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Board of Trustees 2009-10

Alexander K. (Sandy) Buck, Jr. (Cumberland Foreside), president

Charles (Kip) Moore (Portland), vice president

Jeff Skaggs (Windham), treasurer

Francesca Galluccio-Steele (Portland), secretary

Tom Arter (Damariscotta)

John Berry (Harpswell)

Andrew Beahm (Freeport)
Alan A. Bray (Sangerville)
Trudy Briggs (Pownal)
Robert E. Cash (Cumberland Foreside)

Bob Cleaves (South Portland)
Robert S. Duchesne (Old Town)

William M. Goodwill (Friendship)

Karen Herold (Cumberland), past-president

Karl Kreutz (Orono)
Adam D. Lee (Cumberland)
Laura Newman (Portland)

Jeff Pidot (Hallowell)
Lynne Seeley (Yarmouth)

Sue Shane (Falmouth)
Kenneth S. Spirer (Portland)

Stacy Stitham (Falmouth)

Cynthia Thomashow (Unity)
John E. Thron (South Portland)
Adelaide Trafton (Topsham)
Anthony J. Wilkins (Falmouth)

Advisory Trustees

Tom Armstrong, Jr.

Andrew A. Cadot, Esq.

Ian Gamble
Leon A. Gorman
Jeanette S. Hagen
Christopher M. Harte
Anne J. Hayden
Horace A. Hildreth, Jr.
Sherry F. Huber
Edward Kfoury
E. Christopher Livesay
Peter Quesada
Alice Rand
Warren M. Turner

Staff 2009

Executive Office
Ted Koffman, executive director

(207) 781-2330, ext. 220


Business and Administration
Susan Cilley, director

Bernardo Feliciano, IT administrator
Kathy Surgi, assistant


Communications
Elyse C. Tipton, director

Conservation
Sally Stockwell, director
Jennifer Burns Gray, staff attorney and advocate
Aram Calhoun, vernal pools project coordinator
Barbara Charry, biologist and GIS manager
Susan Gallo, wildlife biologist
Jody Jones, policy analyst and wildlife ecologist
Rebecca Wilson, administrative assistant

Development

Jennifer Cutshall, director of advancement

Monika Schlaak, director of development operations

Gina Correia, development coordinator

Susan Guimond, development assistant

Megan Elliott, membership and database manager
Kathy Mills, grantwriter

Environmental Centers

Kara Wooldrik, director of education

Hannah Webber, interim director at Fields Pond

Rachelle Curran, environmental educator
Laura Duffy, administrative assistant

Merle Hetley, Fields Pond Audubon Center program assistant
Eric Hynes, staff naturalist and Gilsland Farm Audubon Center program manager

Nora Krevans, Nature Store assistant

Ruth Perry, Fields Pond Audubon Center environmental educator

Cathy Stivers, environmental educator
Carroll Tiernan, retail sales and facility rental manager

Holly Twining, Fields Pond Audubon Center program naturalist
Linda Woodard, environmental educator and Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center manager

Property Management
Robert (Bos) Savage, director
Donald Annis, Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary manager

Bob Bittenbender, assistant property manager

Glenn Evans, Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary caretaker

Peter A. Fafoutas, Gilsland Farm Audubon Center custodian

Katharine Ingwersen, Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary caretaker

Peter McMillen, Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary caretaker

Marianne Warner, Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary caretaker

Milestones

2000 Joined in partnership with National Audubon Society to bring Audubon activities in Maine under one roof.

1997 Opened the L. Robert Rolde Nature Center at Fields Pond in Holden, expanding Maine Audubon's environmental programming in the central Maine region.

1995 Led the successful campaign for the "Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund" which has provided millions of dollars for fisheries and wildlife conservation projects; acquisition of public lands, wildlife conservation areas, outdoor recreation sites and public access; endangered and threatened species conservation projects; and natural resources law enforcement.

1995 Opened Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth, demonstrating environmentally friendly building materials and providing space for programs and activities.

1995 Led the effort to create the "Loon Plate", the conservation registration license plate which provides critical funding for wildlife conservation and state park improvements

1994 Received "Down East Environmental Award" for our "imaginative efforts to inform and instruct Mainers old and young."

1989 Established a "Forest Forum" in which representatives of the forest industry and the environmental community met regularly to discuss issues of concern and to develop a dialogue based on trust. That step eventually led to the drafting and passage of the Maine Forest Practices Act in 1989, the first state law to mandate records of timber harvesting and to regulate the size of clearcuts.

1984 Launched aggressive advocacy efforts to block Great Northern Paper Company from building the "Big A" Dam on the West Branch of the Penobscot.

1983 Created a solidly successful education program that included an ambitious plan to integrate environmental studies into Maine's elementary and secondary school curricula.

1978 Established the Maine Conservation Lobby to fundraise and coordinate environmental advocacy efforts in Augusta.

1977 Actively opposed the proposed Dickey-Lincoln Dam - preserving the free flowing nature of the St. John River.

1976 Won the fight to enact the "Bottle Bill," Maine's landmark returnable beverage container law, and fought years of subsequent attempts for its repeal.

1976 Completed ambitious project to build a new headquarters building in Falmouth that also showcased state-of-the-art energy generation and conservation measures.

1974 Operated the most complete environmental information center in Maine, emphasizing alternative energy sources.

1972 Conducted the first statewide bald eagle survey, fought the use of DDT and herbicide 245-T in Baxter State Park, and helped create the State Board of Pesticide Control.

1972 Initiated a partnership with the state to convert an old clam shack at the edge of Scarborough Marsh, which soon evolved into the Scarborough Marh Nature Center that is still one of the organization's busiest facilities.

1966 Opened Mast Landing Nature Day Camp in Freeport - still operating each summer.

1936 National Audubon acquires Hog Island in Maine and opens its first camp to teach adults about wildlife and education. Carl Buchheister is the first director. Hundreds of conservation leaders will be educated here.

1921 The Portland Natural History Society counted 6000 visitors, a proud vote of approval from a city whose population was barely 30,000.

1843 The Portland Society of Natural History was founded for collecting and studying specimens and educating its members about natural history – particularly in Maine. The primary focus was the establishment and maintenance of a natural history museum in Portland.

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