Maine Development Foundation

Leadership Programs consist of a powerful, nine-month, outward journey that takes a leader beyond their day-to-day experience and expands their capacity to shape our state's future. The Leadership curriculum is designed for leaders from all sectors. Each Leadership class is given real-life challenges to address. Participants work in teams to address the assigned issue, connect with key stakeholders, organizations and groups, and develop a solution-oriented path with the goal of improving the economy.

The Forest Economy Project was launched in summer 2016 to support industry, community, and research leaders to develop and implement recommendations to strengthen and diversify Maine's forest industry and rural economies, supported initially by a 3-year federal Economic Development Administration grant to assist with supporting, coordinating, and reporting on Maine's forest economy recovery and revitalization effort.