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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