Jeanne A. Hulit (born 1958) served as Acting Administrator of the

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from September 2013 to February 2014. Hulit is the President and CEO of Maine Community Bancorp, INC. She has served in this role since October 2018. Prior, Hulit served as President of Village Candle, a

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-based candle and fragrance company in 2017, after serving as President of the Northeast Community Banking Division at

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-based Northeast Bancorp since February 2014. Hulit was appointed to serve as SBA's New England Regional Administrator in August 2009. She then was transferred to Washington as Associate Administrator for SBA's Office of Capital Access since February 2012, where she was adviser to Administrator

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and oversaw the agency's loan programs. Before joining the SBA, Hulit spent 18 years in banking, serving as senior vice president for commercial lending at Citizens Bank, vice president and middle market lender at

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, and manager of Key's International Banking Division. Previously, she served as deputy director of the International Division at the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development. Hulit has also held a number of civic and economic leadership roles, including her tenure as a founder and chair of the Maine International Trade Center, and her service as chair for the

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Board of Visitors.

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