The Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board includes the directors of the Maine Technology Institute and the state\u2019s Office of Innovation, plus thirty individuals appointed by the Governor to represent Maine\u2019s private, public, and nonprofit research institutions, businesses, higher education, and venture capital. As of March 2023, members are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scott Bloomberg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine<\/p>\n\n\n\n School of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deborah Bronk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n President\/Chief Executive Officer, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n Denise Bruesewitz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Colby College<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily Christy <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Consultant\/Advisor, Tiny Barrel Ventures<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n President\/Chief Executive Officer, Ecological Aquaculture Foundation and Professor of Biosciences & Aquaculture, Nord University, Norway<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick Cunningham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n President\/Chief Executive Officer, Blue Marble Geographics<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christopher Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Executive Director, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kate Dickerson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Executive Director, Maine Discovery Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n Habib Dagher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Executive Director, University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michael A. Duguay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Executive Director, Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation\/Vice President of Innovation, Thomas College<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Ferland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n President, Ocean Renewable Power Company<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Joan Ferrini-Mundy (Chair)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n President, University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, University of Maine System<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patricia Hand <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Senior Advisor to the President, MDI Biological Laboratory <\/p>\n\n\n\n Karen Houseknecht<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Associate Provost for Research and Professor of Pharmacology, University of New England<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amber Lambke <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Co-founder\/Chief Executive Officer, Maine Grains<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily B. Lane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n President, Blue Lobster Consulting LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n John M. Pavan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chief Executive Officer, Pavan Enterprises, LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joe Powers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Managing Director, Maine Venture Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kris Sahonchik<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Director, University of Southern Maine Research and Catherine Cutler Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n Topaz Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Founder, EN-NOBLE<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dianne Tilton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Executive Director, Downeast Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stephen Von Vogt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chief Executive Office, Maine Marine Composites<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brian Whitney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n President, Maine Technology Institute<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Appendix I: MIEAB Members The Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board includes the directors of the Maine Technology Institute and the state\u2019s Office of Innovation, plus thirty individuals appointed by the Governor to represent Maine\u2019s private, public, and nonprofit research institutions, businesses, higher education, and venture capital. As of March 2023, members are: Scott Bloomberg Associate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2167,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-890","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"lausier","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/author\/lausier\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/890\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mieab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}