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V O L . X X V I I N O. X X I I O C T O B E R 4 , 2 0 2 1 4 PUBLISHER Peter Stanton EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Jessica Hall ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Andrea Tetzlaff SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT MANAGER Bonnie Dougherty MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Valerie Clark CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret, Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Timothy Doyle RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O / GROUP PUBLISHER Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T Tom Curtin C F O / C O O Mary Rogers DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder SP ONSORED BY A panel of six Maine CEOs will each share 10 ideas that other CEOs and business executives can learn from. Enjoy real insights, real fast, that can help business owners and other innovators become more successful. 60 IDEAS IN 60 MINUTES MEET THE PANEL Joan For tin Yellow Light Breen Liz Cotter-Schlax David Greene Devin McNeill Jenn Lever REGISTER TODAY AT MAINEBIZ.BIZ/CEO21 October 20 / 8:30–10:30am The Westin Por tland Harborview C O N T E N T S The Mainebiz Next List honors 7 business leaders who are changing Maine's economy. 2021 Next List: Read the profiles 16 Trevor Kenkel Founder and president / Springworks Farm 18 Sascha Deri Founder and CEO / bluShift Aerospace Inc. 20 Lisa Sockabasin Director of programs and external affairs / Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness 22 Mike Mwenedata Founder and CEO / Rwanda Bean Co. 26 Amy VanHaren Founder and CEO / Pumpspotting 28 Garvan Donegan Director of planning, innovation and economic development / Central Maine Growth Council 30 Luke Holden Founder and CEO / Luke's Lobster 16 18 20 28 26 22 30 P H O T O S / L I S A S O C K A B A S I N B Y F R E D F I E L D ; M I K E M W E N E DATA B Y J I M N E U G E R ; A L L O T H E R S B Y T I M G R E E N WAY

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