2023
MERN also presented four awards for the first time, with the intent to make them an annual tradition:Â
Thomas Manning won the Employee Peer Excellence Award.
Patricia Stevens of the Maine Department of Corrections won the Precious GEM (Glowing Employee of Maine) Award.
Bethany Johnson of the Coastal Recovery Community Center won the Partner Distinctive Service Award.
Finn Frankenfield (pictured above with the award's namesake) won the Bert Sylvain Inspirational Youth Award.
MERN Annual Organizational Meeting
November 29th, 2023
November 29th, 2023
For the first time since the pandemic, the MERN Board of Directors was able to gather in person for an annual organizational meeting. Josh Miller was elected the new Chairman of the Board, and Sean Crothers assumed the newly-created officer post of Chairman Emeritus. Peter Lehman remained the Vice Chair and Amy Frankel was elected Secretary. The position of Treasurer remained vacant.