Board of Directors
The MDF Board of Directors is comprised of no less than twelve business people, educators, government officials, and community leaders who are elected each year from among MDF’s members, and three ex-officio members which include the MDF CEO and two directors appointed by the sitting Governor.
2021-2022 MDF Board of Directors
Madeleine Braun, Chair
Chief, Presidential Initiatives
The Jackson Laboratory
Thomas Francoeur, Treasurer
Senior Managing Scientist
VHB, Inc.
Linda Ball
Vice President, Customer Service
Central Maine Power
*Yellow Light Breen
President & CEO
Maine Development Foundation
Hannah Carter
Dean
UMaine Cooperative Extension
Catherine Wygant Fossett
Executive Director
Institute for Family Owned Businesses
Amy Landry, Executive Committee
Executive Director
Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments (AVCOG)
*Carlos Mello
Acting CEO
Finance Authority of Maine
Lisa Sockabasin
Director
Wabanaki Public Health
Joy Barresi Saucier, Vice Chair
Executive Director
Aroostook Agency on Aging
Scott Blake, Executive Committee
SVP, Chief Information Officer
Bangor Savings Bank
Dan Bookham
Director of Business Development
Allen Insurance and Financial
Meredith Strang Burgess
President & CEO
Burgess Advertising & Marketing
Lori Dwyer
President & CEO
Penobscot Community Health Care
*Deborah Johnson
Director
Office of Community Development Maine DECD
Rick Leonard
Director of Finance & Assistant Treasurer
CIANBRO
Eric Soelberg
Vice President, Customer Insights & Planning
L.L. Bean, Inc.
*Ex-officio directors