Leadership Team

Leadership team members are selected to bring STEM and program management expertise to the collaborative's work. Leadership team members also provide regional representation within the collaborative. Current Leadership members are:

• Sharon Barker
  Director
  Women's Resource Center
  University of Maine
• Peaches Bass
  Office of the Commissioner
  Maine Department of Labor
• Leslie Blanchette
  Graduate Student
  University of Maine
• Jennifer Dunham
  Program Assistant & Diversity Specialist
  Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine
• Dorrea Fellman
  Director
  GEAR UP Partnerships for Success
  University of Maine at Farmington
• Cathy Knox
  Retired School Principal
• Samantha Lott Hale
  Regional Director of Membership and Community Cultivation
  Girl Scouts of Maine
• Mary Madden
  Associate Research Professor
  College of Education and Human Development
  University of Maine
• Deb McGann
  Chemistry Instructor
  Maine School of Science and Mathematics
• Vinitha Nair
  Executive Director and Co-Founder
  Platform Shoes Forum
• Lisa Phelps
  Program Administrator
  Cooperative Extension 4-H
  University of Maine
• Tara Treichel
  Director of Education
  Coastal Studies for Girls
  A Science & Leadership School
• Susie Valaitis
  Vice President
  Institute for Broadening Participation