UMaine MBA/MSA Association Elects New Officers

Contact: Rich Grant, 581-1971; George Manlove, 581-3756

ORONO — The MBA/MSA Association of the Maine Business School at the University of Maine elected new officers in November for 2007.

All are students in the master of business administration or master of science in accounting program.

Bangor native Steve Parlee, who works as a distribution supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service center in Hampden, was elected president. Parlee earned undergraduate degrees from UMaine in 1994, in political science and sociology. He succeeds outgoing president Jaime Call-Laliberte of Bangor.

Peter Harriman of Stillwater was elected vice president of networking and social interaction. He received an undergraduate degree in political science from UMaine in 2002, and most recently worked for U.S. Cellular.

Steve Fortune was elected vice president of learning and professional development. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Fortune earned his undergraduate degree in electrical and computer engineering at UMaine in spring 2006.

Courtlandt McKinlay of Cheshire, Conn., was elected vice president of community involvement. She earned an undergraduate degree in communication from Boston University in 2005.

Before electing new officers, the association approved several changes in the organizational structure of the group, whose mission is described as “providing personal and professional exploration opportunities for business graduate students, via seminars, collaborative activities, meetings and social events.”

The original configuration, which included a president, vice president and secretary/treasurer, was changed to operate under a president, vice president of networking and social interaction, vice president of learning and professional development and vice president of community involvement.