At its June meeting, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) board of directors unanimously elected the following officers for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. President: Raymond Cota, Jr., Webber Oil Company Vice President: Dana Totman, Avesta Housing Vice President: Thomas Lea, Peoples United Bank, dba Maine Bank & Trust Treasurer: William Shanahan, Northern New England Housing Investment Fund Assistant Treasurer: James Otis, Otis | Atwell Secretary/Registered Agent: Dennis Keeler, Pierce Atwood, LLP Founded in 1985, MEREDA is an organization of commercial real estate owners, developers and related service providers, whose mission is to promote an environment for responsible development and ownership of real estate throughout the state of Maine.