Maine Small Business Coalition names new director
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Selecca Bulgar-Medina is the new director of the Maine Small Business Coalition.
The Augusta-based Maine Small Business Coalition has named a former University of Chicago Law School policy fellow as its new director.
Selecca Bulgar-Medina comes from the school's IJ Clinic on Entrepreneurship, which provides free legal assistance support and advocacy for low-income entrepreneurs in Chicago. The clinic currently is helping local small businesses through the pandemic via a website connecting consumers with businesses providing essential products, and resources about how to navigate the legal and financial challenges of the crisis.
Bulgar-Medina was a fellow at the center for two years through March 2021, according to her LinkedIn profile.
At the Maine Small Business Coalition, she succeeds Adam Zuckerman, who served in that role for more than two years and is now a lobbyist for the Maine's People Alliance.
"My major priority for this year is to amplify the voices of the Mainers who make up our state’s small business community," Bulgar-Medina told Mainebiz on Monday. "As state lawmakers are shaping policies to help Maine rebound economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, it's vital that small business owners are a part of that conversation."
She added that her job at the Maine Small Business Coalition "is to help those business owners advance progressive policies that benefit them, and the communities they serve."
In last week's announcement, the Maine Small Business Coalition said Bulgar-Medina will bring many of those skills to her new position, supporting small businesses across to the state and working to ensure their voices are heard in Augusta.
“I am passionate about working with and on behalf of everyday people, especially when my efforts can help level the uneven playing field between small businesses and big corporations," she said. "I look forward to representing the interests of Maine’s small business owners."
Bulgar-Medina has extensive lobbying experience at the state level in Massachusetts, where she worked as a public policy specialist with the Locke Lorde Public Policy Group in Boston. Her areas of focus in that role include health care, food security and renewable energy.
She received her master’s degree in political science from Boston's Northeastern University in 2013. She graduated cum laude from Northeastern in 2007 with a degree in political science and sociology.
Established in 2007, the Maine Small Business Coalition is a membership organization of more than 4,000 Maine small businesses.
It champions policies that promote responsible economic development, environmental stewardship and investment in community, driven by the belief that good economic policy works both for small business owners and their customers.
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