The Wallace McCain Institute at the University of New Brunswick has named the 16 participants in the sixth cohort of its Entrepreneurial Leaders Program.

After an intense two-day process it calls "The Choosing", the institute selected a range of entrepreneurs from the three Maritime Provinces who Executive Director Nancy Mathis described as representing “the regions highest growth potential entrepreneurs.”

The 16 people who will participate in the program over the next year are:  

1. Monica Adair, ACRE Architects Inc., Saint John;

2. Sarah Albert, PGYIN Holding Inc., Moncton ;

3. Laura Araneda, Vic Progressive Diamond Drilling Inc., Sussex, NB;

4. Keith Brideau, Historica Group of Companies, Saint John;

5. Pam Cooley, CarShare Atlantic Ltd, Halifax;

6. Mike Cormier, Crandall Engineering Ltd., Moncton;

7. Michel Gauvin, Kurius Intelligent Homes & Buildings, Dieppe, NB;

8. Guy Haché, West End Sports, Beresford, NB;

9. Brandon Kolybaba, Sheepdog, Cloud A Halifax;

10. Levi Lawrence, Real Food Connections Ltd., Fredericton;

11. Brent MacDonald, Xiplinx Technologies Ltd., Saint John;

12. Jason MacDonald, MJL Enterprises Inc., Charlottetown;

13. Andy Osburn, Equals6.com, Halifax;

14. Sébastien Pitre, V. Pitre Fondation, Robertville, NB;

15. Ryan Roberts, Managed Markets Rx Solutions, Inc., Saint John;

16. And Kirsten Simonsen, The Eastern Prosthetic Clinic, Moncton.