Jean McGinnis

Jean McGinnis is the founder and Executive Director of the Maine Center for Creativity.  Jean has spent the past 5 years advocating for the support and stimulation of Maine’s creative industries by working collaboratively with business leaders through the 501 (c) 3 organization she founded. Her organization created Art All Around, an international design competition that received 560 proposals from 80 countries to paint art on the above ground storage tanks owned by Sprague in the Port of Portland. The goal of Art All Around is to put Maine on the map for creativity and innovation. She has raised $600,000 toward the completion of this arts and industry collaboration.

Jean’s professional experience includes working for WGBH, Boston’s public television and radio stations as well as Development and Membership work for both the Portland Museum of Art and the Children’s Museum of Maine.  Jean graduated from Boston College cum laude with a degree in Communications and concentration in organizational development.