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Lance E. Leavitt, President/Principal
Mr. Leavitt joined Sullivan and Merritt in 1995. He is responsible for daily operations and focuses his leadership in business administration and the Electrical Division. Mr. Leavitt has spent his career in the construction industry, first as an electrician and later as a project manager for one of the largest construction firms in America. He has served as vice president at SMC and also at Milliken Brothers, Inc. in Portland, ME. Mr. Leavitt founded the current SMC corporation with CEO Jon Lee in 2006.

Mr. Leavitt is a member of the National Electrical Contractors Association, the IBEW Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee Board of Directors, and the International Foundation of Employee Benefits. He holds a master electrician's license in Maine.

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Jon E. Lee, CEO/Principal
Mr. Lee joined Sullivan & Merritt, Inc. in 1982 as a warehouse attendant/truck driver and has grown up in the heavy industrial construction industry. Mr. Lee worked his way up to vice president at Sullivan & Merritt, Inc. before fulfilling a life-long goal of owning his own construction company when he founded the new SMC corporation in 2006 with President Lance E. Leavitt. Mr. Lee is responsible for daily operations. His leadership centers on the mechanical division and overseeing SMC's main headquarters in Bangor, ME.

With a background in mechanical construction, Mr. Lee has worked on some of SMC's largest projects. Mr. Lee is a member of the New England Mechanical Contractors Association, the International Foundation of Employee Benefits, the Local 716 Pipefitters Apprenticeship and Training Committee Board of Directors, and is a Management Trustee for the Local 716 Pipefitters.