MaineQuality: Recent Episodes
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Nonprofit, business and community leaders share their visions for Maine in monthly interviews with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Jim Dinkle, executive director of the Kennebec Regional Development Authority and FirstPark, talks with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Nikki Busmanis talks with MaineQuality host Orion Breen about how you can use 211 to connect with any service you need in Maine from heating assistance to substance use resources and so much more.
Charlie Summers of Maine Energy Marketers Association (MEMA) talks free heating oil resources, low-carbon biofuels, energy security and more.
Brit Vitalius talks about affordable housing housing with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Cullen Ryan of Community Housing of Maine talks about housing, homelessness and more with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Director of the Governor's Energy Office Dan Burgess talks solar, wind, batteries, the grid and more with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Hannah Pingree, Director of the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, talks pandemic response, climate change and more with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
ACLU of Maine's Alison Beyea talks racial justice and more with MaineQuality host Orion Breen
The One Climate Future Plan with Julie Rosenbach and Troy Moon, Sustainability Directors for the Cities of South Portland and Portland
Drew Wyman on the important work of the Alzheimer's Association with MaineQuality host Orion Breen
Norma Willis, Chair of the Health Sciences Program at Southern Maine Community College (SMCC), talks healthcare careers and education with MaineQuality host Orion Breen
Sari Greene of South Portland Community of Kindness talks about bringing community together as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic
South Portland Food Cupboard's Dwayne Hopkins talks about challenges and inspirations with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Kristina Egan of Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) talks affordable housing and transportation solutions
Economist Dr. Richard Silkman shares his plan to a zero carbon economy in Maine by 2050
Deqa Dhalac talks about bringing new Mainers and native Mainers together for a stronger state
Christopher Kessler, a state representative from South Portland and professional energy auditor, talks weatherization and preparing your home for the winter.
Maryalice Crofton of the Maine Commission for Community Service sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen to talk about the 25th anniversary celebration of AmeriCorps in Maine and the accompanying music album
Bruce Noddin of the Maine Prison Re-entry Network sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen to talk about cultural change at the Department of Corrections, challenges with affordable housing and success stories.
Christen Graham of MaineCanDo sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen to discuss preventing workplace sexual harassment
Tae Chong of Catholic Charities sits down with MaineQuality Host Orion Breen to discuss immigrant and workforce development opportunities
Seth Berry sits down with MaineQuality Host Orion Breen to discuss lowering rates and increasing reliability with a “Maine Power” Consumer Owned Utility to replace CMP
Greg Powell of the Harold Alfond Foundation sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen
Tim Glidden of Maine Coast Heritage Trust sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Kelly Osborn, Executive Director of Workforce Services at Goodwill Northern New England, sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Laurel Bernier of the Maine Commission for Community Service and Volunteer Maine talks AmeriCorps when she sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Jennifer Hutchins of the Maine Association of Nonprofits sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen to discuss the state of Maine's nonprofits.
Catherine Wygant Fossett of the Institute for Family Owned Business (IFOB) sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen
Phillip Walsh of Maine Initiatives talks racial justice and philanthropy when he sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Dr. Andrew deBethune of Lynch Chiropractic Arts Center talks movement as medicine when he sits down with MaineQuality host Orion
Hannah DeAngelis, Director of Refugee & Immigration Services for Catholic Charities Maine, sits down with MaineQuality host Orion
Barbara Leonard, President and CEO of the Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF), sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen
Tony Cipollone talks about the past work and future plans of the John T. Gorman Foundation to improve the lives of Maine people when he sat down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Ed Cervone, Executive Director of Educate Maine, talks about the big education issues Maine is facing when he sat down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Fortunat Mueller of ReVision Energy talks the future of solar energy in Maine when he sat down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Craig Denekas talks about Pineland Farms and the wide-ranging work of The Libra Foundation to creatively
Dr. Dana Humphrey talks about some of the innovative projects of the UMaine College of Engineering and why we need more engineers when he sat down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen.
Representative Teresa Pierce, Maine House District 44, talks recreational marijuana legalization when she sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen
Keith Bisson of Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) talks about building an economy that works for everyone when he sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen
Maine Community Foundation CEO Steve Rowe talks to MaineQuality host Orion Breen about how MCF plans to help seniors age with dignity, entrepreneurs boost the economy around natural resource-based activities, educate a strong citizen workforce for the jobs of tomorrow, and address the issue of racial equity.
Adam Cote is a renewable-energy entrepreneur and attorney who has served 20 years in the Maine National Guard, including active duty deployments to combat zones in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. Cote sat down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen in February of 2017 to talk about his journey as an advocate for energy independence.