Portland Press Herald CEO Lisa DeSisto challenges her peers, including reigning champion Michael Bourque, CEO of MEMIC, to a Spelling Bee to raise money for the winner’s chosen charity on Wednesday, March 27, 5-7 p.m., at Oxbow Brewing in Portland.
The spellers
Michael Bourque, MEMIC, playing for Portland Recovery Community Center
Steve Bromage, Maine Historical Society, playing for the Maine Historical Society
Jonathan Cross, Cross Insurance, playing for the Bangor Historical Society
Lisa DeSisto, Maine Trust for Local News, playing for Maine Trust for Local News
Jackie Edmondson, USM, playing for University of Southern Maine Scholarship Fund
Brian Elowe, Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine, playing for the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine
Jessica Estes, The Boulos Company, playing for LearningWorks Portland
Nancy Marshall, Marshall Communications, playing for Junior Achievement of Maine
Jay Mazelsky, IDEXX, playing for Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine
Sarah Moore, Portland Public Library, playing for the Portland Public Library
Harold Pachios, Preti Flaherty, playing for Maine Trust for Local News
Heather Paquette, Good Shepherd Food Bank, playing for Good Shepherd Food Bank
Liz Cotter Schlax, United Way of Southern Maine, playing for the United Way of Southern Maine
Michael Traister, Murray Plumb and Murray, playing for Good Shepherd Food Bank
Megan Walton, SMAAA, playing for Southern Maine Agency on Aging
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