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Board of Directors PDF Print E-mail

CEI has a volunteer, 17-member elected Board of Directors from public and private sectors representing the community, business and low-income populations. The board helps establish policy and priorities for program development, oversees the fiduciary functions and major investment decisions of the organization, and serves as a resource for overall corporate development.

Executive & Finance Committee

Chair
Annee H. Tara, Private Consultant, Brunswick, ME 04011

Vice Chair
Susan Inches, Deputy Director, Maine State Planning Office, 184 State Street, 38 SHS, Augusta, ME 04333

Audit Committee Chair
Roger C. Levesque, Exec. Vice President, Lending, Gorham Savings Bank, 172 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine 04101

Investment Committee Chair
Geoffrey G. Gattis, Executive Vice President, Bath Savings Institution, 105 Front Street, Bath, ME 04530

Dwight G. Havey, Sr. Vice President/Sr. Loan Officer, Maine Bank & Trust, 467 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04104

Lee Webb, Senior Fellow, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Ctr., University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469

Members of the Board
David Bennell, Executive Director, FSC Global Fund, 81 Bridge Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096

Deborah M. Burd, Executive Director, Nat'l Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, POB 396, Pine Bush, NY 12566. Maine Office: 2 Fish Pier, Suite 206, Portland, ME 04101.

William A. Dehais, Bangor Savings Bank, Director--Underwriting, 280 Fore Street, Suite 200, Portland 04101 

Cynthia Mildred Duncan, Ph.D, Director, The Carsey Institute, UNH, Huddleston Hall, Main Street, Durham, NH 03824

Patricia Finnigan, Assistant City Manager, City of Portland, Portland, ME 04101

Robert H. Gardiner, President, Independence Wind LLC, Cumberland Foreside, ME 04110

Donna Loring, Penobscot Nation Legislative Rep.; Co-director, Multicultural Student Affairs, USM, ME 04106

Mark Millar, Division Director, Casey Family Services, 75 Washington Avenue, Portland, ME  04101

Peter Pitegoff, Dean, University of Maine School of Law, 246 Deering Ave., Portland, ME 04102

Ann Naimie, Principal, Nor-lantic Enterprises, Cape Neddick, ME 03902

Ellen Seidman, Executive VP, National Policy & Partnership Dev, ShoreBank Corp., Washington, DC 20036

 

 

 

 

CEI IN THE NEWS!

CEI partners in the “Cod Academy”. CEI is helping to organize a free cod farming course for large boat fishermen from Maine’s two easternmost coastal counties, Hancock and Washington.Image Read more here.

 CEI Investment Notes are a way for you to invest in your community, to help others, and to reap social, environmental and economic benefits. Details here.

U.S. Finance Expert Encourages Banking Investment in Maine Communities
At CEI's 32nd Annual Meeting, Ellen Seidman, Exec. VP of ShoreBank in Chicago, and Sr. Research Fellow with the New America Foundation in Washington, DC, urged Maine bankers and community activists to consider “greater community investment…meeting the actual needs of the community, not just counting dollars invested.” See full speech.

See annual meeting remarks by Ron Phillips, CEO, on triple bottom line investing and the next 5 years for CEI.

See the 12/14/09 article on CEI and the state of investing in communities. It’s where mission happens…

CEI Receives $125 Million in NMTC  Through its subsidiary, CEI Capital Management LLC, CEI will use the allocation to attract private capital investments for primarily rural economic development projects. See press release.

CEI Receives Investment Funds
In partnership with Manufacturers Association of Maine, CEI will receive $765,000 over from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services (OCS), to finance several job-generating small-to-medium enterprises. This funding will create 78 full-time, year-round jobs.  Read press release here. 

Bangor Savings Bank and CEI offer low-interest loans to small and medium-sized enterprises in disadvantaged areas in Maine. Read more here.

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