ignite/ verb:

to start a combustion reaction, often by providing the necessary activation energy

Join us Friday, October 3rd, for MDF’s 47th Annual Meeting and Champion Award Celebration. This year’s theme is “Ignite: Building Maine’s Workforce of Tomorrow.” How can Maine individuals, businesses, and communities create a strong future for Maine’s people? How can we advance the skills of Maine’s workforce to meet the needs of our growing economy?

This year we are teaming up with the MaineSpark coalition and Educate Maine to co-host a robust, full day of programming focused on building Maine’s workforce of tomorrow. We anticipate an audience of 200 cross-sector leaders from business, nonprofits, education, and philanthropy who will celebrate all we’ve accomplished together and help identify goals and strategies to dramatically advance educational and career opportunities for the next decade.

Be inspired by our Keyote Speaker, Courtney Brown, Vice President of Impact and Planning, Lumina Foundation.

Agenda:

During the morning portion of the program we will continue the MDF tradition of honoring individuals and organizations with our Champion Awards:

Lead Sponsors:

Exclusive Business News Sponsor:

Event Sponsors

Morning Refreshments Sponsor

CEO Plenary Remarks Sponsor

Award Sponsors

Luncheon Sponsors

Thank you to our Host: