LA Metro Chamber names new board directors, chair

LEWISTON — LA Metro Chamber of Commerce has welcomed six new members to the Board of Directors and appointed John Rice, director of operations at Schooner Estates Senior Living, as its new board chair.
With its collective efforts, the board ensures the vision of the LA Metro Chamber is achieved by helping to build, daring to lead, and inspiring business and community to thrive.
New directors are Mark Adams, president and CEO of Sebago Technics Inc.; Betsy Sibley, vice president of marketing at Community Credit Union; Elise Johansen, executive director of Safe Voices; Alyson Daniels, executive assistant to the pesident at Central Maine Community College; Sophia Bailey, owner of Caribbean Life Grocery & Gift Shop; Gael Karomba, co-founder and CFO of Happy Haven LLC.
The new directors bring many years of governance experience and business expertise and will add specialized skills and perspectives to the board, composed of 21 professionals in organizational and project management, community engagement, social justice and advocacy, workforce development and professional advancement, entrepreneurial support and small business management and financial literacy and direct support.
Rice, who is starting his fifth year on the board, said, “Despite working through a pandemic, the chamber has managed to restructure its operations to provide more support and offerings than ever to their membership. Shanna [Cox, president and CEO] has built an amazing office team and the board has recruited diverse, experienced and well-rounded members. After almost two years of trying to just hang on as a business while supporting other businesses, our heads are up and facing forward to what we feel is a very bright and prosperous future.”