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A native of Midcoast Maine, Matt is a graduate of Central Maine Technical College and has been with Burgess since 2001, acting as Service Manager, then General Manager, before becoming an owner. Headquartered in Bath, Burgess is a comprehensive technology firm providing Managed IT Services, Network Design & Analysis, Computer Repair, Help Desk Support, Web Hosting & Cloud Services, as well as Disaster Recovery Solutions, Vulnerability Testing & PCI Compliance. www.burgesscomputer.com

Julie-Ann Baumer

Julie-Ann Baumer used to spend a lot of time alone in her car, traveling the highways of New England. Now, she lives a more pedestrian life, writing and working from her home in Lisbon Falls. Once in a while, she gets the urge for local lettuce, excellent coffee, or beautiful music. She hops in her car and goes. Sometimes she takes friends. Read about it here weekly visit her website at www.julieannbaumer.com or follow her on twitter @aunttomato.

Danielle Faucher

Danielle was born and raised in Maine, where she is currently raising her three (soon to be four) young children with her husband. She is a music teacher turned homeschooling mom. She has a passion for fun and creative ideas, a desire to feed her family delicious and healthy foods, and loves to fill her mind with new information. You can follow her personal blog at www.raisinglittletreasures.com.

Bill Legere

Bill Legere is a local. Born and raised in Maine and committed to community. He is a husband of 20 years and father of six adopted girls. He has been engaged with issues related to human rights for much of his adult life after being influenced by the plight of abandoned children in Romania. He works professionally as a Nurse Practitioner in Emergency Medicine but devotes much of his time and energy to the work of his family's non profit organization, Foundation for Hope and Grace. These efforts inspire his desire to confront issues that impact at risk children and women. He is especially concerned about child abuse and neglect, gender inequality and human trafficking and exploitation. He has traveled extensively to work with the vulnerable and support efforts to bring them hope and healing. You can learn more at www.hopeandgrace.com and www.NotHere.me.

Shenna Bellows

Shenna Bellows was the 2014 Democratic candidate for United States Senate in Maine. She is the former Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and is now owner and president of Bellows and Company, a public advocacy consulting firm.

Megan Skilling

Youth MOVE Maine is a statewide, regionally based youth and young adult-driven organization dedicated to ensuring that all young people have a say in the decisions that impact their lives. YMM supports young people's efforts to improve policies in mental health, juvenile justice, and other systems of care, build skills for youth-adult partnerships and take leadership in raising awareness that makes a difference in others' lives and in their communities. The underlying goal of YMM is to motivate others through voices of experience.

Ray Richardson

Ray Richardson has hosted the Ray Richardson Show on News/Talk WLOB and the Lobster Radio Network for the last 12 years. He has written a newspaper column for various newspapers over the last decade and a half.

Additionally, he has written three books, including his latest, Every Stone Has A Story, the story of Wreaths Across America, which was released in the Fall of 2015.

Ray has been married to his wife Dee Dee for over 30 years. They have four children and live in Westbrook.