Amplify Maine Consulting is a full-service public relations firm that amplifies your brand to elevate their awareness with strategic communications and digital marketing solutions.
We understand what it takes to have a compelling message and for that message to be seen and heard across multiple platforms.
Helping organizations amplify their brand, empower involvement, and increase public awareness of their mission is at the core of this small business.
We understand what it takes to have a compelling message and for that message to be seen and heard across multiple platforms.
Helping organizations amplify their brand, empower involvement, and increase public awareness of their mission is at the core of this small business.
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Amplify Maine Founder & President Justin Chenette
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Justin Chenette is a former journalist and current strategic communications professional with expertise in: media relations, digital marketing, video production, and social media management.
He got his start in journalism having been a TV anchor, producer, reporter, and columnist at WPXT, WPME, FOX 23, KATV, CTN, Biddeford Access, Caledonian-Record, Journal Tribune, Portland Daily Sun, and the Vermont Center for Community Journalism. At FOX 23 he was the Assistant Morning Producer for Good Day Maine, booking guests on the show and sifting through press releases to determine what made it through. He is best known in Saco for his role managing TATV Channel 3 and hosting his own statewide public affairs show, Youth in Politics, while in high school. He also served on the Society of Professional Journalists National Diversity Committee. Justin is currently a columnist with the Courier newspaper with a circulation of around 22,000. |
Justin’s communications consulting work is grounded in the belief that everyone has a story to tell. His background in government and nonprofit management helps shape his role navigating clients through their various PR challenges.
Justin made history in 2012 when, at just 21 years old, he became Maine's youngest lawmaker and the nation’s youngest openly gay legislator. He was sworn into office just a week before graduating from college. Since then, Justin has spent nearly a decade in public office.
He is a former 4-term Maine lawmaker having served 4 years in the Senate and 4 years in the House of Representatives. Justin’s public service career began in high school at age 17 when Governor John Baldacci appointed him to serve on the Maine State Board of Education, making history as the first student board member.
In the Legislature, he chaired the bipartisan Government Oversight Committee, taking a leadership role holding agencies and department heads accountable to ensure effectiveness of programs and to safeguard taxpayer dollars. He served on a number of committees including Senate Ethics, Environment & Natural Resources, Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Taxation, State & Local Government, Maine Climate Council’s Coastal & Marine Working Group, and founded the Democracy Reform Caucus and the Youth Caucus. He also served as a Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commissioner, advising on the legal and economic impacts of trade agreements on existing laws, working conditions and businesses in Maine.
Justin made history in 2012 when, at just 21 years old, he became Maine's youngest lawmaker and the nation’s youngest openly gay legislator. He was sworn into office just a week before graduating from college. Since then, Justin has spent nearly a decade in public office.
He is a former 4-term Maine lawmaker having served 4 years in the Senate and 4 years in the House of Representatives. Justin’s public service career began in high school at age 17 when Governor John Baldacci appointed him to serve on the Maine State Board of Education, making history as the first student board member.
In the Legislature, he chaired the bipartisan Government Oversight Committee, taking a leadership role holding agencies and department heads accountable to ensure effectiveness of programs and to safeguard taxpayer dollars. He served on a number of committees including Senate Ethics, Environment & Natural Resources, Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Taxation, State & Local Government, Maine Climate Council’s Coastal & Marine Working Group, and founded the Democracy Reform Caucus and the Youth Caucus. He also served as a Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commissioner, advising on the legal and economic impacts of trade agreements on existing laws, working conditions and businesses in Maine.
He currently serves as a Maine-Canadian Legislative Advisory Commissioner and a member of the Maine Right to Know Advisory Committee, after being appointed by Senate President Troy Jackson in 2021. In these roles, Justin works to strengthen cooperation between Canada and Maine as well as works to improve public access and transparency in government.
Justin has been recognized nationally by The Advocate magazine, listing him on their list of the 40 Under 40 most accomplished leaders throughout the entire country. Two sitting U.S. Presidents have honored his volunteer work as the recipient of the Volunteer Service Award; in 2008, by President Bush, and in 2016, by President Obama. He also received both the Governor’s Exemplary Service Award in 2009 and a Mayoral Certificate of Service for his leadership in the community in 2020.
He graduated from Northern Vermont University-Lyndon with a B.S. in Broadcast News and was named the Outstanding Young Alumni in 2019. Justin went on to earn a Post-Baccalaureate Degree in Public Administration from the University of Maine at Augusta. After receiving a national fellowship, he also earned an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Justin has been recognized nationally by The Advocate magazine, listing him on their list of the 40 Under 40 most accomplished leaders throughout the entire country. Two sitting U.S. Presidents have honored his volunteer work as the recipient of the Volunteer Service Award; in 2008, by President Bush, and in 2016, by President Obama. He also received both the Governor’s Exemplary Service Award in 2009 and a Mayoral Certificate of Service for his leadership in the community in 2020.
He graduated from Northern Vermont University-Lyndon with a B.S. in Broadcast News and was named the Outstanding Young Alumni in 2019. Justin went on to earn a Post-Baccalaureate Degree in Public Administration from the University of Maine at Augusta. After receiving a national fellowship, he also earned an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
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