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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 11 M AY 1 4 , 2 0 1 8 their first year of law school. At the moment, this opportunity is avail- able to students in UMPI's business program, but this is expected to be expanded to other programs soon. e collaboration fits into a broader goal to improve legal representation in rural communities led by Danielle Conway, dean of Maine Law. Dairy gets new life under Pineland Farms Bangor's once-dormant Grant's Dairy site, now under the owner- ship of Pineland Farms Dairy Co., will have dairy production for cheese and milk by July, the Bangor Daily News reported. Pineland already has 16 employees, primarily in admin- istration, and may hire up to 50 people after it finishes work on the refurbished facility, BDN reported. "e renovation and reopening of the Bangor facility is great news for the state and our [Dairy Farmers of America] family farms in this area, as it will help provide increased pro- cessing capacity as well as help create efficiencies in the local milk shed," Dairy Farmers of America Chief Operating Officer Brad Keating told the BDN. Pineland Farms Dairy is owned by the Libra Foundation in SP ONSORED BY S C H E D U L E 11:30 – 12:00 Registration, Networking, and lunch 12:00 – 12:55 Keynote address and Q&A 1:00 – 1:55 Workshop Session I (select one) 1. Other people's money: Fundraising, crowdsourcing, and finding equity capital to start or expand your business. 2. Partnerships, LLCs, and ESOPs, oh my: What's the best way to set up your company? 3. Mine. Mine. Mine: How to protect your ideas with patents and trademarks. 2:00 – 2:55 Workshop Session II (select one) 1. You can't do it yourself: Innovative ways to recruit and hiring rules to keep you out of trouble. 2. Show me the money: What investors and banks are looking for. 3. To market, to market: What you need to know about logistics, shipping and exports. 3:00 – 4:15 10 Best Ideas for entrepreneurs and new ventures A panel discussion with Maine CEOs who will share their experience of what works and what didn't work for them in their startup experience. 4:15 – 6:00 Networking reception DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Portland June 14 11:30am–6pm For more information and to register, visit www.mainebiz.biz/EIF New Ventures: Ideas and advice for entrepreneurs and startups FOLLOW US @MBEVENTS #MBEIF18 A NEW EXPANDED HALF-DAY WORKSHOP AND NETWORKING EVENT! Ja-Naé Duane Author of "The Start-Up Equation" K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R Androscoggin Bank beefs up its lending staff B y m a i n e b i z s t a f f A ndroscoggin Bank has brought on several key hires to oversee the bank's lending operations. The Lewiston-based bank, which has $955 million in assets and 15 offices, announced new hires and promotions in the areas of mortgage lending and commercial lending. Mary Miller joins the bank as director of mortgage lend- ing, based out of the bank's Lewiston operations center. She will oversee each step of the mortgage process from sales to underwriting and processing. She has more than 25 years of banking experience, most recently serving as chief residential lending officer at Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod. Gregory Dauphinee joins the team in Portland as vice president and senior mortgage loan officer. He has 17 years of experience with various lending products for secondary market and government lending. Amy Torrey, who will based out of the Scarborough busi- ness development center, joins the bank as assistant vice president and mortgage loan officer. She was most recently a mortgage loan officer for Carriage House Mortgage. "We are gaining momentum as an employer of choice. Our mortgage team recently sat down to examine what was needed to be the best mortgage lender in Maine, and we are confident that these new additions to our team share our commitment to excellence," says Androscoggin Bank President and CEO Paul Andersen. On the commercial lending side, Maureen Van Uden will be a senior vice president and lead commercial loan officer, supervising commercial lenders in Portland and Brunswick. She comes from TD Bank, where she was most recently senior relationship manager in commercial lending. She is also treasurer of the Scarborough Economic Development Corp. Alicia Miller joins the bank as vice president and direc- tor of client relationships and marketing, based in Lewiston. She has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, product development and client relationship management, most recently at WEX Inc., where she was senior product marketing manager. B I Z M O N E Y Mary Miller (left) is Androscoggin Bank's new director of mortgage lending and Alicia Miller is director of client relationships and marketing. P H O T O S / C O U R T E S Y O F A N D RO S C O G G I N B A N K

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