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Maine's Energy Independence and
Security at Next Business Breakfast
Thursday, February 14 at 7:30 a.m.
WATERVILLE, Jan 28. - The next Business
Breakfast Series, presented by Thomas
College in partnership with the Mid-Maine
Chamber of Commerce, will focus on Maine's
energy independence and security for the next
50 years. The presentation will be held on
Thursday, February 14 at 7:30 a.m. in the
Thomas College Student Center Atrium.
John Kerry, director of
the Office of Energy Independence and Security,
will present on charting the course to Maine's
energy independence and security for the next
50 years. This plan includes monitoring energy
trends, providing information for consumers,
and creating energy policies that enable the
State of Maine to be a leader in energy conservation
and efficiency. Recent legislation has ensured
that Maine is committed to an energy future
that will be lower cost, less dependent on
imported fossil fuels, cleaner, and better
for the state's economy. The plan will make
Maine more energy independent, help to
stabilize and reduce Maine homeowners' and
businesses' energy bills, and help to
address the looming threat of catastrophic
global climate change through energy
conservation, efficiency, and renewable energy.
Kerry's administrative experience
includes serving as Special Advisor to the Cardinal
Archbishop of New York, being President of the Kerry Group
(a real estate development entity that specializes in
commercial and residential development) and co-owning
a family restaurant. His service in the public and
private not-for-profit realm includes being a member of
the Maine State Senate, the Maine State House of Representatives,
the Northeast International Committee on Energy, the
National Association of State Energy Directors, Catholic Charities USA,
the Catholic Health Association, the National Association
of State Catholic Conference Directors and Catholic Charities
USA National Housing Task Force. In addition, he has served as
Special Assistant to the Governor of Maine and as
Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Charities Maine.
Kerry holds a master's degree
in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard, University and a master's degree in Planning from the Boston
College Graduate School of Social Work. He received his bachelor's
in English from the College of the Holy Cross.
The presentation will be held in the College's
Student Center Atrium on campus located at 180 West River
Road in Waterville. The public is invited to attend.
The program begins at 7:30 a.m.
The cost per person is $13 for Chamber
members with advanced registration, $15 for members at the door and
$18 for non-members. Contact the
Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce at 873-3315 or
info@midmainechamber.com
for registration information.
The sponsors for the 2008 Business Breakfast
\Series are: Belgrade Lakes Resources, LLC; KFS; O'Donnell, Lee McCowan
and Phillips, LLC Attorneys at Law; PFBF Certified Public Accountants;
TD Banknorth Insurance Agency, Inc. and UniTel, Inc.
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