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Keith Bisson

President

About Keith

Keith Bisson is President of Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) where he manages the day-to-day operations of the organization and is responsible for the development of CEI’s Climate Justice and Environmental Resilience Fund. Prior to that he was the Senior Vice President for Program Management and Development where he managed CEI’s small business advising, natural resources, and workforce development programs. He was also responsible for federal rural development policy and managing and developing foundation and investor relations. A graduate of McGill University and the Yale School of the Environment, Keith is active in the community and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Family Focus, an early childhood education center serving Midcoast Maine. He also serves as a Commissioner on the State of Maine’s Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations and on the advisory board of Four Directions Development Corporation, a CDFI serving Maine’s four Native American tribes.

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