About me
Sarah Guerette is the Senior Program Director, Business Development Services at Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a Maine-based community development financial institution with a mission to build just, vibrant and climate-resilient futures for people and communities in Maine and rural regions by integrating finance, business expertise and policy solutions in ways that make the economy work more equitably.
As CEI’s Senior Program Director, Business Development Services, Sarah provides strategic oversight for CEI’s Business Development Services Department. This team provides 1:1 advising to current business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs, and provides a wide variety of workshops, classes, and events for entrepreneurs throughout the State. Sarah is responsible for programmatic oversight, funder and collaborator relationships, and staff management. She maintains a small client load with a focus on access to capital and business transitions. In her time at CEI she has worked with a wide variety of entrepreneurs throughout Maine, including many bakery owners.
Originally from Bangor, Maine, Sarah has worked with small business owners in both Boston and in Ecuador, where she lived for 5+ years. During her time in Ecuador Sarah graduated from the vocational school SECAP (Servicio Ecuatoriano de Capacitación Profesional) with a certificate in Panadería (breadmaking) and enjoyed teaching very basic breadmaking in the urban school where she worked.
Outside of work Sarah can be found meeting a friend for some early morning exercise, practicing “positive self-talk" while learning to downhill ski well enough to keep up with her husband and daughter (not there yet), or cooking up some delicious vegetarian fare.
