Join us for an enlightening and interactive panel discussion on the dynamic landscape of construction financial management. Our esteemed panel of experts brings together a diverse range of perspectives, insights, and strategies that converge to address the evolving challenges and opportunities in the construction industry. This session aims to foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and innovative thinking among CFOs and financial leaders in Maine.

Tasha Gardner, CPA, CCIFP

Vice President-Finance/CFO, Sargent Corporation

Tasha Gardner breathes life into the workplace. As Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sargent Corporation, she values the work and the individuals who make it thrive. The heavy civil contractor with impressive projects throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic is 100% employee-owned by over 480 skilled workers. Tasha is proud to work with this collaborative team, overseeing finances for the literal movers and shakers of the building world. Prior to joining Sargent, Tasha was a partner at the regional accounting firm BBSC, CPAs for a decade. She has been married to the love of her life, Bill, for 28 years, and they have two wonderful children and two active grandchildren. She is the volunteer treasurer for Arise Addiction Recovery, a faith-based residential addiction recovery program. Tasha thoroughly enjoys finding purpose in every aspect of living, both in and outside the office.

Jason Richard

Chief Financial Officer

Jason has been with S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. since 1997. He held the position of financial manager from 2000 until 2009, when he was named the firm's chief financial officer. He was elected to the firm's board of directors in 2010 and elected as the firm's treasurer in 2011. A native of Livermore, Maine, Jason received the degree of bachelor of arts in English from the University of Maine before entering the Maine Business School at the University of Maine. There, he earned both a certificate of post graduate studies in business administration and the degree of master of business administration.

He has taken an active role in the Construction Financial Management Association's Maine Chapter, where he has served as its secretary, vice president and president. Jason has also served on the boards of the Hampden Water District (President), and two workers compensation trusts, the Maine Group Trust and Dirigo Re.

As CFO and Treasurer at S. W. Cole, Jason is responsible for the firm's treasury functions (including cash management; corporate budgeting; banking; and financial analysis, forecasting and reporting); accounting; audit; and project financial management. In addition, he is responsible for the firm's risk management program, manages the administrative services division, helps lead its emerging leaders program and serves on the firm's investment committee. Jason has also led several of the firm's mergers and acquisitions efforts.

Tim Ouellette

Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer

Tim Ouellette has been CFO/Treasurer of CPM Constructors since he joined the company in 1998. He has overseen numerous other areas of responsibility with the Company during that time and is currently also CEO. Before joining the family business, he worked for the United States Marine Corps in contracting in Arlington, Virginia and Camp Pendleton, Calif., and as an editor for Computerworld Magazine in Framingham, Mass. He is a Past President of the Associated General Contractors of Maine (2015), a current board member of AGC Maine, a past board member of CFMA Maine, and a current Scholarship Committee member with both CFMA Maine and Maine Better Transportation Association. He grew up in Nashua, NH, is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, and is a current resident of Scarborough, Maine, where he and his wife Susan Morrison raised their daughters.