MEREDA's Committees

Participation on any one of MEREDA’s volunteer committees gives members yet another opportunity to raise their profile within Maine’s real estate community, and help the association meet its goals.  Committee work allows members to play an active role in the association’s affairs, and all members are encouraged to participate.  Committee work also provides an opportunity to work alongside others in the real estate industry and is a good networking opportunity in itself. 

Please contact the MEREDA office if you would like to become involved in one, or more, of our committees.

Public Policy Committee

Meets bi-weekly during legislative sessions. This committee reviews pending bills and regulations, identifying those of interest to our members, and works to ensure the real estate industry’s concerns are considered. The committee labors to influence and shape the final form of proposed laws and regulations, and initiates new ones when circumstances warrant.

Chairpersons

Jason Howe

Preti Flaherty

Paul Peck

Drummond & Drummond

Members

Anne Krieg

City of Bangor

Dan Stevenson

City of Westbrook

Tiffany Dembowski

Fidelity National Title Group

Robin Watts

First American Title

Rick Licht

Licht Environmental Design

Rick Dunton

Main-Land Development Consultants

Tanya Emery

Maine Connectivity Authority

Tara Kelly

Maine Preservation

Erik Jorgensen

MaineHousing

Bev Uhlenhake

Pierce Atwood

Elizabeth Frazier

Pierce Atwood

David Packard

PK Realty Management

Jennifer Packard

PK Realty Management

Rick Stauffer

Preti Flaherty

Chris Wasileski

Sea Coast Management Company

Owens McCullough

Sebago Technics

Patrick Coughlin

St.Germain

Mark Bergeron

TRC Companies

Anthony Calcagni

Verrill

DevelopME Committee

MEREDA’s DevelopME Committee encourages Maine’s real estate emerging leaders to become more engaged in the State’s commercial real estate industry. The committee was formed with a simple mission: “To engage membership and create professional development opportunities within MEREDA for the next generation of industry professionals”.

 Prior to the Coronavirus pandemic, the committee held a “Lunch & Learn” series aimed at drawing on the expertise of MEREDA’s seasoned members and sharing their experiences with this group of emerging professionals, as well as a mentorship program and other special projects to cultivate and connect MEREDA’s future leaders within the organization.  Going forward, we will be strategizing on some new and exciting programs to offer the MEREDA membership!

 For more information on DevelopME, or to join the committee/mailing list, please send an email to Shelly Clark at info@mereda.org, or contact DevelopME’s committee co-chairs, Matt Pitzer at mrpitzer@sgh.com, or Gwen Hulit at gwendolyn.hulit@usbank.com.

Chairpersons

Matt Pitzer

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

Gwen Hulit

US Bank

Members

Craig Young

The Boulos Co.

Ben Brennan

KONE, Inc.

Rick Dunton

Main-Land Development Consultants

Chris Wasileski

Sea Coast Management Company

Nick Cormier

PM Construction Co.

Dale Winchenbach

Bangor Savings Bank

Mike Ross

M & T Bank

Dana Myles

Norway Savings Bank

Brice Greenfield

A3 Communications

Mike Cobb

Colliers International

Jim Cardosi

Wipfli

Todd Bridgeo

Weston & Sampson

Ashley Bourassa

Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

Cheri Bonawitz

Malone Commercial Brokers

Conor Shankman

Bernstein Shur

Evan Wood

Lotfey Dennett Insurance Brokers

Forrest Peterson

Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

Melanie Dorn

Perkins Thompson

Joshua Veroneau

United Insurance

Tucker Landry

Vis Wealth Partners

Membership & Marketing Committee

Meets monthly to review membership statistics and trends, develops ways to retain current and recruit new members, looks for ways to further enhance the effectiveness of MEREDA’s publications and other communications media and entertains ideas for new products and services that could be offered to the membership.

Chairpersons

Shawn McKenna

Bangor Savings Bank

Lisa Beeler

Haley Ward

Members

Matt Early

Gorham Savings Bank

Holly Merrill

SERVPRO Maine

Theresa Hodge

Bath Savings Institution

Rick Flagg

Norway Savings Bank

James Perkolidis

Bath Savings Institution

Lenny Rendell

BerryDunn

Dale Winchenbach

Bangor Savings Bank

Conference & Seminar Committee

Meets monthly to develop ideas for upcoming conferences, seminars, and social events, suggesting possible topics, guest speakers, formats, venues, and so on.

Chairpersons

Josh Soley

CORE

Marieke Thormann

Fathom Companies

Jennifer Small

Malone Commercial Brokers

Members

Richard Prentice

The Prentice Organization

Mark Stasium

Camden National Bank

Josh Fifield

Clark Insurance

Shannon Richards

Hay Runner

Nick Cormier

PM Construction Co.

Jeremy Deering

NBT Bank

Erin Pike

St.Germain

Jessamine Pottle

Haley Ward

Justin Laverriere

Maine Community Bank

Lucas Benedict

Ransom Consulting, LLC

Suzanne Lowell

Bernstein Shur

Local Issues Committee

This committee meets up to six-times per year to monitor and timely engage on local land use and development matters.

Chairpersons

Ben Brennan

KONE, Inc.

John Finegan

The Boulos Company

Members

Roxane A. Cole

Roxane Cole Commercial Real Estate, LLC

Elizabeth Frazier

Pierce Atwood

Shawn McKenna

Bangor Savings Bank

Jon Whitten

Haley Ward

Tim Forte

Clark Insurance

Elise Kiely

Legacy Properties - Sotheby's International Realty

Sandra Wendland

Legacy Properties - Sotheby's International Realty

Joe Siviski

Perkins Thompson

Kevin Clark

Sitelines PA

Brooks More

South Portland Housing Authority

John Thibodeau

Windsor Associates

Rick Dunton

Main-Land Development Consultants

John DiNapoli

Unitil

Tyler Norod

Westbrook Development Corporation

David Packard

PK Realty Management

Jennifer Packard

PK Realty Management

Eric Doyon

Saco & Biddeford Savings

Nathaniel Howes

Avesta Housing

Tim Wells

Saint John Valley Properties