Maine Philanthropy Center Board of Directors | 2024
Chair
Gabriela Alcalde | Executive Director, Elmina B. Sewall Foundation
Vice Chair
Nico Chin | Founder, Up with Community
Secretary
Jennifer Hutchins | Executive Director, Maine Association of Nonprofits
Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
Kati Denham | Senior Tax Manager, BerryDunn
Marpheen Chann | President and Founder, Khmer Maine
Deborah Ellwood | CEO and President, Maine Community Foundation
Jake Grindle | Senior Program Officer, Maine Health Access Foundation
Morgan Hynd | Director, The Bingham Program
Erik Jorgensen | Senior Director of Government Relations and Communications, Maine State Housing Authority
Jess Maurer | Executive Director, Maine Council on Aging
Governance Committee Chair
Gioia Perugini | Associate Director of Philanthropic and Family Office Services, Hemenway & Barnes, LLP
Julian Rowand | Senior Director, Maine Initiatives
Brendan Schauffler | Network Facilitator, Oxford County Wellness Collaborative
Julia Sleeper Whiting | Co-Founder and Executive Director, Tree Street Youth
Lisa Sockabasin | Director of Programs and External Affairs, Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness
Courtney Yeager | President & CEO, United Way of Kennebec Valley
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Maine Philanthropy Center Staff
Jeannette Andre | President & CEO
Robert Burnett | Senior Manager, Information Systems and Research
Emilie Eames | Senior Associate, Programs and Communications
Sarah Lentz | Director, Strategic Initiatives, Culture, and Community
Our Community
We are foundations (corporate, private, public, family, and community), nonprofits, individuals, and other philanthropic practitioners. Maine is the epicenter of our work and we come together to build relationships, deepen knowledge, and move resources. Our diverse membership is our strength; allowing us to facilitate cross-sector collaboration, create shared understanding, dismantle ineffective silos, and shift power to ensure that Maine is a leader in advancing equity.
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