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V O L . X X V N O. I JA N UA R Y 7 , 2 0 1 9 4 C O N T E N T S PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR James McCarthy SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Andrea Tetzlaff, Betsy VanderPloeg AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Kelly Ansley MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PRESIDENT Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder 19 on'19: Expect the unexpected in 2019 19 business leaders (and three government officials) weigh in on Maine's economy — and a year that could offer some surprises 10 2 0 1 9 E C O N O M I C O U T L O O K F O C U S For more information or to get involved contact: Jasmine Milbier, Executive Director (207) 854-3749 or JMilbier@mdausa.org As we head into a new year, the team at MDA of Maine would like to thank our top four sponsors of 2018: Thank you for #GivingStrength to our MDA Maine Families! CN Brown Company & Big Apple Convenient Stores Shaw's Supermarkets International Association of Fire Fighters Marden's Surplus & Salvage 11 Molly C. Reinfried; Chip Kelley; Jeff Lind 12 Kevin French; Amanda Rector 13 Patrick Scully 14 Peter Dufour; Matt Tracy 15 Amanda Rand; Sue Spann; Rick Wolf 16 Steve Lyons; Jim Damicis 18 Peter Horch; Kevin Lewis 19 Margo Walsh 20 Bryan Thompson; Nate Wildes; Christina Kane-Gibson 21 David Libby 22 JB Turner; Christine Cummings 11 11 11 12 12 13 14 15 15 15 16 16 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 22 22 14