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V O L . X X X I N O. V I M A R C H 2 4 , 2 0 2 5 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 SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Kerry Rasor, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Michelle Phillips EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Malcolm, Zoey PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DEPUTY EDITOR Renee Cordes DIGITAL EDITOR Alexis Wells SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Tina Fischer 207.774.5998 headlightav.com Photo Credit: Edward Budway Courtesy of The Center for Grieving Children C O N T E N T S We profile 10 remarkable executives 8 Rob Tod Founder, Allagash Brewing Co. 12 Claudette Ndayininahaze Founder, In Her Presence 14 James Herbert President, University of New England 18 Kevin Bunker Founder, Developers Collaborative Laura Reading Director of affordable housing, Developers Collaborative 20 Jim Godbout Volunteer, My Place Teen Center 22 Deborah Bronk President and CEO, Bigelow Lab 24 Mike Haws President and CEO, Sappi Paper North America 26 Ben Davis Founder and CEO, EDURA 28 Olympia Snowe Retired U.S. Senator and founder of Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute, 2014 8 12 14 22 20 18 24 26 28 P H O T O S / T I M G R E E N WAY A N D C O U R T E S Y O F H O N O R E E S