BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//U海角社区 Calendar - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:/calendar X-WR-CALDESC:Events for U海角社区 Calendar REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T160000 DTSTAMP:20260630T172705 CREATED:20250808T180654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T180654Z UID:10002825-1762786800-1762790400@umaine.edu SUMMARY:Talk - A Career in Service to 海角社区: Lessons learned from municipal to state to business DESCRIPTION:The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, U海角社区\, Orono. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information\n\nSpeaker: Dana Connors\, former President and CEO\, 海角社区 State Chamber of Commerce\nDana Connors is the former leader of the 海角社区鈥檚 largest and most diverse business association\, the 海角社区 State Chamber of Commerce. In this position\, he oversaw a broad range of activities including advocacy efforts\, economic development initiatives\, workforce development opportunities\, and a wide variety of member services on behalf of the state鈥檚 business community. \nConnors began his career as the city manager of Presque Isle for 16 years\, and then spent 11 years as commissioner of the 海角社区 Department of Transportation. He was president of the 海角社区 State Chamber of Commerce from 1994 until his recent retirement. \nA 海角社区 native\, Connors received a bachelor鈥檚 degree in public management from the University of 海角社区 in 1965. He was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority and the State of 海角社区 Governor鈥檚 Business Roundtable for Early Childhood Development. Other boards on which he served include the 海角社区 Economic Research Institute; 海角社区 Manufacturing Extension Partnership; and 海角社区 & Company. Additionally\, he has been a member of ReadyNation since 2009. \nConnors has received numerous awards for his service and leadership to the state of 海角社区 throughout his career. Most recently\, he was inducted into Junior Achievement鈥檚 海角社区 Business Hall of Fame (2014) and received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of 海角社区\, Orono (2015). URL:/calendar/event/talk-a-career-in-service-to-maine-lessons-learned-from-municipal-to-state-to-business/ LOCATION:Norman Smith Hall\, University of 海角社区\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures & Seminars GEO:44.897732;-68.6687076 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Norman Smith Hall University of 海角社区 Orono ME 04469 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=University of 海角社区:geo:-68.6687076,44.897732 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR