Primary Job Title Board of Directors Primary Organization 
Maine Venture Fund
Location Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States Regions East Coast, New England, Northeastern US Gender Female
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Blaine S. Grimes currently serves as the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Chief Development Officer. At GMRI, her primary responsibility is leading the organization’s strategic fundraising initiatives to put in place the resources to maximize its impact and achieve its ambitious program goals in the coming years. She is also responsible for
GMRI’s marketing and public relations efforts.
Before joining GMRI in 2005, she held senior management positions at IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. and The VIA Group. She has more than twenty eight years of business development, leadership and strategic marketing experience in a wide range of industries, with career concentration in the fields of marine science, healthcare, and biotechnology.
Blaine received her undergraduate BA from Amherst College and her M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard Business School.
