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V O L . X X X N O. V I M A R C H 1 8 , 2 0 2 4 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 DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen MANAGING EDITOR / DIGITAL OPERATIONS William Hall SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Alexis Wells CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster, Malcolm HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson Kerry Rasor Betsy VanderPloeg MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen OUR SERVICES: Construction Management General Contracting Design Build WORKING TOGETHER, WE'LL DO MORE. C O N T E N T S We profile 12 remarkable executives 12 Joan Ferrini-Mundy President, vice chancellor of research and innovation, University of Maine 14 Joshua Henry and Matthew O'Malia Co-founders of TimberHP 18 Aaron Anker Chief granola officer, Grandy Organics 20 Jonathan and Catherine Culley Redfern Properties 24 Melissa LaCasse CEO and co-founder of Tanbark Molded Fiber Products 26 Bill Seretta Executive director, Fork Food Lab 28 Muhidin Libah Co-founder and executive director, Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine 30 Drew Dumsch Founder, the Ecology School 34 Mary Lou Smith Finding Our Voices 36 Anne Heros Retired executive director, the Center for Grieving Children 12 14 18 26 24 20 28 30 34 36 P H O T O S / T I M G R E E N WAY A N D F R E D F I E L D

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