V O L . X X X N O. X V I I
A U G U S T 5 , 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
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Allison Spies
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALIST
Leah Allen
C O N T E N T S
Mainebiz profiles
six remarkable
leaders
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20 26 22
P H O T O S / T I M G R E E N WAY ; J I M N E U G E R ; F R E D F I E L D
12 Jo-an Lantz
President/CEO, Geiger
14 Kristina Cannon
President and CEO,
Main Street Skowhegan
18 Catherine Wygant Fossett
Executive director,
Institute for Family-Owned Business
20 Meredith Strang Burgess
President and CEO,
Burgess Advertising & Marketing
22 Penny Thompson
City manager, City of Caribou
26 Grace Mo-Phillips
Program director,
CEI Women's Business Center, Portland
Founder & managing director,
Belle Cove LLC
