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Conversation with Betsy Biemann: Part 1
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Conversation with Betsy Biemann: Part 1

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Betsy Biemann

Betsy BiemannIn January of 2005, Betsy Biemann was appointed by Governor John Baldacci to head the Maine Technology Institute. The Institute’s purpose is to support entrepreneurs in the state’s seven targeted technology sectors to bring innovations to market and create jobs for Maine residents. She serves on the Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board, the CEI Community Ventures, Inc., Board, the Maine Investment Exchange Advisory Board and the Board of the Maine Philanthropy Center.

Betsy joined the Maine Technology Institute after serving as an associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. There she led the Foundation’s program expanding access to skills training and employment in the United States. She also oversaw Rockefeller’s equity investments in community development venture capital funds and below-market loans to social enterprises that furthered the program’s goals. Betsy joined Rockefeller’s staff in 1996, after working in the field of international development for 10 years, principally in Africa and Latin America. Her prior experience included work as a program officer with the Synergos Institute and consultancies with the World Bank, UNICEF and other foundations and non-profit organizations.

Betsy earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and the history of science from Harvard University, a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University and certificates from the National Venture Capital Association’s Venture Capital Institute and Stanford Business School. She lives in Brunswick with her husband, Sean Callahan, and two children.

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Bob Barancik

Bob BarancikBob Barancik is the founder and catalyst-in-residence of the CreativeShare Web site, CreativeShare Studio, and the CreativeShare gathering. He received an M.A. from the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, and dual degrees in fine arts and architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. Bob has also completed extensive graduate studies in creative art therapies at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University, and postgraduate work in organizational development at the William Alanson White Institute in New York City.

He received an M.A. from the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, and dual degrees in fine arts and architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Bob has also completed extensive graduate studies in creative art therapies at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University, and postgraduate work in organizational development at the William Alanson White Institute in New York City.

He has received awards from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Leadership Philadelphia for his creative contributions to the civic life of the community. Bob has served on the advisory boards of the Wachman Fund for International Education, the Middle East Council of Philadelphia, and Creative Tampa Bay.

Bob has taught or lectured at the Stern School of Business at New York University, Long Island University, the University of California Extension Program in Management, Moore College of Art, and Drexel University.

He and his wife, Amy, divide their time between their studios in St. Petersburg (Florida), Philadelphia, and Portland (Maine).

 

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