Technology Boards MTI Volunteer Experts Nearly 100 experienced business and technology experts volunteer their time to serve on MTI's seven technology boards. Technology Board members evaluate MTI seed grant proposals and development award applications, make funding recomendations, and contribute advice to the MTI Board of Directors in matters of policy based on their in-depth knowledge of their industries' technologies and needs in Maine. Service on the MTI Technology Boards is purely voluntary, and is "open to private sector representatives, scientists and others determined appropriately representatives of the targeted technology sectors" (Sec. AAA-3. 5MRSA c.407). Anyone interested in serving on a Technology Board is encouraged to contact the Chair of the Technology Board, or the president of MTI Betsy Biemann, bbiemann@mainetechnology.org, and their interest will be given due consideration by the Technology Board, and the MTI Board of Directors. *When two technology board members are from the same company, there is a shared vote between the two so that a single company does not have undue influence on the process. MTI Technology Boards Advanced Technologies for Forestry & Agriculture Aquaculture and Marine Technology Biotechnology Composite Materials Technology Environmental Technology Information Technology Precision Manufacturing Technology