Directors and Advisors BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors manages the Mitchell Institute’s activities. Its primary functions are establishing policies consistent with the organization’s purposes, and resource management and stewardship. Members are elected and serve three-year terms.
Senator George J. Mitchell Honorary Chairman
Christopher Pierce Chair
Sara Burns Vice Chair
Joseph Foley Treasurer
| Sara Burns Augusta, Maine |
Bruce A. Epstein President Odysseys Unlimited Boston, Massachusetts |
Najla Frayha SVP, Chief Marketing Officer Unum Falmouth, Maine |
K.C. Jones Managing Partner Verill, LLP Portland, Maine |
Alison C. Nathanson Cumberland, Maine |
| Gena R. Canning Partner Pine State Trading Portland, Maine |
Robert Ervin Vice President Spring Brook Ice and Fuel Company Waterville, Maine |
Mark L. Haley Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
Scott T. Maker North Yarmouth, Maine |
Christopher Pierce Cumberland Foreside, Maine |
| Dan Coyne SVP for Community Impact United Way of Greater Portland Portland, Maine |
Peter Fendler Principal Hub International Cumberland Foreside, Maine |
Eric Haskell Physician Maine Medical Partners Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
Michele Martin Senior Manager of Customer Satisfaction Business Support L.L. Bean Freeport, Maine |
Lauren Segal Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
| Charles de Sieyes Falmouth, Maine |
Mark Fernandez Vice President R.M. Davis Portland, Maine |
David Hines Director of Research H.M. Payson & Co. Portland, Maine |
Rebecca Mills Manager of Partner Services & Indirect Tax WEX Portland, Maine |
Virginia Swain Yarmouth, Maine |
| Abigail Diaz Chief Legal Officer Tyler Technologies Falmouth, Maine |
Joan G. Fischer Portland, Maine |
David Johnson Portland, Maine |
Heather Mitchell Literary Agent New York, New York |
Nicole Witherbee Chief Program Officer John T. Gorman Foundation Portland, Maine |
| Joseph Foley Falmouth, Maine |
James Morris Director of Product Management WEX Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
Senator’s Circle
The Senator’s Circle supports the mission, values, and strategic direction of the Mitchell Institute by promoting the Mitchell Institute and its associated programs across the organization’s many communities, by cultivating its network of supporters and collaborators, and by advocating for the Institute among the Circle’s personal and professional networks.
Marjorie Bride Chair
| Tim Agnew Yarmouth, Maine |
Dan Crewe Cumberland Foreside, Maine |
Nathan Kinney Somerville, Massachusetts |
Carol Mitchell Portland, Maine |
David Reynolds Scarborough, Maine |
| J. Duke Albanese Brunswick, Maine |
Roger Deitz New York, New York |
Catherine Lee North Yarmouth, Maine |
Mary Mitchell Friedman Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
Malcolm Rogers Scarborough, Maine |
| Barbara Atkins Waterville, Maine |
Pat Eltman South Portland, Maine |
Mary McAleney Cumberland, Maine |
Jeff Nathanson Cumberland, Maine |
Zoe Sahloul Falmouth, Maine |
| Marjorie Bride Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Rebecca Watt Epstein Boston, Massachusetts |
Karen McDonald Scarborough, Maine |
Merle Nelson Portland, Maine |
Anne Swift-Kayatta Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
| Susan Carlisle Bangor, Maine |
Tracy Gay Atlantic Beach, Florida |
Bill Mitchell Waterville, Maine |
Harold Pachios Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
Christine Williams Bethesda, Maryland |