Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board

Scott Bloomberg

Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine

School of Law

Deborah Bronk

President/Chief Executive Officer, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Denise Bruesewitz

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Colby College

Emily Christy

Consultant/Advisor, Tiny Barrel Ventures

Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce

President/Chief Executive Officer, Ecological Aquaculture Foundation and Professor of Biosciences & Aquaculture, Nord University, Norway

Patrick Cunningham

President/Chief Executive Officer, Blue Marble Geographics

Christopher Davis

Executive Director, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center

Kate Dickerson

Executive Director, Maine Discovery Museum

Habib Dagher

Executive Director, University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center

Michael A. Duguay

Executive Director, Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation/Vice President of Innovation, Thomas College

John Ferland

President, Ocean Renewable Power Company

Joan Ferrini-Mundy (Chair)

President, University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias

Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, University of Maine System

Patricia Hand

Senior Advisor to the President, MDI Biological Laboratory

Karen Houseknecht

Associate Provost for Research and Professor of Pharmacology, University of New England

Amber Lambke

Co-founder/Chief Executive Officer, Maine Grains

Emily B. Lane

President, Blue Lobster Consulting LLC

John M. Pavan

Chief Executive Officer, Pavan Enterprises, LLC

Joe Powers

Managing Director, Maine Venture Fund

Kris Sahonchik

Director, University of Southern Maine Research and Catherine Cutler Institute

Topaz Smith

Founder, EN-NOBLE

Dianne Tilton

Executive Director, Downeast Institute

Stephen Von Vogt

Chief Executive Office, Maine Marine Composites

Brian Whitney

President, Maine Technology Institute