PORTLAND — Kristen Miale, president of Auburn’s Good Shepherd Food Bank, is one of three business executives being honored by Junior Achievement’s Maine’s Business Hall of Fame.
Since 1990, the organization has honored the state’s most distinguished businessmen and women for their outstanding contributions to free enterprise and the promise of a better, stronger society, it said in a news release.
Three business leaders will be welcomed as laureates into the Maine Business Hall of Fame in an induction ceremony that will take place at 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 1, at the Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks.
The Junior Achievement Maine Business Hall of Fame laureates for 2019 include:
Miale, resiident, Good Shepherd Food Bank; David Howes MD, president and chief executive officer, Martin’s Point Health Care, Portland; and Edward McKersie, president/founder of Pro Search, Inc. and LiveandWorkinMaine, both based in Portland.
The three join nearly 100 men and women who have been inducted into the Junior Achievement of Maine Business Hall of Fame.
Junior Achievement of Maine President Michelle Anderson said, “We are pleased to honor these three influential Maine business leaders this spring. The inspiring atmosphere at our Business Hall of Fame event always sparks an engaging discussion around building our future workforce and how business people like Dr. Howes, Kristen, & Ed are helping to lead us to a stronger future.”
