The decision of who will win falls to our distinguished panel of judges — all entrepreneurs themselves. We’re incredibly grateful to have them here today.

• Michelle Neujahr, Owner, Nu-Yar, emcee
• Chris Claudio, Founder & CEO, Growth Axis
• Catherine Cloudman, President & CEO, CHC Advisors, LLC
• Kristine Delano, Board Member, Women in ETFs & Host, WE Talk Careers Podcast

Our partners generously donate their time to help address a common need for strategic marketing resources among early-stage LaunchPad applicants.

• Creative Imaging Group, a communications management company  
• Grove Marketing, an advertising and branding agency
• iBec Creative, a web design, development, and digital marketing studio
• Nu-Yar, a business consulting company
• Philbrook PR, a media relations and PR company

Our preliminary judges spend countless hours (in a very short amount of time) reviewing applications and selecting our finalists. We couldn’t do this without you!

• Tim Agnew, Bold Ocean Ventures
• Katie Fullam-Harris, MaineHealth
• Brad McCurtain, Maine Securities Corp.
• Ed McKersie, ProSearch
• Becky McKinnell, iBec Creative
• Charlie Poole, Custom Float Services
• Ford Reiche, Investor & Entrepreneur
• Burak Sezen, 6th Event Capital