Fund Manager
John Burns has over 23 years of experience in institutional investing. Prior to joining SEGF as the Fund Manager in 2000, he served as Second Vice President and Portfolio Manager for UNUM Corporation, where he managed domestic and international portfolios. With the SEGF, he has played a role in bringing capital to more than 20 Maine companies to date, and has steered the SEGF through a number of returns of capital to the Fund.
Mr. Burns holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and has held the Series 7 NASD license. He holds an MBA, with high distinction, from Babson College, and a MS degree in Resource Economics from Penn State University. Mr. Burns completed his undergraduate work at the University of Maine.
Mr. Burns serves on the following Boards of Directors:
- Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board
- Maine Investment Exchange (MIX)
- Technology Center Coordinating Board (Maine DECD)
- CEI Community Ventures, Inc.
- ConnectME Advisory Board
- Falmouth Memorial Library, Advisory Trustee
Fund Administrative Associate
Prior to joining the SEGF in 1995, Terri Wark worked for over 10 years as an experienced Commercial Loan Assistant with the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME).
Ms. Wark attended the University of Maine.
Fund Associate
Jayme Okma Lee joined the SEGF in 2005 as a Fund Associate. Prior to joining the SEGF, Ms. Okma Lee worked for General Motors as a marketing and financial analyst, and as a management consultant in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2004, she and her husband came to Maine where they established his veterinary hospital in Rockport. Since moving to Maine, Ms. Okma Lee has provided management consulting services to several Midcoast Maine businesses including Brace Management Group.
Ms. Okma Lee received an MBA from the University of Maine where she had the highest cumulative GPA in her class. She graduated Magna Cum Laude, with honors, from Bowdoin College with an A.B. in Economics and Mathematics.