James Eric Francis Sr. is Penobscot Nation’s Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Tribal Historian, and Chair of Penobscot Tribal Rights and Resource Protection Board. As a historian James studies the relationship between Maine Native Americans and the landscape. Prior to working at the Penobscot Nation, James worked for the Wabanaki Studies Commission helping implement the new Maine …
Dan Wenk had over a 40 year career with the National Park Service. Dan and his wife Barbara retired to Rapid City, South Dakota at the end of 2018. He began his career as a Landscape Architect with the Denver Service Center. In 1979 he was assigned to Yellowstone National Park as the Park Landscape …
Sheryl Crockett Tishman is an avid environmental activist and currently sits on the National Board of Trust for Public Land, The NorthLight Foundation (Sheryl and Dan Tishman’s Family Foundation), and The Board of Trustees for Mountainfilm. Sheryl is a former Trustee of The Open Space Institute, the National Audubon Society Expedition Institute, Mianus River Gorge …
Gail Fanjoy, Millinocket, ME, is a third generation resident of that community who is deeply committed to the revitalization of the Katahdin region. Following the attainment of degrees in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Maine, she returned to her hometown and began working at a non-profit, KFI, at which she led a …
Logan Edwards, Portland, Maine, was born and raised in the Katahdin region. He can trace his ancestry back six generations in both the Benedicta and Island Falls communities. His family has operated Birch Point Campground & Cottages, on Pleasant Lake, since 1922. Logan has a deep connection to the Katahdin area and passion for its …
Lisa Horsch Clark, Seal Cove, ME, is the Director of Development and Donor Relations at Friends of Acadia, directing all fundraising efforts and working primarily with individuals, foundations, and corporations wishing to make charitable gifts to support capital and special projects. She specializes in estate and planned giving and leads the staff of five in …
Eliza Donoghue, Brunswick, Maine, is the Director of Advocacy & Staff Attorney for Maine Audubon. Born and raised in Maine, she developed her environmental ethos as a child, paddling the state’s rivers and climbing its mountains with her family. Eliza studied creative writing and wilderness studies at the University of Montana and went on to …
Steve Richardson was born and raised in Patten, Maine and currently lives at Shin Pond (T5R7) which borders the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. He and his wife, Vicki, have totally embraced the potential that Katahdin Woods and Waters has for the economic revitalization of surrounding communities, for raising the aspirations of our youth, …
Jeremy Sheaffer, Hallowell, Maine, is the Maine State Director at The Wilderness Society (TWS). Jeremy came to TWS in 1999 from the Alaska Wilderness League, where he served the National Field Director on a campaign to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Jeremy has extensive campaign experience working on numerous House and Senate races, including …
Don Hudson, Arrowsic, ME, developed an interest in plants and ecology in the early 1970s while leading expeditions for the Chewonki Foundation in Maine and Quebec. He graduated from Dartmouth College (1972, A.B. French and Environmental Studies); and received graduate degrees from the University of Vermont (1979, M.S. Botany) studying the reproductive biology of a …
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James Eric Francis Sr.
Posted: February 12, 2024 by Elise Goplerud
James Eric Francis Sr. is Penobscot Nation’s Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Tribal Historian, and Chair of Penobscot Tribal Rights and Resource Protection Board. As a historian James studies the relationship between Maine Native Americans and the landscape. Prior to working at the Penobscot Nation, James worked for the Wabanaki Studies Commission helping implement the new Maine …
Dan Wenk
Posted: February 12, 2024 by Elise Goplerud
Dan Wenk had over a 40 year career with the National Park Service. Dan and his wife Barbara retired to Rapid City, South Dakota at the end of 2018. He began his career as a Landscape Architect with the Denver Service Center. In 1979 he was assigned to Yellowstone National Park as the Park Landscape …
Sheryl Tishman
Posted: August 4, 2021 by Sarah Andre
Sheryl Crockett Tishman is an avid environmental activist and currently sits on the National Board of Trust for Public Land, The NorthLight Foundation (Sheryl and Dan Tishman’s Family Foundation), and The Board of Trustees for Mountainfilm. Sheryl is a former Trustee of The Open Space Institute, the National Audubon Society Expedition Institute, Mianus River Gorge …
Gail Fanjoy
Posted: January 27, 2021 by Sarah Andre
Gail Fanjoy, Millinocket, ME, is a third generation resident of that community who is deeply committed to the revitalization of the Katahdin region. Following the attainment of degrees in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Maine, she returned to her hometown and began working at a non-profit, KFI, at which she led a …
Logan Edwards
Posted: January 27, 2021 by Sarah Andre
Logan Edwards, Portland, Maine, was born and raised in the Katahdin region. He can trace his ancestry back six generations in both the Benedicta and Island Falls communities. His family has operated Birch Point Campground & Cottages, on Pleasant Lake, since 1922. Logan has a deep connection to the Katahdin area and passion for its …
Lisa Horsch Clark
Posted: January 15, 2020 by Sarah Andre
Lisa Horsch Clark, Seal Cove, ME, is the Director of Development and Donor Relations at Friends of Acadia, directing all fundraising efforts and working primarily with individuals, foundations, and corporations wishing to make charitable gifts to support capital and special projects. She specializes in estate and planned giving and leads the staff of five in …
Eliza Donoghue
Posted: November 22, 2019 by Sarah Andre
Eliza Donoghue, Brunswick, Maine, is the Director of Advocacy & Staff Attorney for Maine Audubon. Born and raised in Maine, she developed her environmental ethos as a child, paddling the state’s rivers and climbing its mountains with her family. Eliza studied creative writing and wilderness studies at the University of Montana and went on to …
Steve Richardson
Posted: November 22, 2019 by Sarah Andre
Steve Richardson was born and raised in Patten, Maine and currently lives at Shin Pond (T5R7) which borders the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. He and his wife, Vicki, have totally embraced the potential that Katahdin Woods and Waters has for the economic revitalization of surrounding communities, for raising the aspirations of our youth, …
Jeremy Sheaffer
Posted: March 27, 2017 by Sarah Andre
Jeremy Sheaffer, Hallowell, Maine, is the Maine State Director at The Wilderness Society (TWS). Jeremy came to TWS in 1999 from the Alaska Wilderness League, where he served the National Field Director on a campaign to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Jeremy has extensive campaign experience working on numerous House and Senate races, including …
Don Hudson
Posted: February 23, 2017 by Sarah Andre
Don Hudson, Arrowsic, ME, developed an interest in plants and ecology in the early 1970s while leading expeditions for the Chewonki Foundation in Maine and Quebec. He graduated from Dartmouth College (1972, A.B. French and Environmental Studies); and received graduate degrees from the University of Vermont (1979, M.S. Botany) studying the reproductive biology of a …