Board Chair
Martha E. ("Meg") Greene  Board Member, John T. Gorman Foundation 
Meg is a partner in the firm of Brann & Isaacson, Lewiston, Maine, where she has specialized in sophisticated estate planning, charitable giving and private foundation administration for the past 26 years. Prior to its hiring of a full time President and CEO, she also served as the Managing Director of the John T. Gorman Foundation, a private foundation established by the late Tom Gorman of Yarmouth, Maine. Meg graduated from Bowdoin College in 1976 and the University of Maine School of Law in 1983. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Member of the Maine Estate Planning Council and a Member of Maine State (Trusts and Estates Section) and American (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations.

Board Vice Chair
Barbara Leonard, MPH, Vice President for Programs, Maine Health Access Foundation
Barbara came to MeHAF in 2007 as Senior Program Officer and became Vice President for Programs in 2008. Prior to MeHAF she was president of The Leonard Group, a public health consulting organization, and worked with clients such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and the University of Southern Maine. Barbara has worked in public health since the late 1980s and has experience in program development, management and evaluation, with special interest in chronic diseases, women’s health and policy approaches to improving health.  She was a Policy Fellow at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service 2006-2007 and currently serves as a member of the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s program, Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: Supporting Community Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity.  Barbara is a graduate of Colby College and received her MPH from Yale University.

Board Secretary
John Kuropchak, President & CEO, United Way of Eastern MaineIn the fall of 2008, John moved to Maine to lead United Way of Eastern Maine. A native of Ohio, John is a graduate of Youngstown State University and Kent State University in Ohio. He has worked in the field of health and human services for 30 years. He was the administrator of various agencies and for the last 20 years has been associated with the United Way. He previously served as President of the United Way of Tuscarawas County in Ohio, worked as a Director of Small City Services and worked as Director of the National Corporate Leadership Program at the United Way of America in Alexandria Virginia. While in Ohio, John was active in the Lion’s Club for 18 years and served on local advisory boards for the Timken Foundation, Kent State University and the Ohio United Ways. John is a member of the Bangor Rotary and is active in the United Ways of Maine Association. 

Board Treasurer
Linda Roberts, Principal, BerryDunn
Linda joined BerryDunn in 1988, and is a member of the Firm’s Commercial and Construction Practice Groups, where she provides audit, review, accounting, tax, and consulting services to a variety of commercial, construction and professional services clients. She has also serves a number of foundations and complex not-for-profit service organizations. Throughout her years of service she has gained an understanding of her client’s businesses and the ability to provide innovative solutions based on industry best practices.

Wendy Ault, Executive Director, MELMAC Education Foundation
Wendy served as the Associate Director of Admissions at the University of Maine at Farmington for seventeen years. During her tenure at UMF, she was elected to four terms in the Maine House of Representatives representing part of Kennebec County from 1988 through 1996. She served all eight years as a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, serving as its House Chair during her final term. In September 1999, she became President of the non-profit Maine Educational Loan Marketing Corporation (MELMAC). When MELMAC was sold to a for-profit corporation in 2001, the proceeds from that sale created the MELMAC Education Foundation, and Wendy was named as Executive Director.
 
Betsy Biemann, President, Maine Technology Institute
In 2005, Betsy was appointed by Governor John Baldacci to head the Maine Technology Institute. The Institute’s purpose is to support entrepreneurs in the State’s seven targeted technology sectors to bring new products and services to market and thereby create good jobs for Maine residents. Betsy joined the Maine Technology Institute after serving as Associate Director of the Working Communities program at The Rockefeller Foundation for nearly a decade. There she oversaw a five-year, $22 million grant and investment program expanding access to employment in low-income communities across the U.S.

Nancy Brain, Executive Director, Sam L. Cohen Foundation
Nancy Brain has been the Executive Director of the Sam L. Cohen Foundation since 2003, and a trustee of the Frances Hollis Brain Foundation since its founding in 1993. Prior to that, she worked at UNUM as a systems analyst and a systems liaison with the product development areas. Nancy is also currently serving on the board of the National Center for Family Philanthropy.

Michael R. Currie, President and Managing Director, H. M. Payson & Co.
Michael joined H.M. Payson & Co., a Maine Trust Company and Registered Investment Advisor with offices in Portland in 1997. Prior to that he was a partner in the law firm of Pierce Atwood.  He received his undergraduate degree from Colby College, his law degree from The University of Maine School of Law, and an L.L.M. (Taxation) from Boston University School of Law.  Michael is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of the American Bar Association and Maine State Bar Association. Michael is also currently serving on the Boards of the United Way of Greater Portland, the United Way Foundation, the Maine Cancer Foundation, the University of Maine School of Law Foundation, the Davis Family Foundation and the Rosamond Thaxter Foundation.

Tory Dietel Hopps, Senior Partner, Dietel Partners
Tory is a graduate of the Emma Willard School and the University of Vermont and lives in Cumberland, Maine.  She has been in the nonprofit sector for over 20 years in fundraising and nonprofit management positions and currently works with her father and sister in a consulting group, providing multigenerational family to family philanthropic advising to private clients. Tory serves on the board of Riding To The Top in Windham, Maine and the Support Foundation for The Brain Mapping Medical Research Organization in Los Angeles, California. In addition to her nonprofit work, Tory is also a partner in RockHopp Partners LLC, a company that develops products for families and she recently co-authored Spintastik for the Family which has won four national book awards including a 2007 Teacher’s Choice Award from Learning Magazine. 

Anne Dinsmore, Executive Director, Great Bay Foundation
Anne joined the Great Bay Foundation in 2008 as a member of the Grant Review Committee and became the Executive Director in January 2009.  From 1980 to 2009 Anne worked at UNUM in various management roles and retiring in 1999 as Senior Vice-President, Disability Benefits Organization. While at UNUM she also served as a trustee on the UNUM Foundation. Since leaving UNUM Anne has served in multiple roles with non-profit organizations including serving as the Executive Director of Hospice of Southern Maine during its start-up phase. She currently serves on the Youth Alternatives Ingraham board.  

Frank Douglass, Assistant Treasurer, Wright Express Corporation
Bi-lingual in English and Japanese, Frank began his career working for a super-regional Japanese bank in Tokyo, eventually accepting posts in New York and Hong Kong. He moved to Maine in 1997, joining Wright Express in 2000. Frank started his career at Wright Express managing the Accounts Receivable group, moving to Operations two years later to oversee all businesses operating on independent platforms. Returning to Finance in 2005, Frank was eventually appointed Assistant Treasurer in 2010. As the company’s profile grew, he accepted the additional responsibility for leading a charitable giving program and became an active participant in the Maine Philanthropy Center’s Corporate Roundtable. Frank’s bachelor’s degree in International Studies is from the University of Washington. He finished his MBA in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix in January of 2007

Jay Espy, Executive Director, Elmina B. Sewall Foundation
In January of 2008, Jay joined the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation as its first executive director. Mrs. Sewall’s legacy will continue to focus on conservation, animal welfare and social needs, primarily in Maine. For the prior two decades, Jay served as president of Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide land conservation organization. During his tenure, Maine Coast Heritage Trust accelerated its land protection efforts along Maine’s entire coast, conserving more than 125,000 acres and establishing the Maine Land Trust Network, which helps build capacity of local land trusts throughout Maine. He also led the Trust’s successful Campaign for the Coast, raising more than $100 million for conservation and doubling the amount of protected land on Maine’s coast and islands. He serves on the board of the Canadian Land Trust Alliance and is a former chair of the Land Trust Alliance, a national organization serving land trusts throughout the United States.

Carol Geist, Trustee, Betterment Fund
Carol has served as a trustee of the Betterment Fund since 1997, and in that capacity has been actively involved in grant decisions. The Betterment Fund is a private foundation created under the Will of a former resident of Bethel, Maine. Ms. Geist is an attorney with Davidson, Dawson & Clark LLP, a law firm with offices in New York City and New Canaan, Connecticut, of which she has been a partner for over 20 years. Her law practice there primarily has entailed counseling not-for-profit entities and private business organizations in connection with their formation, governance and other affairs.  

David J. Nutty, University Librarian and Director of Instructional Technology and Media Services, University of Southern Maine. 
David joined USM in 2003 and is responsible for three libraries and two offices of ITMS and is a member of the senior academic management group. David currently serves as Chair of the Board of Maine Info Net, a state-wide library consortium, is a member of the Board of the Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, and the Osher Library Associates Board.  He is active in national professional library organizations and is currently a Committee Chair in the Library Information Technology Association (LITA). David’s career in higher education has included positions at Richmond American International University in London, England as Director of Information Resources (CIO), at George Washington University in Washington D.C. as the Associate University Librarian for User Services and Technology, and at Loyola University Chicago as the Assistant University Librarian.

Joe Pratt, President, Bar Harbor Trust Services
Joe is the Managing Director of Bar Harbor Trust Services and has been with the company since 2000. He specializes in endowment management, planned giving, and charitable estate planning.  He is the founding President of the Maine Planned Giving Council (1995), and the founding Chair of Maine's "Leave A Legacy" program (1997). Joe lives in Bangor and is involved with nonprofit organizations throughout Maine.

Michael Rayder, Jr., Senior V.P., Foundation Manager, and Community Development Manager, TD Bank, USA
In his capacity as foundation manager, Michael will work with trustees to oversee, administer and distribute an anticipated $13 million in grants across the 15 states and the District of Columbia where the bank operates. Foundation giving activities are focused on the areas of affordable housing, education and financial literacy, and the environment. In his role as the Community Development Manager for TD Bank USA, Michael is responsible for developing and achieving the strategic plan and CRA goals for TD Bank USA, a $10.0 billion bank affiliated with TD Ameritrade. Michael moved to Maine in 2000 after 15 years in the New York banking community managing the New York City retail operations of M & T Bank, and serving as the CFO of the Retail Bank, Distribution Services, and deposit product areas at M & T Bank (MTB). He served on the board of Greater Portland Landmarks from 2000-2006; was named to the board of the Cumberland County YMCA in 2007, and the board of the Maine Philanthropy Center in 2008 where he currently serves. He also serves as a trustee at North Yarmouth Academy. He lives in Falmouth and New Harbor with his family.

Janet C. Taylor, Philanthropic Advisor, and Trustee, C.F. Adams Charitable Trust
Janet joined the law firm of Ropes & Gray in 2001, bringing with her over 30 years of experience working with private foundations, corporate giving programs, and family philanthropy.  She has extensive knowledge of charitable institutions and has developed creative strategies for leveraging philanthropic resources.  In her role as Philanthropic Advisor, she assists clients and their families in making their charitable giving more fulfilling and effective. Janet's background includes 14 years with Raytheon Company, where she was responsible for the corporate-wide community relations and contributions program; the scholarship program for children of employees; and the United Way campaign.  She also served for 9 years as President of Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts, a fellow regional association of MPC that promotes professionalism and collaboration among donors and non-profit organizations. 

Peter Taylor, Vice President for Program Development and Grantmaking Services, Maine Community Foundation Peter is responsible for managing the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) programmatic work, which includes grantmaking and initiatives. Prior to joining MaineCF, Peter served as associate dean of students at Bates College. Peter has served on the boards of the Maine Association of Nonprofits, Maine Rural Partners, and the Maine Commission for Community Service. He also was a member of the 2010 MPC Conference Planning Committee and has worked with MPC to design and offer a two-part series on mission investing. Peter lives in Belfast and is enjoying the long slow process of refitting a wooden sailboat and loves to sail with his family.

Janet Wyper, Community Relations Manager, L.L. Bean
Janet has served as a liaison between L.L.Bean and the community for going on 23 years now. Having spent time working in Washington D.C. for World Wildlife Fund and on Capitol Hill, and for the Committee for Economic Development in NYC, she has enjoyed life on the for-profit side, assisting her company in funding the many good works going on in the non-profit side. This perspective has been very helpful. She is a Camden girl (though, "not a native," a true native would point out), and has loved Maine since she came here at age 10. "I can't imagine living anywhere else." When she isn’t juggling 22 balls at work, she is juggling twice that many at home with her family in Gorham.

Staff
Janet Henry, President    janet@mainephilanthropy.org
Janet Henry is a native of Arkansas, escaping in 1970 to launch her trek to Maine with stops in Kentucky, Tennessee & Ohio. She began her philanthropy career at a community foundation in Dayton, Ohio, one of the oldest and largest in the country. Her years in Maine have included work with the University of Maine Foundation as a planned giving officer, the establishment of the Portland office of the statewide Maine Community Foundation, and capital campaign work for the University of New England. A resident of Kennebunkport, Janet has served on the Brick Store Museum Board of Directors and the Maine Initiatives Advisory Committee. In 2001, she became the President of the Maine Philanthropy Center in Portland, Maine, an organization she helped to create while at the Maine Community Foundation. 

Mari Jones, Assistant Director   mari@mainephilanthropy.org
Stephanie Cox, Program Assistant   stephanie@mainephilanthropy.org
Jo D. Saffeir, Environmental Funders Network Coordinator efn@mainephilanthropy.org
Christina Foster, Special Projects    christina@mainephilanthropy.org