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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X X I I O C T O B E R 3 , 2 0 2 2 4 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 PUBLISHER Peter Stanton ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes, Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Alexis Wells CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret, Bridget Reed Morawski Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT MANAGER Kerry Rasor MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen C O N T E N T S Learn More Fiercely human consulting Purpose-led strategy, technology, and business transformation Let's build better tomorrows for Maine, together. Mainebiz's NextUp: 40 Under 40 award honors 40 young business leaders who are changing Maine's economy. 12 Michael Adams, 28: Attorney, Preti Flaherty 12 Randy Albert, 39: Vice president finance, operations vice president of analytics, Northern Light Health 12 Michelle Anderson, 34: President / CEO, Junior Achievement of Maine 13 Martin Beavers, 32: Owner / founder, Soul Food Paradise 14 John Boyan, 28: President, Sam's Italian Foods 14 Katie Brann, 28: Financial advisor, Golden Pond Wealth Management 14 Marpheen Chann, 31: Community impact manager, Good Shepherd Food Bank 15 Adam M. Desrosiers, 38: Vice president, electric operations, Central Maine Power Co. 16 Katie Doherty, 34: President and CEO, Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce 16 Allison Economy, 39: Attorney, Rudman Winchell 16 Amberlynn Esperanza, 31: Commercial lending development officer, Mascoma Bank 18 Ryan M. Fecteau, 30: Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives;state Representative for District 11 (Biddeford) 18 Daniel Finnemore, 34: President and CEO, Box of Maine, Brewer 18 Peter Handy, 36: President and CEO, Bristol Seafood 18 Katie Hill, 35: Vice president, bank operations manager, Katahdin Trust Co. 19 Michael-Corey F. Hinton, 35: Lawyer, Drummond Woodsum 20 Jake Holmes, 28: Financial literacy outreach coordinator, Maine Credit Union League 20 Jenny Kalanges, 36: Director of global membership, 1% for the Planet 22 Thomas Kennedy II, 30: Director of business development, Steel-Pro Inc. 22 Jason Kroot, 35: President, Renaissance Selections, co-founder, Starting Line Run Studio 22 Jenn Lever, 36: President, Baxter Brewing Co. 22 BJ McCollister, 32: President and founder, the Resurgam Group 24 Taylor McFarlane, 36: Associate broker, buyer's agent, McFarlane Field at Portside Real Estate Group 24 Derek McKenney, 31: Director of corporate engineering, Puritan Medical Products LLC 25 Becky McKinnell, 38: Founder and CEO, iBec Creative and Wildwood Oyster Co. 26 Nate Moody, 28: Retirement plan advisor, director of business development and marketing, Lebel & Harriman Retirement Advisors 27 Carolyn Nishon, 37: Executive director, Portland Symphony Orchestra 28 Janene Oleaga, 37: Founding attorney, Oleaga Law LLC 28 Erin Plummer, 39: Chief marketing officer, Hancock Lumber Co. 29 Sara Rademaker, 37: President, American Unagi 30 Rebecca Roche, 36: Chief advancement officer, Maine Maritime Museum 30 Sumit Sharma, 29: Co- founder, Rupee Beer 30 Van Sharma, 32: Co- founder, Rupee Beer 31 Abdikhadar Shire, 32: Founder and co-executive director, AK Health and Social Services 32 Josh Soley, 28: President, Maine Realty Advisors 32 Kristan Vermeulen, 32: Founder and host, "Makers of the USA" 34 Katie Weiler, 32: Founder and president, Viable Gear 34 Alexander White, 36: Senior vice president, head of leasing, Waterstone Properties 35 Nate Wildes, 32: Executive director, Live + Work in Maine, Founder, Flight Deck Brewing 36 Chris Wolfel, 32: Head of entrepreneurship and venture creation, Roux Institute at Northeastern University

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