Maurice L. Dubé was named the district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Maine District Office on July 1, 2007. He is responsible for the administration of the SBA's statewide operations, including the oversight of the agency's Resource Partners at the Maine Small Business Development Center, Maine SCORE chapters, and the Women's Business Center, at Coastal Enterprises, Inc. These organizations provide free and low-cost counseling, training and other business assistance services to aspiring and current business owners throughout Maine. Maurice also represents the SBA as an advisory member of the board of directors of the Maine International Trade Center. Maurice has worked for the SBA in various capacities since transferring to the agency in 1987. He began his SBA career as a liquidation loan officer in the SBA's Maine District Office before moving to the business development division, where he was promoted to assistant district director for business development. He subsequently was promoted to deputy district director. His last assignment before relocating to Maine was district director of the SBA's Massachusetts District Office. He also served as district director of Eastern Missouri's district office in St. Louis. Prior to his service with SBA, Maurice worked for the Maine Department of Labor, before taking a position with the Internal Revenue Service in Northern Virginia, in 1974, later moving to Maine. A Maine native, Maurice served in the U.S. Army, military intelligence branch from 1968 to 1970, and retired from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves with the rank of Lieutenant in 1994. He graduated from St. Dominic High School in 1967. He is a 1973 graduate of Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, with a B.A. in French and secondary concentration in English literature. He has since completed extensive studies in accounting and business at the University of Maine in Augusta. He is married to the former Anita Moulin, a fellow Bates graduate, class of 1973, who is a French and Spanish language teacher at Livermore Falls High School. They reside in Lewiston, where he is a member of the board of directors of the Franco-American Heritage Center. They have two sons pursuing advanced degrees in Montreal and Washington, D.C.