Our Board is made up of individuals who are leaders in education, business, government, and the community.

MCEE Officers and Executive Committee

Chair, Peter Geiger
Executive Vice President, Geiger, Lewiston

Vice Chair, Bob Hasson
Superintendent of Schools, MSAD 51, Cumberland/No. Yarmouth

Treasurer, Yellow Light Breen
General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer, Bangor Savings

J. Duke Albanese
Co- Executive Director, Great Schools Partnership

Weston Bonney
Retired CEO, Peoples' Heritage

Cary Olson Cartwright
Director, Community Relations, UnumProvident

Susan Gendron
Commissioner, Maine Department of Education, Augusta

Chris Hall, Senior V.P. - Government Relations- Portland Region Chamber

Robert Kautz
Retired Superintendent, Education Consultant

Mary Jane McCalmon
McCalmon Consulting, Portland, ME

Marjorie Medd
UMS Trustee

Michael Shea
President – Webber Energy Fuels, Bangor

2008 Board of Directors

Jane Amero
Vice President Government Relations, Pierce Atwood Consulting, Portland

Mel Arsenault - Program Director, Maine Employer's Initiative, Maine Development Foundation

Ronald M. Bancroft
President and CEO, Bancroft and Company, Portland

Sue Bell
Senior Policy Analyst - Maine Readiness Campaign - Bernstein Shur

Michael Brennan
Former Maine Senator - Portland

Henry Bourgeois
Executive Director, Maine Compact for Higher Education, Augusta

Representative Emily Cain, House District 19 - Orono

James Carignan
Retired Dean, Bates College
Chair, State Board of Education, Harpswell

Charles Cochrane
Publisher and CEO, Blethen Maine Newspapers

Steve Culver
Vice President Government Affairs - Hannaford

Jim Doyle, Apple Computer

Edward Dinan
President, Verizon Communications – Maine

Alan Duplessis
Four Seasons Restaurant, Jackman

Sherri Gould
2005 Maine Teacher of the Year, Nokomis High School, Newport

Elizabeth Greenstein,
Market President, Bank of America, Portland

Jean Gulliver
State Board of Education, Falmouth

Cindy Hamilton
Executive Vice President - Human Resources, TD Banknorth

Kevin Healey
Vice President – Human Resources, Sisters of Charity Health Services, Lewiston

Michael Higgins
CEO, Spurwink, Portland

David Hughes, Executive Vice President, One Sky Jets

Laurie LaChance
President, Maine Development Foundation, Augusta

Gus LeBlanc
Principal, Lewiston High School, Lewiston

Rick Lyons, Superintendent, MSAD 22, Hampden/Newburgh

Leo Martin
Leo G. Martin Associates, Kennebunk

Terry McCabe
Director of Membership Services, Maine School Management Association, Augusta

Kevin McCarthy
Executive Vice President, UnumProvident

Joyce McPhetres
Vice President Human Resources- Central Maine Medical Center

Martin McKeon
2008 Maine Teacher of the Year - Sanford High School

Nancy Meagher, Director - Market Improvement, Bank of America

Senator Peter Mills
Senator, District 25, Skowhegan

Senator Elizabeth Mitchell
Senator, District 24, Vassalboro

Bill Nave
Research Analyst and Independent Education Consultant, Augusta

Al Noyes
President, Walch Publishing, Portland

Richard Pattenaude
Chancellor, University of Maine System

Steve Pound, Director, Cianbro Institute, Cianbro, Pittsfield

Brittany Ray, 2007 Maine Teacher of the Year, Narraguagus High School - Harrington

John Reny
R.H. Reny, Inc., Newcastle

Senator Richard Rosen
Senator, District 31, Rosen’s Dept. Store, Bucksport

John Rosser
Spurwink Schools

Mitchell Sammons
Vice President – Finance and Administration, Sheridan Corporation, Fairfield

Henry Scipione
Superintendent of Schools, York

David Silvernail
Director, Center for Education Policy – University of Southern Maine

Donna Tardif
2006 Maine Teacher of the Year, Montello School, Lewiston

Betty Lou Whitford
Dean, College of Education and Human Development, USM