With a 22 year career of successful farm operations and extensive participation in local, state and national agricultural organizations, Bernard W. Shaw served as Maine’s Commissioner of Agriculture from 1987 to 1994 and was a director of the Finance Authority of Maine and the Land for Maine Future Board for eight years.

Presiding over several agricultural councils, services and departments both locally and nationally, Shaw was also a longtime member of the Maine Potato Board and a director of the National Potato Promotion Board as well as an active community leader. He volunteers with the Augusta Food Bank and is a trustee and former board member of Eastern States Exposition.