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V O L . X X X N O. X X I I I O C T O B E R 7 , 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 / SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST Alexis Wells CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Malcolm, Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson Kerry Rasor Betsy VanderPloeg EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen C O N T E N T S Clay Maker Congratulations to our Co-President for being recognized as a 2024 40 Under 40 Honoree 207.236.6390 | penobscotgc.com 12 Ekhlas Ahmed, 32: Founder and executive creative director, Chance To Advance 12 Alexandra Blake Basinet, 31: Founder and owner, Blake Orchard Juicery, Portland 12 Joann Bautista, 36: Deputy secretary of state, policy advisor, Maine Department of the Secretary of State 13 Taylor Benay, 30: Director of marketing, Hexmodal 14 Stephen Carr, 27: Owner, Stephen Carr Property Services 14 Justin Chenette, 33: Senior director of public relations and advancement, Sweetser 14 Michelle Conners, 39: Executive director, Kennebunk Free Library 15 Jack Davies, 29: Director of finance, MaineWorks 16 Matt Dexter, 30: Executive director, Christine B. Foundation 16 Ariadne Dimoula, 32: Founder and CEO, Paramount Planet Product 16 Matthew DuBois, 36: Co-owner, the Bankery and Skowhegan Fleuriste 17 Khadija El Barkaoui, 31: Founder, Coelle Travel 18 Zack Frechette, 37: President and CEO, United Insurance 18 Leah Graham, 34: Program director, Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative, Jackson Laboratory 19 Gabe Hoffman-Johnson, 32: Founder, chief community officer, Portland Hearts of Pine 20 Matthew Jones, 35: Owner/lead carpenter, Forest Street Carpentry 20 Colleen Kavanagh, 36: Founder and CEO, SoulBeing 20 Kay Kerina, 32: Program manager, Maine Career Exploration Program, principal consultant, Kerina Consulting LLC 21 Muhammad Humza Khan, 27: Founder and CEO, Inclusion Maine 22 Tom Kittredge, 36: Senior investment officer, Maine Technology Institute 22 David Klein, 35: Head of WEX Venture Capital, WEX Inc. 23 Kayla Lewis, 30: Owner, Upward Consulting 24 Alex Maffucci, 39: President, Atlantic Brewing Co., Bar Harbor 24 Clay Maker, 33: Co- president, Penobscot General Contractors 24 Samantha Mason, 25: Test planning supervisor, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works 25 Brandon McDonald, 34: Regional hub coordinator, Northern Maine Development Commission 26 Reed McLean, 28: Founder and co-director, Lights Out Gallery 26 Sandy Nesin, 36: CEO, Community Care Partnership of Maine; vice president of operations, St. Joseph Healthcare 26 Mackenzie H.T. Parsons, 37: Principal/financial planner, Cornerstone Financial Planning 27 Dan Reed, 33: Marketing and program manager, SCORE Maine 28 Lizzy Reinholt, 39: Senior vice president and COO, Peaks Renewables/ Summit Utilities 28 Mary Alice Scott, 36: Public affairs manager, Maine Association of Nonprofits 28 Daniel Sipe, 32: Founder, co- director, Lights Out Gallery 29 Jon Stein, 36: Owner- founder, Fogtown Brewing Co. 30 Hazel Stark, 35: Co- founder and CEO, Maine Outdoor School L3C; registered Maine guide 30 Lisa Sturgeon, 35: Founder, Getting Married in Maine LLC; instructor, Husson University College of Business 30 Jay Tansey, 39: Co-founder and board chair, Sad Dads Club Inc., and director of strategy and operations, IDEXX Veterinary Software 31 David Tse, 37: Co-founder and CEO, Chargely 32 Scott Vogel, 34: President and owner, the Front Porch Piano Bar and Restaurant, Crew Ogunquit and Coastal Alchemist 33 Karlë Woods, 28: Founder, co-director, Lights Out Gallery