The Maine Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Summit is a statewide gathering focused on identifying the critical role that legal, business, and
policy professionals play in creating a context that
makes Maine the best place to start and grow a business.

Our Mission

The Summit brings together business, law, and policy leaders committed to advancing entrepreneurship and small business development in the state of Maine.

Who should attend?

EMILY CAIN

STEERING COMMITTEE
Partner, Copper Sky Consulting;
Founder and CEO, Cain Insights;
University of Maine System Board of Trustees
DON CARPENTER

FIRESTARTER
Executive Director, Rural Futures Fund
HELEN STERLING COBURN

STEERING COMMITTEE
Shareholder, Bernstein Shur
DAVID ENGLE

FIRESTARTER
Serial Entrepreneur; Investor
SETH GOODALL

PLANNING TEAM
CEO, Maine Center Ventures;
Executive Director, Maine Graduate and Professional Center
JASON HARKINS

PLANNING TEAM
Executive Dean, Maine Business School;
Dean, Graduate School of Business;
Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship
MICHAEL-COREY F. HINTON

STEERING COMMITTEE
Shareholder, Drummond Woodsum
ANDREW KAUFMAN

PLANNING TEAM
Professor of Practice, Maine Law;
Director, Business Transactional Law Certificate Program;
Director, Compliance Program
KATE LANMAN

FIRESTARTER
Attorney, Business & Tax Practice Group, Lanman Rayne Nelson Reade
OWEN MCCARTHY

STEERING COMMITTEE
President & Co-Founder, MedRhythms;
University of Maine System Board of Trustees
ANDREA CIANCHETTE MAKER

STEERING COMITTEE
President, FocusMaine
DAVID PLUMB

STEERING COMMITTEE
Director, Latin America Practice and Senior Mediator, Consensus Building Institute (CBI)
SARA RADEMAKER

FIRESTARTER
Founder & CEO, American Unagi
KATIE SHOREY

STEERING COMMITTEE
President & Chairwoman, Startup Maine;
Director of Engagement, Live and Work in Maine
LISA SOCKABASIN

FIRESTARTER
Co-CEO, Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness
JUSTIN STEELE

FIRESTARTER
Owner, Hostel of Maine
SEN. TREY STEWART

STEERING COMMITTEE
State Senator, Maine Senate
KRYSTAL WILLIAMS

STEERING COMMITTEE
Founder and Manager, Providencia Group