Elizabeth Sutherland, APR, is the owner and leader of Sutherland Weston Marketing Communications. Originally from “The County,” after college Elizabeth worked for the United States Senate, the American Red Cross, and what’s now Northern Light Health in increasingly complex public relations and marketing roles before launching out on her own in 2003. She is a graduate of the Bangor Region Leadership Institute, recipient of the 2016 Eames Leadership Award, the Girl Scouts of Maine 2017 Juliette Award for Leadership, and was named to the JA Business Hall of Fame in 2022. She serves on several non-profit boards and in leadership roles for a variety of local and statewide organizations and was the 2023 recipient of the Bangor Region Chamber’s Norbert X Dowd Award for service to the region’s civic and business community, an honor of which she is incredibly proud.

Elizabeth is an experienced marketing professional with expertise in campaign strategy development, brand development, audience development, budgeting, research, and measurement. She is also an avid reader, writer, runner, mother of two, and wife to a radio-talk-show host.

As a Maine entrepreneur, Elizabeth directly understands the challenges many Maine-based businesses face and has made it her mission to help grow Maine’s economy whenever she can.

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Join us and hear what motivates and energizes Elizabeth!  Our host, Deb Neuman, will help us all lean in and learn!