Unum received one of six awards presented in the Association's Eastern States region, which includes 14 states from Maine to Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Maine businesses will work with groups in the Black, indigenous, and people-of-color communities to create networking and learning opportunities for current employees and future ones.
For six years, a group of Portland-area chief executives from companies like Hannaford and WEX have been informally meeting to share ideas and camaraderie. That help has become more important than ever during the pandemic, says the group's founder, Steve Smith of L.L.Bean.
The government software provider, which is based in Texas but employs nearly 1,000 people in Maine, said client operations have not been affected. But the company's website and external IT access remained shut down Friday morning.
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