If you enjoyed our Like a Boss series, please join us for Open Door. Open Door features personal reflections from local leaders about their career trajectory, management style and lessons they’ve learned along the way. Our Managing Director Stefanie Manning interviews local CEOs and business leaders for a behind the scenes look at their career paths, the ups and downs of running their businesses and the trends shaping them.

Steve Mills, CEO of Maine Beer Company will sit down with Maine Trust for Local News Managing Director Stefanie Manning for a conversation at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University on Wednesday, April 2, 2025  at 8 a.m. Doors open at 7:30 a.m., coffee and light breakfast will be available.

About Steve

Steve Mills has taken on many leadership roles throughout his over thirty years in the craft beer industry.

As CEO of Maine Beer Company, Mills expands on the company’s purpose of “doing good through great beer” which the company was founded on in 2009. His priorities are to take care of the company’s employees, give to environmental and local nonprofits, and make exceptional beer. Under his leadership, Maine Beer Company has outpaced most peers as far as growth. It is now in the top 100 of the more than 9,500 US breweries.

Mills is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps where he spent most of his active duty as a member of the honor guard in Washington D.C. He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, barbequing with friends, and boating in Casco Bay.

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