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Every January, Mainebiz looks at the coming year and asks a range of experts, “What can we expect?” This year, we asked an even larger group of leaders — CEOs, small business owners, nonprofit lead
Rick Wolf is an owner and partner with the B&B Team, specializing in lodging brokerage and consulting.
Despite a decline of over 5% from 2018 to 2019 in the number of Mainers obtaining health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, Community Health Options President and CEO Kevin Lewis says he is “cautiously optimistic” about the year ahead.
Molly C. Reinfried, a certified financial planner, has been at HM Payson for four and a half years and was recently named chair of the firm's wealth management group.
Insurance is by definition a calculated risk, so Jeff Lind, COO at Clark Insurance, hedges his bets when he predicts what the year may hold for the state's businesses.
Christina Kane-Gibson is the events and marketing director of the city of Caribou and a 2018 Mainebiz Next honoree.
James Herbert succeeded Danielle N. Ripich as president of University of New England in July 2017. He spent 15 years at Drexel University in Philadelphia, most recently as executive vice provost and dean of the graduate college.
Lewiston's M. Leonard International Inc. plans to step up hiring after adding a Danish clog brand it's distributing exclusively for Sanita Denmark A/S.
Peter Horch founded Horch Roofing, in Warren, in 2003. In recent years, it has been among Maine's fastest-growing companies.
Jim Damicis is a senior vice president at Camion Associates, an economic development firm with five offices, including one in Scarborough.
Patrick Scully, managing partner at Bernstein Shur, says “far more positive” conditions in the energy sector could help boost Maine's economy in 2019.
Amanda Rector, the Maine state economist, has been a regular part of the Mainebiz forecast issue.
Front Street Shipyard in Belfast has seen unprecedented growth in the past seven years.
As Amanda Rand embarks on her second year as president of Portland-based wealth management firm Spinnaker Trust, she sees headwinds that could put a damper on financial markets.
After taking the helm as CEO of Thompson-Hamel LLC in October, Bryan Thompson has big plans for the Presque Isle-based financial firm.
Chip Kelley took over last summer as Maine market president for KeyBank, which has 49 Maine offices and nearly $2.5 billion in deposits. He has broad experience in commercial banking in Maine, at Bank of America and, since 2005, at KeyBank.
Sue Spann has witnessed good times and bad since she and her husband, Don, opened RE/MAX Riverside Real Estate Co. in 2002. In 2014, she thought the Topsham business “had hit its top end,” with $125 million in sales.
Town & Country Federal Credit Union, Maine's largest credit union with 38,800 members as of Nov. 30, is poised for further growth this year.
Steve Lyons, director of the Maine Office of Tourism, predicts continued growth in visitor numbers, but perhaps at a slower rate.
Nate Wildes is executive director at Live and Work in Maine, a private-sector initiative to raise awareness about Maine as a career destination.
With the new year upon us, Mainebiz asked business and nonprofit leaders about their business resolutions for 2019, including hiring and growth plans. Here in no particular order is our roundup of new year's resolutions:
Going into 2019, there's been a lot of talk about the economy and where it's headed. With the stock market taking a rocky ride, forecasts of doom-and-gloom abound.
As a business owner focused exclusively on the career transitions of Maine professionals, I read with interest the Dec. 10 Mainebiz cover story, “What's Next for Maine's Labor Shortage?”
The very first issue of Mainebiz, in December 1994, featured a story about another company that launched in 1994, Shipyard Brewing Co. in Portland.
New hiresCasco Bay Wealth Advisors in Brunswick hired Katie Lewis as a client services manager. Lewis was previously manager of customer service at Hannaford.