Burgess CEO Recognized as a Great Woman of Maine

April 8, 2011, 2:10 PM

Burgess Advertising & Marketing founder and CEO Meredith Strang Burgess was among 15 women recognized in the inaugural Great Women of Maine awards held last night at The Landing at Pine Point, Scarborough.

The awards, organized and hosted by Maine Today Media, publishers of The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, the Kennebec Journal in Augusta and the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, recognize Maine women for their leadership, excellence, community involvement and contributions to the community.

On announcing the 15 recipients of the award Richard L. Connor, editor and publisher of MaineToday Media said Great Women of Maine grew out of his belief that responsible corporate citizens have a duty to recognize good things that are happening in a community.

He said it was therefore very appropriate that the proceeds from the inaugural event will benefit Dress for Success, a nonprofit that helps prepare disadvantaged women for the workplace by outfitting them for job interviews.

The Great Women of Maine recognized were:

  • Meredith Strang Burgess of Cumberland, owner of Burgess Advertising & Marketing in Portland and a state legislator.
  • Maine Senator Susan Collins
  • Susan Conley, an award-winning author who founded the Portland-based youth writing center Telling Room.
  • Brenda Garrand, owner and CEO of Garrand Marketing and PR in Portland.
  • Bonnie Holding, a Master Maine Guide and fly fishing instructor. She volunteers at a fly fishing retreat for women who are breast cancer survivors.
  • Shelley Cohen Konrad, an associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of New England. She was a founding member of Kids First, which tries to ease children's trauma after their parents divorce or separate.
  • Carla Lafayette, a hotel owner and philanthropist who in 2009 pledged $2 million to CancerCare of Maine.
  • Sister Viola Lausier, who has served as finance director for the Saint Andre Home in Biddeford.
  • Marcia McKeague, vice president of Acadian Timber, who oversees more than 300,000 acres of timberland in Maine.
  • Dr. Melinda Molin, a surgeon at Mercy Hospital's Breast Health Resource Center.
  • Dianne Nason, a senior vice president and regional trust manager for Key Bank. She has served on the board of Day One, a substance abuse agency, for 12 years.
  • Eula Shorey, who was managing editor of The Bridgton News for 35 years and was the first president of the Maine Press Association.
  • Maine Senator Olympia Snowe
  • Dawn Stiles, president of Spurwink, a community-based program that provides services for people with emotional, behavioral and developmental challenges.
  • Elsie Viles, philanthropist and founder of the Viles Arboretum in Augusta.

Strang Burgess said she was honored and humbled to be chosen as one of The Great Women of Maine. "Just to be considered as being worthy of being in the same company as the others recipients of The Great Women of Maine is an honor -- to be selected as being of the same caliber is truly humbling," she said.

 

Burgess Advertising & Marketing, based in Portland, Maine, has been providing full advertising and marketing services since 1987.

For further information about Burgess Advertising & Marketing please visit the About section of our website.

For further press information, please contact Pekka Paavonpera at Burgess Advertising, on phone 207 775 5227 or by email at pekka@burgessadv.com

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