MAINECAN Interim Leadership Team

Listed in alphabetical order by last name

Steve Abbott, President and Principal Consultant, Abbott & Associates

Richy Ainsworth, Associate Director, Center for an Ecology-Based Economy

Andrea Berry, Climate Funding Manager, New England Environmental Finance Center, University of Southern Maine

Johannah Blackman, Executive Director, A Climate to Thrive

Daniel Dixon, Sustainability Director, University of Maine

Meggan Dwyer, Associate Director UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute/Chair Rockport Conservation Commission

Luke Dyer, Town Manager, Town of Van Buren

Maddie Jensen, Planner, Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation System

Sharon Klein, Associate Professor School of Economics & Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine

Jasmine Lamb, PhD student, University of Maine & Sipayik Resilience Committee Chair

Sonia Leone, Graduate Student, Ecology & Environmental Science, University of Maine

Jeff Marks, Executive Director, and/or Sophie Piette, Program Manager, ClimateWork Maine

Lucy Martin, Programs Officer Special Volunteer Initiatives, Volunteer Maine

Gabe McPhail, Founder, Resilient Communities L3C

Tanya Rucosky, Community Resilience Partnership Coordinator, Sunrise County Economic Council 

James Shimko, Assistant Professor, College of Business & School of Accounting, Husson University

Katie Simmons, Graduate Student, Resource Economics & Policy, University of Maine

Jared Wildwistle, Business Climate Action Program Manager, Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Kerri Withee, Climate Partnerships Manager, The Nature Conservancy