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and received the Stevie Women in Business Award, among numerous
industry recognitions for iBec's work. Becky is also a founding partner of
ikno intranet, a social intranet software designed for companies between
50 and 500 employees. Recently, Becky is in the process of launching
a necklace and handbag line inspired by salt air, Wildwood Oyster Co.
David D. Stone is a successful serial technology entre-
preneur whose passion is to create and build innovative
companies at the center of emerging market shifts. In
2017, David launched Forager to accelerate the growth
of the local food movement and make fresh, healthy,
and local food more widely available for everyone.
Before Forager, David co-founded CashStar, a digital gifting company
that catalyzed the shift from plastic to digital gift cards and drove more
than $2 billion in digital prepaid value. CashStar was recently acquired
for $175M, generating an over 400% return for investors.
Sean Sullivan is the Executive Director of the Maine
Brewers' Guild, a nonprofit trade association repre-
senting Maine's beer brewers, a position he has held
since 2013. He was the co-founder of Buoy Local, a
'buy local' gift card company founded in 2012, which
was acquired by Bangor Savings Bank in 2016.
Eliah Thanhauser co-founded North Spore in June
2014 and has helped manage and grow the business
ever since. The head of operations at North Spore, Eliah
is in charge of maintaining the fruiting room humidity,
ventilation, cooling, and heating systems as well as
designing and managing any construction or mechani-
cal projects. North Spore recently won Gorham Savings Banks's 2018
LaunchPad competition and Season 3 of Greenlight Maine, making it
the only company to date to win both competitions.
