The Institute for Civic Leadership is an experiential, eight month, inward journey that enables a leader to develop the skills to lead in a collaborative and facilitative way.
Leadership Maine is a powerful, nine month, outward journey that takes a leader beyond their day-to-day experience and expands their capacity to shape our state’s future.
Policy Leaders Academy is a non-partisan experiential immersion for legislators in the fundamentals of the Maine economy, the factors that drive long-term growth, and how public policy decisions affect investment.
The Realize Maine Network connects regional groups, business, organizations and policymakers to share best practices for attracting and retaining young people to live, work and thrive in Maine.
MDF offers professional development, networking, community service and impactful engagement opportunities to the 1800+ alumni of Leadership Maine and ICL.
MDF is a lead partner in FOR/Maine (Forest Opportunity Roadmap) a cross-sector coalition working to diversify the state’s wood products businesses, attract capital investments, and develop greater economic prosperity for Maine’s rural communities.
MDF is a lead partner in MaineSpark, a 10-year initiative by Maine’s education and business leaders to ensure by 2025, 60% of Mainers hold the education and workforce credentials they need to succeed.
MDF is a key partner in the Maine Alliance for Health and Prosperity which seeks to address and eliminate systemic inequities in health and economic outcomes.
HALLOWELL, ME – April 8, 2020 – MDF’s Maine Downtown Center (MDC) is pleased to award more than $640,000 through the REvitalizeME National Park Service…
Click here to access the MDC newsletter dated Friday, March 27, 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic we have restructured our newsletter to include…
MDF President & CEO, Yellow Light Breen, featured in Bangor Daily News story with long-term economic perspective for Bangor-area businesses as they cope with the…
HALLOWELL, Maine – February 13, 2020 – Maine Development Foundation (MDF) is thrilled to announce that that Joanna Crispe has joined our team as a Program Coordinator.…
MDF CEO Yellow Light Breen featured on Newscenter Maine’s “207” newsmagazine program. The segment focused on innovative approaches to overcoming Maine’s workforce gap. Watch the…
MDF CEO Yellow Light Breen talks with Fast Forward Maine podcast hosts Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, and Yury Nabokov, Omnichannel Experience Manager…