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V I E W P O I N T S W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 3 A U G U S T 6 , 2 0 1 8 Featured @ Mainebiz.biz For a daily digest of Maine's top business news, sign up for the Mainebiz Daily Report at mainebiz.biz/enews Get Maine's business news daily at mainebiz.biz and on Twitter (@Mainebiz). Below is our top content for the weeks between July 16 and 30. 1. Former L.L.Bean senior VP picked to lead Maine Center Ventures 2. Closure of Maine Girls' Academy sparks interest in development options 3. Goodwill Northern New England selects CEO to succeed Roosevelt 4. Androscoggin Bank unveils leadership succession plan 5. 19 Maine airports to get $14M in FAA funding 6. Maine's 'designing women' chip away at architecture's glass ceiling 7. Front Street Shipyard to add up to 40 jobs as result of $667K federal grant 8. Verso stands to gain $42M in deal OK'd by Department of Commerce 9. Whole Oceans adds another C-level executive to its Bucksport aquafarm team 10. Ellsworth pursues new housing to meet demand fueled by Jackson Lab's expansion C OU R TES Y / U NI VER S I TY OF M AI NE S YS TEM 1 From the Editor T his year Mainebiz takes note of 10 years of hon- oring the Women to Watch. In addition to writing about this year's honorees, we have a commemorative issue with updates on 44 honorees from the past decade. We hear from time to time that the notion of singling out women executives is antiquated. But as the national #metoo discussion of the past year has shown, issues in the workplace persist. Differences in pay still exist. Representation in corner offices and board rooms is still a challenge. As Publisher Donna Brassard notes, when the idea for Women to Watch was developed, she and then- Editor Carol Coultas were looking through issues of Mainebiz and saying, "Where are the women?" Even though women have made great strides in business in the past decade, we remain commit- ted to the idea of honoring the women who are doing great things. is year's honorees have distinguished them- selves in different fields. We have a business owner, a college president, an HR lawyer and a nonprofit leader. Coverage starts on Page 16. Peter Van Allen pvanallen@mainebiz.biz I've read your editorial agonizing over the annual Forbes magazine ranking. Here's a thought. Why stop there? Hopefully, your readers will read what you've said, but why don't you or someone else do what is really necessary: write a strong letter to Forbes; give them the facts; and stay on it with them; hold a press conference. For God's sake, let's get out of just talking to one another about the problem. Use your clout. Pull it all together and convince some of the national organizations like Forbes that they are wrong. Yelling about it doesn't help and it's useless. anks for my vent. Jon R. Doyle Augusta To the Editor Be smart. BE SHUR. bernsteinshur.com When you need a JD with an MBA's approach. Women to Watch: 10 years of honoring female business leaders Even though women have made great strides in business in the past decade, we remain committed to the idea of honoring the women who are doing great things.

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