For each of the past seven years, Mainebiz has scoured Maine's business community to profile that one chief executive as our Business Leader of the Year. This year we're doing something a bit different.

This year, Mainebiz chose three chief executives in three categories as our 2008 Business Leaders of the Year: Ford Reiche, president of Safe Handling in Auburn, as business leader of a large company (50 or more employees); Kent Peterson, CEO of Fluid Imaging Technologies in Yarmouth, as business leader of a small company (less than 50 employees), and Chip Morrison, president of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, as our business leader of a nonprofit.

Read their profiles on the Mainebiz website.