Aroostook Partnership

Ensuring Economic Survival and Growth of Aroostook

Of the many businesses in northern Maine, the Aroostook Partnership is part of an elite group of CEOs working on a regional basis to support economic development efforts. The Aroostook Partnership is the only public-private regional economic development organization collaborating with all the communities in the County. This ability to convene regionally allows the investor the opportunity to meet with peers and key influencers in northern Maine and take highly visible leadership positions.

The vitality of the region starts with people. We aim to reduce the outmigration of our youth by exposing students to local business and industry while building bridges between educational programs and employment opportunities. We identify workforce challenges and opportunities and prioritize areas of focus to ensure the broadest and most collaborative approach for achieving results: Affordable Childcare, Affordable Housing, and Education-to-Industry.

What do we do?


-Serve as the Single Point of Contact, ensuring complete confidentiality and ease of accessing information and services.
–Research and assemble data on the communities that will meet your needs. Information is packaged in an easy to use report that provides quick and simple access to the most essential data. All data tables are available in electronic format for ease of analysis.
-Conduct a custom ROI Analysis and Incentive Valuation to estimate the value of incentive programs and to detail how your company can save money by locating in northern Maine. The ROI includes the value of State incentive programs, municipal incentives, utility discounts, labor cost differentials, building and infrastructure lease incentives, and other factors that make northern Maine a profitable place to do business.
-Put companies in contact with business leaders that can address specific or technical questions about doing business in northern Maine.
-Assist companies interested in cross-border trade and access to the Canadian Labor Force.
-Coordinate in-state visits to ensure the efficient use of your time. Area visits are a free service provided to prospective companies considering a northern Maine location.

Board of Directors

  • Jay Reynolds- Northern Light AR Gould Hospital
  • Kris Doody- Cary Medical Center 
  • Jason House- TD Bank
  • David Norman- Versant
  • Carter Vaillancourt- Daigle Oil Company
  • Chris Anderson- FA Peabody
  • Mike Kelley Jr- Machias Savings Bank
  • Steve St. Pierre- KeyCorp
  • Nathan Whitney- Georgia-Pacific LLC
  • Lynne Coy-Ogan- Husson University
  • Deborah Hedeen- University of Maine at Fort Kent
  • Ray Rice- University of Maine at Presque Isle
  • Emily Michaud- MMG Insurance
  • Meg York- Nature’s Circle Farm
  • Tim Crowley- Northern Maine Community College
  • Joy Barresi-Saucier- Aroostook Agency on Aging
  • Johanna Johnston- Southern Aroostook Development Commission 
  • Al Martin- Albert Martin Construction
  • Ben Greenlaw- MSAD 1

Executive Committee

  • Todd Saucier– United Insurance
  • Sam Collins– S.W. Collins Company
  • Jennifer Buckingham– Tempo Employment
  • Jason Parent– Aroostook County Action Program
  • Ryan Rogers– Dead River Company
  • Matt Nightingale– Katahdin Trust Company
  • Robert Clark– Northern Maine Development Commission 
  • Matt McHatten– MMG Insurance