As we get ready to ring in the new year, here’s a recap of Maine business and nonprofit leaders we honored in 2022, starting with our five Business Leaders of the Year award winners. All were profiled in the March 21 print edition and feted at a reception in Portland on April 6.
Amber Lambke, co-founder and CEO, Maine Grains
Julie Butcher Pezzino, executive director, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
Mark Swann, executive director, Preble Street
Nathan Szanton, president, Szanton Co.
2022 Mainebiz Women to Watch honorees
Each year since 2009, Mainebiz has honored a group of inspiring women business and nonprofit leaders. This year’s Women to Watch honorees, profiled in the Aug. 8 edition of Mainebiz and celebrated at a Sept. 15 event in Portland, are blazing trails in sectors from chocolate to higher education.
Kate McAleer, founder, owner and CEO, Bixby Chocolate
Renee Kelly, assistant vice president for innovation and economic development, University of Maine
Kristine Logan, executive director, Midcoast Regional Development Authority
Mufalo Chitam, executive director, Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
