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Board of Directors
Lindsey Cadot (President) became active in Maine's environmental community by typing up Maine Audubon's full Annual Report over a lunch hour in the early 70's. She continued her affiliation with Audubon, participating in their early field trip program, serving on the Board of Governors of Mast Landing Sanctuary in Freeport, and eventually serving on their Board of Directors. In 1999 Ms. Cadot volunteered with the Nature Conservancy and Maine Coast Heritage Trust helping support the Land Bond measure. For the following six years she worked as development assistant at Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Currently she volunteers for Maine League of Conservation Voters and Maine Conservation Voters Education Fund in their office. Areas of interest include theatre, hiking, kayaking, x-country skiing, and working her organic garden in Freeport, where she and her husband Andy have lived for many years.
 Megan Hellstedt (Treasurer) is the Environmental Affairs Specialist for Hannaford Brothers Co. She earned her Masters degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies where she focused on environmental sustainability planning for coastal systems. Ms. Hellstedt has been a board member of the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset since 2001. In her free time, she is a Big Sister to a twelve-year old girl and enjoys gardening, knitting, and house renovation projects. She and her husband, Erik, live in Brunswick.
 Brigitte Lehner Kingsbury (Secretary) is Executive Director of the Orchard Foundation. She is currently on the Maine Philanthropy Center board, the Maine board of the Conservation Law Foundation, and the advisory board of the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust. She previously worked as an assistant editor for economics at Cambridge University Press in New York City and as a researcher for Bower, Rohr & Associates in Hanover, NH, an economic consulting firm specializing in regulated industries. Ms. Kingsbury served a term as a representative to the Portland Water District Board of Trustees. She has also served on the boards of the Friends of Casco Bay, the Cape Elizabeth Recycling Committee, the Fort Williams Charitable Foundation Study Committee and the Natural Resources Council of Maine. She received her AB in political science from Brown University, and her MIA in international political economy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Ms. Kingsbury lives in Cape Elizabeth with her husband and two children and spends her free time hiking, sailing and skiing.
 Erik Anderson has embarked on a new career as a social studies teacher having completed ETEP, the University of Southern Maine’s mid-career teacher certification program. Erik previously was an Assistant to the Maine Conservation Commissioner from 2003-2006, working to protect Katahdin Lake, encouraging the Maine tradition of public access to private land, and supporting the long range stewardship of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. He is the Board Secretary for Boys to Men, serves on the Freeport Project Review Board, and received an M.A. from Bangor Theological Seminary. Erik lives in Freeport with his wife, Dana, and two boys ages 5 and 2.
 Linda Beck is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine at Farmington. Prior to arriving at UMF, she taught for ten years in the Political Science Department of Barnard College, Columbia University where she served as the Acting Chair of the Center for African Studies. Prof. Beck has won various teaching awards including the new faculty teaching award from the UMF student body. Prof. Beck has published a book entitled Brokering Democracy in Africa (Palgrave 2008) and a number of articles and chapters in edited volumes on African politics, identity politics and social accountability. She is a member of the American Political Science Association, the African Studies Association, and the West Africa Research Association.
Tom Bull honed a love of the environment simply by being born and raised in Maine; spending countless hours in the outdoors hiking, camping, canoeing swimming and skiing. Tom attended St. Lawrence University in Canton New York, graduating with a B.A. in Environmental Politics. Shortly after graduating from St. Lawrence and returning home, Tom was elected to his first term in the State Legislature, representing Freeport and Pownal. Tom went on to serve 4 terms, eight years, in the Legislature before term limits barred him from running for reelection. While in Augusta, Tom served on the Natural Resources Committee, the Judiciary Committee and the Marine Resources Committee; serving as Chair of the Marine Resources Committee in his last term. Now out of elective office, Tom works as a Fire Fighter EMT-I full time with the Brunswick Fire Department and part time with Freeport Fire Rescue. In his free time, Tom also volunteers as a Ski Patroller at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton. In addition, he still enjoys getting outside to hike and enjoy nature. Tom lives in Freeport.
 Steven Hufnagel grew up along the Mianus River in Bedford, New York, where he was engaged in local land use politics. He attended Williams College and graduated in 1996 with a B.A. in geology and environmental studies. Mr. Hufnagel spent several years in Seattle where he served as an environmental education and outreach consultant to natural resource agencies and was an active volunteer for Washington Conservation Voters (WCV). In 2003 he earned an M.S. in Resource Policy and Behavior from the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Mr. Hufnagel has since served as the director of land protection and stewardship for the Damariscotta River Association, a land trust in midcoast Maine. He resides in Damariscotta with his wife Liza Fleming-Ives and their daughter Audrey. You might see him in costume on the stage of the Waldo Theatre, in hiking boots anywhere between Bradbury Mountain and the Himalayas, or on skis wherever the snow falls.
 John F. Lambert, Jr. is a founder and shareholder of Lambert Coffin. His practice consists of diverse administrative and trial work including complex corporate litigation, antitrust litigation, majority-minority shareholder disputes, and employment benefits and discrimination litigation. He also does employment and labor counseling and governmental relations advocacy before the Maine Bureau of Insurance and the Maine Legislature. Mr. Lambert is a member of the Maine State Bar, as well as the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the United States District Court for the District of Maine. He graduated from Middlebury College and George Washington University School of Law. He has served as a member of the Cumberland Town Council, as Vice Chairman in 1996/7 and Chair in 1997-1999. Mr. Lambert resides in Cumberland with his wife and three daughters.
 Alison Reich has over fifteen years of experience in healthcare management, having been employed as the Chief Clinical Dietitian at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta from 1987 through 2003. Ms. Reich graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst with a degree in Human Nutrition and completed her Dietetic Internship at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. Her decision to move into a part time position as a clinical dietitian at MaineGeneral has allowed her to pursue her passion for the outdoors and activism for the environment. She most recently has done volunteer work for the Maine League of Conservation Voters. Prior to this she served as the Publicity Chairperson for the Skating Club of Maine’s central region. Ms. Reich is also a member of the Ethics Committee at the hospital . She lives with her husband Ted and daughter Katy in Monmouth and enjoys spending time with them attending high school sporting events, hiking, skiing and skating.
Staff
 Maureen Drouin is the Executive Director of the Maine Conservation Voters Education Fund. Before coming to MCVEF, Maureen was the Northeast Regional Representative – Manager for the Sierra Club in Portland where she advanced conservation at the state, regional, and federal levels. Maureen has worked for National Audubon Society on their Wildlife Refuge Campaign and served as Regional Outreach Director for the Northern Forest Alliance. She graduated with honors from Bowdoin College with a coordinate major in Geology and Environmental Studies and completed a one-year fellowship program with Green Corps, the field school for environmental organizing. She and her husband Mathew Scease live in Hallowell. Email Maureen.
 Tracy Gregoire (Outreach Coordinator) was born and raised in Maine. After graduating from Bates with an Environmental Studies major and teaching certification, Tracy worked as the Coordinator and Educator of the Auburn Land Lab, a K-12 environmental center. She most recently served as the Coordinator for Many and One, a coalition working to end racism through education, legislation, and community action. Tracy lives with her husband Steve and son Jasiah in Topsham. Email Tracy.
 Rani Corey Sheaffer is the Development Director of the Maine League of Conservation Voters. She brings more than ten years of fundraising, organizing and political experience to her position. She has worked as the Director of the Massachusetts Environmental Collaborative, Field Director for the Center for Environmental Citizenship, and as a volunteer for the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters. While raising her two young children, she worked part-time with Maine Rivers to establish a membership database and fundraising program. She is a 1996 graduate of Green Corps, the field school for environmental organizing and a 1995 graduate of Hartwick College with a degree in political science and environmental studies. She lives in Hallowell with husband, Jeremy, and sons Samuel and Benjamin. Email Rani.
 David Shiah is our Climate Change Project Coordinator. He has been hired to work with us on a short-term project to make climate change a priority for Maine. A seasoned campaign strategist, Dave brings 20 years of experience to MCVEF. In addition to his legislative service, he was Executive Director of the Dirigo Alliance, Director of the Maine Chapter of Friends of the Earth, and was a member of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. Email David.
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