AUGUSTA — The Maine State Chamber of Commerce confirmed a new slate of directors at the chamber’s membership meeting last November.

Joining the Board of Directors for a term beginning Jan. 1 are Elise Baldacci, president of the Maine Credit Union League; Peter Cianchette, vice president of Cianbro; David Daigler, president of the Maine Community College System; Sam Hight, dealer principal, Hight Ford Inc., Skowhegan and Hight Chevrolet GMC, Farmington; Nick Ireland, chief financial officer at Seven Islands Land Company; Melinda Kinney, vice president of Government Affairs at Martin’s Point Health Care; and Julie Rabinowitz, communications director for General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Corp.

Also joining the board to replace parting board members with unexpired terms are Jennifer DeChant, external affairs representing Summit Utilities/Colorado Natural Gas; Barry Doyle, president/CEO at Kennebec Technologies; and Kristine Ossenfort, senior government relations director at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Michael Bourque, president and CEO of MEMIC, was elected as board chair. Geoffrey Baur, vice president of Finance at IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. will serve as first vice chair; Beth Greenlaw, president and chief sustainability officer at Sea Bags, will serve as second vice chair; Paul Bolin, executive vice president and chief people and administrative officer at Northern Light Health, will serve as treasurer; Ann Robinson, partner and chair of Pierce Atwood’s Government Relations & Lobbying Practice Group at Pierce Atwood LLP, will serve as secretary; Melinda Caterine, shareholder at Littler Mendelson, P.C., will serve as a member on the executive committee, and LuAnn Ballesteros, vice president, External and Government Affairs at the Jackson Laboratory, will serve as the past board chair.

For more information and a full list of directors, visit mainechamber.org.

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