George is a Maine native, entrepreneur, and small business advocate whose life has been shaped by a rare combination of rootedness and range. Born in western Maine, they moved to Blue Hill to attend BHCS and GSA — and then kept moving, in the best possible way.

As a child and teenager, George spent formative time living and studying abroad, including years in Mexico and an exchange in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Salvador, Brazil. Those experiences didn't just leave George fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese — they instilled a worldview that is genuinely global, an ability to move between cultures with ease, and a deep, abiding curiosity about how different communities organize themselves around work, food, and meaning.

That curiosity found early expression on farms. Before boardrooms and product roadmaps, George worked the land — on farms throughout New England and California — developing a firsthand, working knowledge of agriculture, food systems, and the people who sustain them. It's the kind of understanding that can't be taught in a classroom, and it informs everything George does today.

George grew up in a classical music household and plays multiple instruments — a background that sharpens the kind of pattern recognition, discipline, and attentiveness to detail that defines their professional work.

George's entrepreneurial career began with the co-founding of Farmdrop.us in Blue Hill, a local food systems platform built with Mary Alice Hurvitt on the belief that local food and local dollars are essential measures of a community's economic health. The platform has since spread to communities across Maine. From there, George pursued an MBA in Sustainable Business from Antioch University, then built a solo consulting practice in New York City serving clients from boutique designers to the Walt Disney Company.

George's corporate career spanned product management at EBSCO, where they focused on STEM-related products, and O'Reilly Media, where they oversaw product lifecycles for certifications and structured learning. Undergraduate degrees from Smith College in Portuguese Language and Environmental Science and Policy round out a genuinely interdisciplinary foundation.

Back in Blue Hill, George co-founded Waxwing Business to support small businesses across rural Maine — work that draws on the full breadth of their experience in project management, finance, technology, operations, and the agricultural and environmental sectors. They serve on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust board of directors, and recently chaired the Blue Hill Comprehensive Planning Committee, shepherding a multi-year community planning process to a successful town vote — no small feat in a place where people care deeply and opinions run strong.

George brings to every project what a life lived across languages, landscapes, and cultures tends to produce: genuine perspective, hard-won expertise, and an uncommon ability to meet people exactly where they are.