Dinah Minot, Executive Director, Creative Portland By Rachel Hurn Last year, in response to COVID-19, Creative Portland executive director Dinah Minot established the Portland Artist Relief Fund, which has raised $95,000 in funding and has disbursed stipends of $500 to
Bri Dostie, Founder of Confluence Collective, Maine Guide, Illustrator + Writer By Rachel Hurn The mission of Bri Dostie’s social enterprise, Confluence Collective, is to create a space for fly-fishers who don’t match the traditional archetype: straight, white, male, able-bodied.
Drew Dumsch, Cofounder, President + CEO of the Ecology School By Rachel Hurn On Earth Day of this year the Ecology School, a nonprofit environmental education program for students of all ages, celebrated the completion of its new $14.1 million
Kristen Miale, President of Good Shepherd Food Bank By Rachel Hurn In a normal year, Kristen Miale, who has been at Good Shepherd Food Bank for over a decade, faces onerous challenges. The Food Bank’s charitable food network, originally built
Susan Collins, Senior United States Senator By Rachel Hurn Last year, knowing the catastrophic damage small businesses, nonprofits, and employees faced because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Susan Collins developed the idea of a forgivable loan program to help small
Janet Mills, Governor of Maine By Paul Koenig Governor Janet Mills has faced some criticism for the pandemic restrictions her administration implemented over the past year and a half, but numbers don’t lie. Despite having one of the oldest populations
Ingrid Stanchfield, CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley By Paul Koenig Besides a two-week stretch in March 2020, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley has remained open throughout the pandemic, providing critical childcare and remote
Abdulkerim Said, Executive Director of New Mainers Public Health Initiative By Rachel Hurn When Maine had its first incidence of COVID-19, Abdulkerim Said, executive director of New Mainers Public Health Initiative (NMPHI), organized immigrants, community leaders, faith leaders, health professionals,
Dr. Edison Liu, President and CEO of the Jackson Laboratory By Paul Koenig The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), a biomedical research institution in Bar Harbor, focuses on finding genomic solutions to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, diabetes, and more. Last year, with
Thomas Judge, Executive Director of LifeFlight of Maine By Rachel Hurn Thomas Judge, executive director of LifeFlight of Maine, says his proudest accomplishment from the past year has been the work of his team, which has been on the front
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