Brewer
• Charlotte Mace – Director, Maine Office of Business Development, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
• Susan Mackey Andrews – Co-Facilitator, Maine Resilience Building Network
• Jessica Masse – Partner, Designlab
• Ann McAlhany – Business Advisor, Maine Small Business Development Center
• Susanne Miller – Director, Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Donna Moreland – Destination Development Specialist, Maine Office of Tourism, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
• Robert Nadeau – Community Programs Director, USDA Rural Development, Maine State Office
• Deb Neuman – President & CEO, Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce
• Carolann Ouellette – Director, Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
• Niles Parker – Executive Director, Maine Discovery Museum
• Ryan Pelletier – County Administrator, Aroostook County
• Jim Pineau – Senior Area Manager, U.S. Small Business Administration
• Jonathan Poole – Large Business Development Manager, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
• Janna Richards – Economic Development Director, City of Ellsworth
• EJ Roach – Director of Community and Economic Development, City of Old Town
• Richard Rotella – Community & Economic Development Director, Town of Bucksport
• Debora Rountree – Associate Academic Dean, Eastern Maine Community College
• Joanna Russell – Executive Director, Northeastern Workforce Development Board
• Amy Ryder – Economic Development Director, Town of Hampden
• Laura Sanborn – County Commissioner, Penobscot County, EMDC Board Member
• John Shea – Executive Director, Piscataquis County Economic Development Council
• William Shorey – County Commissioner, Waldo County
• Linda Silka – Senior Fellow, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
• Edie Smith – Political Consultant and State Director, U.S. Senator Angus King
• Aimee Thibodeau – Marketing & Business Development Manager, Bangor International Airport
• Beverly Uhlenhake – Broker, Epstein Commercial Real Estate
• Lucy Van Hook – Director of Community Development, Our Katahdin
• Tony Vail – General Manager, Cross Center Insurance
• Brian Wilson – Business and Cooperative Programs Director, USDA Rural Development, Maine State Office
• Carol Woodcock – State Office Representative, U.S. Senator Susan Collins
• Lawson Wulsin – Executive Director, A Climate to Thrive

CEDS Task Force

• Rich Campbell – President, Campbell Environmental Group
• David Cole – David Cole Consulting, Former Maine DOT Commissioner
• Dr. Steven Cunningham – Professor of Management and Economics, Husson University
• Sara Devlin – Director, Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation System
• Susan Hammond – Executive Director, Four Directions Development Corporation, EMDC Board Member
• Jay Hardy – Economic Development Director, Town of Lincoln
• D’arcy Main-Boyington – Director of Economic Development, City of Brewer
• Susan Mackey Andrews – Co-Facilitator, Maine Resilience Building Network
• Susanne Miller – Director, Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Carolann Ouellette – Director, Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
• Niles Parker – Executive Director, Maine Discovery Museum
• Jim Pineau – Senior Area Manager, U.S. Small Business Administration
• Richard Rotella – Community & Economic Development Director, Town of Bucksport
• Lucy Van Hook – Director of Community Development, Our Katahdin

Keynote Speakers

• Heather Johnson – Commissioner, Department of Economic and Community Development
• Hannah Pingree – Director, Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future
• The Honorable Angus S. King – U.S. Senator

Artist Contributions

• Samantha Bullard – Fine Artist, “A Year in Maine” 2019
• George Danby – Editorial Cartoonist, Bangor Daily News
• Patty Griffin – Grammy Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter, “Where I Come From” 2019
• Jeff Kirlin – Photographer, Thing of the Moment
• Kristin Harmon – Photographs contributed by EMDC

Interview Participants

• Rich Campbell – President, Campbell Environmental Group
• Tony Caruso – Airport Director, Bangor International Airport
• David Cole – David Cole Consulting, Former Maine DOT Commissioner
• Dr. Habib Dagher – Executive Director, Bath Iron Works Professor of Structural Engineering, University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center
• Claire Eaton – Director, Natural Resource Markets & Economic Development, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
• James Gillway – Town Manager, Town of Searsport, EMDC Board Member
• Carolann Ouellette – Director, Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
• Amanda Rector – State Economist, Department of Administrative and Financial Services
• Richard Rotella – Community & Economic Development Director, Town of Bucksport
• Lucas St. Clair – Board Member, Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters, Executive Director, Elliotsville Foundation, Inc.
• Aimee Thibodeau – Marketing & Business Development Manager, Bangor International Airport
• Emma Wendt – Community Development Officer – Climate Specialist, Island Institute