Advisory Team
(as of 3/1/2021)
Our resources are based on ideas and feedback from a variety of community and business leaders. Here are those currently contributing their expertise. Doing so helps ensure quality in what we deliver.
| Name | Title | Location | Area(s) of Project-Related Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza Adams | Middle school health teacher | Windham, ME | Health education, substance abuse prevention, and curriculum materials development |
| Noelle Auger | High school English teacher | Lewiston, ME | Project resources for educators and learners |
| Lydia Bell | PhD, graduate research associate | Indianapolis, IN | Project development, community project organization, coordination with wellness initiatives |
| Grace Cleaves | Director of Marketing and Communications | Wiscasset, ME | Small business marketing and live entertainment |
| Rebecca Cross | High school Spanish teacher | Bangor, ME | Adult education, Job Corps, trauma-informed education, and foreign language education |
| Anne-Marie Davee | MS RD LD, Freeport Schools Wellness Coordinator | Freeport, ME | Program development and funding, wellness programs, evaluation research, nutrition and health, parenting |
| Mary Doyle | Wellness Director | Augusta, ME | Coordination with other health promotion (education) curricula and projects |
| River Dufour | Yale University Class of 2025 | New Haven, CT | Learner perspectives on resources |
| Meg Edstrom | Environmental Educator at The Ecology School | Saco, ME | Educating middle school students about ecological concepts and experiences |
| Michele Gaillard | Chef and College Foodservice Administrator | Brunswick, ME | Marketing healthy food to youth |
| Gabrielle Gosseline | Organic Farmer | Bowdoinham, ME | Sustainable agriculture in practice, Maine sustainable farming community activities and needs |
| Nicole Guite | Physical Therapist | Scarborough, ME | Movement as medicine |
| Lily Hamill | Visual Artist | Rockport, ME | Graphics and Visual Presentation |
| Emma Harrington | Lehigh University Class of 2023 | Bethlehem, PA | Learner perspectives on resources |
| Dan Heil | PhD, Exercise Physiology Researcher and Professor | Bozeman, MT | Exercise physiology research |
| Clayton Jones | Middle School Science Teacher | Poland, ME | Science and community-engaged learning instruction |
| Meredith Jones | President, Maine Community Foundation | Ellsworth, ME | Non-profit project funding, team-building, coordination with other Maine non-profits |
| Mary Kennedy | Bowdoin College Dining Services Director | Brunswick, ME | Coordinating with colleges and dining service providers |
| Heidi Kessler | Let's Go! / 5-2-1-0 Goes to School, School Intervention Coordinator | Portland, ME | Coordinating with other social marketing campaigns and school-based interventions |
| Seth Kroek | Organic Farmer, Crystal Spring Farm | Brunswick, ME | Sustainable agriculture in practice, Maine sustainable farming community activities and needs |
| Mark MacLeod | Price Waterhouse Cooper's Consultant | Chicago, IL | Business marketing and sales, performance management, benchmarking metric analysis |
| Carla Marcus | Health Promotion Program Developer | Scarborough, ME | Non-profit health promotion project development and operation |
| Craig McEwen | Sociology Professor | Brunswick, ME | Networking and social change |
| Mo Nuñez | Great Schools Initiative Senior Associate | Portland, ME | Teacher and administrator networking, social-emotional education |
| Jerry Perron | Professional Musician, Music Store Owner, Recording Studio Owner | Brunswick, ME | Song composition, performance, and recording |
| Joshua Rood | Artistic and Human Resource Consultant | San Leandro, CA | Empowering communications, team-building |
| Leslie Joy Simmons | M.A., Psychotherapist and Yoga Instructor | Brunswick, ME | Practitioner perspectives on health |
| Kaley Sawyer | High School Guidance Counselor | Gray, ME | Credit restoration and learner community experience facilitation |
| Sarah Shed | Public and Community Health Coordinator | Augusta, ME | Non-profit project funding, team-building, coordination with other Maine non-profits |
| Emer Smith | Public Health Educator, ME Center for Disease Control and Prevention | Augusta, ME | Coordination with CDC-affiliated and other health promotion programs |
| Karen Symanowicz | Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Counselor | Portland, ME | Adolescent emotional intelligence and health, social and emotional learning |
| Angie Tagtow | MS RD LD, Environmental Nutrition Consultant | Elkhart, IA | Nutrition and environmental education, research publication |
| Rick Wilson | Brunswick High School Teacher and Director of Community Outreach | Brunswick, ME | Community-engaged learning, non-profit organization formation, environmental health education |
| Posie Wood | Doctrina Education Consulting | Portland, ME | Educational resource development and marketing |