Board and Staff

STAFF

  • Claude Rwaganje, Executive Director
  • Karlene Osborne, Administrative Assistant
  • Jennifer Wilson, AmeriCorps*VISTA

Board of Directors

Officers
  • Chairman of the Board, Gregory P. Hansel, Attorney at Law, Preti Flaherty
  • Vice Chair, Nancy J. Meagher
  • Treasurer, William H. Brown, CPA, Principal at BerryDunn Telecommunication Group
  • Secretary, Eugene Ardito, President and CEO of cPort Credit Union
Board Members
  • Eric Boucher, Chief Financial Officer of Avesta Housing
  • Joel L.Gold, Ph. D., Professor of Finance at USM, CFP at the GOLD Company
  • Tim Harkness, Owner/Creative Director at THinc Advertising & Design
  • E’nkul E. Kanakan, Director, Granite Bay Care
  • Scott Kerr, Broker, Re-Max by the Bay
  • Rev. Mutima B Peter, President, Central African Vision and Senior Pastor, International Christian Fellowship
  • Dominic Suru, Multicultural Coordinator, 211 Maine

Advisory Committee

  • Karin Anderson, Principal at Dala Consulting
  • Sharon Brobst, Community Development Loan Officer, TD Bank
  • Sasa Cook,  Vice President Maine Liquid Methane Fuels, and Managing Member, The Schoodic Group of Companies, U.S. Representative, ASP Investment Advisor AG
  • Edward Loro, DHHS Case Worker
  • Carolyn May, Regional Manager, Women, Work and Community
  • Laurence Mukabatsinda, member of the Morning Light Ministries
  • Paul Mukiza, staff at Spurwink Agency
  • Larry Pelletier, CFP, Senior Vice President, Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC
  • Dana Totman, CEO Avesta Housing
  • Julie Wise, ESL Teacher, Portland High School
  • Rob Wood, Director of Portland Adult Education
  • Bruno Yomoah, ESL Teacher, Deering High School