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
Sara Burns Chair
Najla Frayha Vice Chair
Joseph Foley Treasurer
Sara Burns
Augusta, Maine
Gena R. Canning
Partner
Pine State Trading
Portland, Maine
Abigail Diaz
Chief Legal Officer
Tyler Technologies
Falmouth, Maine
Bruce A. Epstein
President
Odysseys Unlimited
Boston, Massachusetts
Mark Fernandez
Vice President
R.M. Davis
Portland, Maine
Joseph Foley
Falmouth, Maine
Najla Frayha
SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
Unum
Falmouth, Maine
Mark L. Haley
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Brian Harris
Founder and CEO
MedRhythms
Windham, Maine
Nathan Kinney
Assistant Director of Strategic
Workforce Planning
EY
Portland, Maine
Christina Marie Lemieux
Planning Director
Publicis Groupe
London, England
Scott T. Maker
North Yarmouth, Maine
Carmita L. McCoy
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Heather Mitchell
Literary Agent
New York, New York
James Morris
Director of Product Management
WEX
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Alison C. Nathanson
Cumberland, Maine
Christopher Pierce
Cumberland Foreside, Maine
Elyse Pratt-Ronco
Assistant Director
University of Maine at Farmington Upward Bound
Farmington, Maine
Paul Suitter
Assistant Attorney General
State of Maine
Portland, Maine
Virginia Swain
Yarmouth, Maine
Dr. Rebecca Wyke
CEO
Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS)
Augusta, 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
J. Duke Albanese
Brunswick, Maine
Barbara Atkins
Waterville, Maine
Marjorie Bride
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Charles de Sieyes
Falmouth, Maine
Susan Carlisle
Bangor, Maine
Dan Coyne
Scarborough, Maine
Dan Crewe
Cumberland Foreside, Maine
Roger Deitz
New York, New York
Pat Eltman
South Portland, Maine
Rebecca Watt Epstein
Boston, Massachusetts
Peter Fendler
Cumberland Foreside, Maine
Mary Mitchell Friedman
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Tracy Gay
Atlantic Beach, Florida
David Johnson
Portland, Maine
Catherine Lee
North Yarmouth, Maine
Michele Martin
Scarborough, Maine
Mary McAleney
Cumberland, Maine
Karen McDonald
Scarborough, Maine
Rebecca Mills
Portland, Maine
Bill Mitchell
Waterville, Maine
Carol Mitchell
Portland, Maine
Jeff Nathanson
Cumberland, Maine
Merle Nelson
Portland, Maine
Harold Pachios
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
David Reynolds
Scarborough, Maine
Malcolm Rogers
Scarborough, Maine
Zoe Sahloul
Falmouth, Maine
Anne Swift-Kayatta
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Christine Williams
Bethesda, Maryland