Board & Staff

Board of Directors

Bill Bell, President, Saco
Executive Director, Maine Association of Conservation Districts

Susan Morris, Vice President, Waldoboro
Blueberry Grower

Frank Miles, Secretary, Cape Elizabeth
Retired Educator

Russell Libby, Treasurer, Mount Vernon
Executive Director, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association

Paul Birdsall, Penobscot
Organic Farmer

Deb Chapman, Rockport
Creative Consensus, Inc

Neil Crane, Exeter
Commercial Potato Farmer

Bambi Jones, Alna
Organic Farmer

Steve Page, Secretary, Searsmont
Gulf of Maine Aquaculture Company, LLC

Adrian Wadsworth, North Turner
Dairy Farmer

Advisory Council

Chris Hamilton, Whitefield and Bahamas

James P. Hastings, Skowhegan

Evan McDougal, Springvale

Jo D. Saffier, Pownal

Art Thompson, Presque Isle

Staff

John Piotti, Unity
Executive Director

LouAnna Perkins, Penobscot
Legal Counsel

Kristin Varnum, Verona Island
Associate Director

Esther Lacognata, Topsham
FarmLink Coordinator

Nina Young, Belfast
Lands Projects

Sue Lanpher, Verona Island
Office Assistant