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Instead of reacting to the next disaster, let’s prepare for it

If 2020 taught us anything, it is the cost of not preparing. Most recently we have seen this with our nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and even further with our historical response to natural disasters striking our country the past decade.
Read Adam Fortier-Brown’s commentary in the Portland Press Herald outlining what Congress can do to to change this for small businesses and the communities that depend on them. READ

Maine must do more to recruit and retain young people

Maine has an unprecedented opportunity to attract and retain more young workers. As young people who had to move away to find work in their field, Adam Fortier-Brown and his friend Lee Jackson co-wrote this bipartisan opinion article outlining what Maine can do to reverse the state’s brain-drain that is hindering the state’s economic growth. READ

Randolph UMaine senior awarded internship in Washington, D.C. with The Cohen Group

His senior year of college, Adam Fortier-Brown was selected to be the first intern in a new program for undergraduates offered by UMaine’s William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service, with The Cohen Group in Washington, D.C. The Cohen Group was formed by former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen to help enterprises compete in the global marketplace. READ

Students emerge from legislative internship with altered world views

A senior in High School, Adam Fortier-Brown built a program and played a key role for his State Representative, Gay Grant, on the Appropriations Committee during a tense year of budget negotiations. READ