Barbara Raths Named Deputy Treasurer

January 9, 2006

For Immediate release
Contact: David Lemoine: 207-624-7477

(AUGUSTA)- State Treasurer David G. Lemoine today named Barbara Raths as Deputy Treasurer for the State of Maine. “This is the highest level staff position in the Office,” said Treasurer Lemoine, “and I am pleased to have someone with her skills, experience and unflagging work-ethic fill the position.”

Ms. Raths has been serving as Maine’s Assistant State Treasurer and is a 2004 graduate of University of Southern Maine’s School of Business where she received her Masters in Business Administration. She is a 1996 Cum Laude graduate of Bates College and resides in Portland with her husband, Joseph Boucher. Ms. Raths has formerly served as a Deputy Secretary of State and as a legislative aide for the Senate Majority Office.

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