Ethan is a business consultant residing in central Maine. He spent his early years working at his family’s poultry farm and farm insurance agency in the lakes region of New Hampshire. While earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, he worked on several dairy farms. After college, Ethan moved to Maine with his now wife. After helping with his in-laws’ family crop farm, he then owned two agricultural insurance agencies with a partner before joining Farm Credit East in 2014.      

As a business consultant, Ethan works to establish a relationship with his clients and then assesses their goals to meet his clients' needs in a customized way.  His extensive experience in agriculture, small family businesses and rural New England communities helps him understand his client’s motivations and the market conditions that prevail in this region. In 2024, he was invited by the Maine Commissioner of Agriculture to serve on the Maine Dairy Task Force.  

Although Ethan has a niche in dairy financial consulting, his client base is growing in other areas including large maple production, timber and occasionally fishing and lobster. Ethan has also helped many clients with Maine-specific ag loans, grants and other programs primarily through the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME).   

Consulting services

• Financial analysis
• Business transition planning
• Enterprise analysis
• Expansion planning
• Cost of production analysis
• Dairy Profit Analyzer/Dairy Profit Intelligence
• Succession planning
• Estate planning
• GenerationNext

Benchmark work

• Dairy Benchmark
• Winery Benchmark

Personal

Ethan and his wife have three boys that keep them busy with their involvement in DeMolay (a Masonic organization), sports and other extracurricular activities. He remains a board member with the American Society of Agricultural Consultants (ASAC), serves as the secretary/treasurer in his local Masonic Lodge, Chapter Advisor for the Waterville Bill Barteaux DeMolay Chapter and the treasurer for the Maine State DeMolay Association. Additionally, Ethan is involved in Maine Farm Bureau, Maine Maple Producers, the Maine Beginning Farmer Resource Network and the Equipping New Farmers advisory council in Maine. He also is active with the Central Maine Stripers High School Rugby Team and the Lake George Regional Park near his home. Ethan enjoys outdoor activities, hunting, tractor pulling and his own small scale maple production.