Advisors
Top Gun Maine is guided by the able assistance of a team of advisors in each location where the program is provided. These advisors help choose which entrepreneurs will participate in the program, recruit mentors and ensure that Top Gun complements and cooperates with other area economic development efforts.
Advisors Bangor
Jen Brooks — Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Roger Brooks — Manager Commercialization and Cluster Support, Maine Technology Institute (MTI)
John Burns, CFA — Fund Manager, Small Enterprise Growth Fund (SEGF)
Don Gooding — Executive Director, MCED
Renee Kelly — Director, Economic Development Initiatives & Co-Director, Foster Center for Student Innovation
Ann McAlhany — Maine SBDC, Certified Business Counselor
Paul Myer — Executive-in-Residence, The Maine Business School
Deb Neuman — Director Target Technology Center
Johann Sabbath — Director, Program Development Bangor Regional Chamber of Commerece
Jeff Spaulding — Corporate Attorney, Eaton Peabody
Hugh Stevens — Director, Knowledge Transfer Alliance
Jake Ward — Executive Director, Research & Economic Development, University of Maine
Advisors Portland
Roger Brooks — Manager Commercialization and Cluster Support, Maine Technology Institute (MTI)
John Burns, CFA — Fund Manager, Small Enterprise Growth Fund (SEGF)
Kerem Durdag — Chief Executive Officer, Biovation, LLC
Don Gooding — Executive Director, MCED
Karin Gregory — MPH, Managing Partner, Furman-Gregory-Deptula LLC
Mark Kaplan — Managing Director, MerchantBanc, LLC.
Edward McKersie, CPC — Founder and President, Pro Search, Inc.
Charles "Kip" Moore — Owner, Little Diamond Island Enterprises
Anthony "Tony" Perkins — Lead Partner, TechVenturesGroup, Shareholder at Bernstein Shur
Christopher Speh — Chair, Maine Angels
Sandra Stone — Principal, Seacove Solutions
