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2009 Featured Presenters

Registration will close at midnight on Saturday 10/3/09.

Maryli Tiemann
Program Director
Maine Campus Compact
http://www.mainecompact.org/
Maryli Tiemann is Program Director of Maine Campus Compact where her work furthers the engagement among campus faculty, staff and students within their communities and across the state and Northern New England. She has taught in K-12 education as well as at Bowdoin, Saint Joseph’s and Southern Maine Community Colleges and is active in community leadership in her home community of Brunswick.

Alicia Ines Sampson
Service Learning Coordinator
Office of Community Engagement
University of Southern Maine
http://www.usm.maine.edu/

Martin J. Cowling

People First –Total Solutions
Martin J. Cowling, CEO
www.pfts.com.au/

Mr. Cowling, CEO of People First –Total Solutions possesses over 20 years of management experience with organizations including UNICEF, AFS Intercultural Programs, The Smith Family, and Victorian Relief. He has been CEO of People First –Total Solutions since October 2003. He believes that people are the key to an organization's success or often the very reason for failure and he is passionate about ensuring organizations and their staff (both paid and unpaid) have mutually beneficial relationships. Mr. Cowling provides public speaking, consultation and training services for a wide range of public and private organizations in the United States, New Zealand and Australia as well as individual coaching.

Tom Broussard PH.D.
Assistant Dean, Admissions, Recruitment & Career Services
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Brandeis University
www.heller.brandeis.edu

Tom Broussard is the Assistant Dean, Admissions, Recruitment and Career Services at the Heller School at Brandeis University. In 1994 he founded Career Prospects, Inc., a Maine-based career counseling, training and staffing company where he specializes in workforce training and development. Tom’s doctoral work focused on the employment of people with disabilities.

Rod Buchele
Extension Specialist 4-H Youth Development and Volunteer Development
Kansas State University
www. Kansas4-H.org

State Volunteer Development Specialist and State Photography Specialist for Kansas 4-H, K-State Research and Extension. Member/Commissioner Kansas Volunteer Commission. Presented at over 15 National Association of Extension 4-H Agents National Conferences and three Galaxy (All Extension) National Conferences.

Elizabeth Cole
Professional Development AmeriCorps VISTA
Maine Commission for Community Service
www.maineservicecommission.gov/

Elizabeth is a recent graduate of Vassar College in New York, where she received a degree in history. This year, Elizabeth has returned to the lovely state of Maine to work with the Maine Commission for Community Service as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer. Over the course of the next year, she will be working on Project INVEST to help address the need for accessible volunteer management training in a variety of formats across Maine.

Maryalice Crofton
Executive Director
Maine Commission for Community Service
www.maineservicecommission.gov/

Maryalice Crofton has been the chief staff person for the Maine Commission for Community Service since 1996. Prior to that she served as grant program officer at the Commission and had previously spent 15 years as the leader of three nonprofit organizations that were heavily dependent on volunteers for service delivery. In her current role, Crofton has served on national committees for state service commissions as well as a leader for major national projects.

Eileen Smart
State Program Office
Corporation for National and Community Service
www.nationalservice.gov

Lori Tsuruda

Lori Tsuruda
Founder & Executive Director
People Making a Difference (PMD)
www.pmd.org

Tsuruda recruits and manages episodic volunteers and helps charities and companies improve their community involvement programs, based on working with 4,500 PMD volunteers who’ve staffed 775 projects helping 113 charities in Greater Boston. She has managed volunteers for 20+ years, and is serving her fourth term leading the Directors of Volunteer Administration in Boston.

Trudy Hamilton
Manager of Volunteer Resources
Seniors Plus
www.seniorsplus.org

Trudy Hamilton is the Manager of Volunteer Resources for SeniorsPlus in Lewiston, Maine. Prior to that, she was a Membership and Marketing Manager for Girl Scouts of Kennebec Council for 5 years, after serving on a local Girl Scout Service Team for several years. During that time, she consistently increased the volunteer base in western Maine, and their capacity to serve girls. She holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, and recently obtained the credential of Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA). She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE) as Treasurer, and is active in the Portland Association of Volunteer Administrators (PAVA). She is also active with the VolunteerMaine.org VISTA project, and owns Western Maine Consultants. Trudy resides in her hometown of South Paris, with her family, including her chocolate Labrador retriever, Spirit.

Jennifer Lobley
Extension Educator
Univ. of Maine Cooperative Extension
www.umext.maine.edu

Jennifer Lobley has worked for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for the past nine years. In addition to her Extension Educator role in Washington and Hancock County where she works with over 100 4-H volunteers, she is the statewide 4-H Program Coordinator for Maine. She has a Masters of Science in Elementary Education. Last year she completed her Certification in Volunteer Administration, and worked extensively on the development of the National Framework for 4-H Volunteerism. She recently returned from a six-month sabbatical looking at the use of web-based learning with 4-H volunteers around the country.

Dahlia Lynn PH.D.
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management
Univ. of Southern Maine

Susan Jennings
Extension Educator
UMaine Cooperative Extension
www.extension.umaine.edu

Susan Jennings, Extension Educator has a MS Degree in Educational Administration and a BS Degree in Education and the Arts. Susan is currently an Extension Educator working with the 4-H Youth Development program in Oxford County, including administration for the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, 4-H clubs, community programs and school initiatives. Program work includes identifying and responding to youth development needs and community issues; designing, implementing and evaluating educational programs. Susan has been involved with youth and adult service learning partnerships and leadership projects for over the past 15 years.

Harris Madson
Nonprofit Management
Dept. of Public Administration, Univ. of Maine

Harris Madson has been active in Maine’s nonprofit community for 18 yrs – Executive Director, senior staff for United Way and Wings, Board member, volunteer and consultant. He teaches a nonprofit management class with the University of Maine, is on three nonprofit boards and is developing a nonprofit volunteer management program with Maine Commission for Community Service.

Janet May
Coordinator of Transition & Adults
University of Maine
/www.ccids.umaine.edu/

Janet May, M.Ed., is Coordinator of Transition & Adults at the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies. Janet currently is working on a project to increase involvement of Maine people with disabilities in volunteer positions.

BJ Kitchin
Research Associate
University of Maine
/www.ccids.umaine.edu/

BJ Kitchin, MSW, is a research associate at the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies where he is also a Ph.D. student, studying the intersection of accessibility, human rights, and technology within the framework of disability studies. Central to his study are the principles of Universal Design and their application.

David Pease
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Androscoggin Bank
www.androscogginbank.com/

David Pease is the SVP - HR at Androscoggin Bank. He has 23 years as an innovative people leader in both profits and non-profits, including 10 years responsible for hospital volunteers. David has a MS degree in HR Management from Lesley University. He is a frequent speaker and writes for several business publications. David is the current State Director for the Maine HR Council and serves on several Boards.

Marc A. Pittman
Director
Inland Foundation
www.inlandfoundation.org

Marc A. Pitman is the Director of the Inland Foundation, the author of Ask Without Fear!, and founder of FundraisingCoach.com. Recognized by such organizations as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Chronicle of Philanthropy as a thought leader, Marc helps organizations raise more money than they ever thought possible!

Anne Shinck
Consultant in Volunteer Management
www.absconsultingmaine.com

Anne Schink is a consultant in volunteer management, training, and facilitation offering services to nonprofit organizations. From 1995 to 2009 Anne was the Program/Training/Disability Officer at the Maine Commission for Community Service. She has been a community leader in many organizations.

Alex Steed
Activation Station

Alex Steed is a social influence marketer based in Portland, Maine, specializing in getting nonprofits, sustainability-conscious businesses, causes and individual activists noticed and heard both online and off. He sustains and manages reputations -- be it on Facebook and/or Twitter, at parties and clubs, and anywhere else you're talked about. Through his work on the ground as a community organizer in multiple political campaigns, and his travels across the country to report on the habits and interests of the Millennial Generation, he has worked with some of the biggest names in web altruism. He knows first hand: the market is finally changing.

Patrice Keegan
Executive Director
Boston Cares
www.bostoncares.org

Patrice Keegan has been Executive Director of Boston Cares since 2002. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Points of Light Institute and the Advisory Board of the Simmons College Institute for Leadership & Change. Patrice has an MPA degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a BLA in Extension Studies cum laude from Harvard University.

Phil Crowell
Chief of Police
Auburn Police Department
www.auburnpd.com

Chief Phillip Crowell of the Auburn Police Department is a 23 year public safety professional who has been with the Auburn PD since 1993. Chief Crowell understands that a successful police department is dependent upon having a close working relationship with the community. His vision for and support of the VIPS program in Androscoggin County and particularly the Auburn PD has been pivotal in the program's success. Phil serves as a Commissioner with the Maine Commission for Community Service; as a member of the Androscoggin County Weed & Seed Steering Committee; as a member of the "Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Maine" committee; and countless other committees and boards.

Liz Allen
Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) Coordinator, Police Planner
Auburn Police Department
www.auburnpd.com

Co-presenting the VIPS workshop is Liz Allen. Liz serves the Auburn Police Department as coordinator of the "Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)" program and as Police Planner. Most recently, she served Androscoggin County as VIPS Coordinator for the Lewiston, Lisbon and Auburn Police Departments and the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Department, recruiting, screening, training and placing community volunteers into service with local law enforcement agencies.

Michelle Martin
Americorps*VISTA
C4CY/UMaine
www.umaine.edu/bodwellcenter

Michelle Martin is a recent University of Maine Honors graduate in the field of Anthropology. She has joined the Bodwell Center staff as an Americorps*VISTA for the 2009-2010 membership through the Communities for Children and Youth Americorps program. She works as a part of the Youth and Families Team directing efforts for the new thrift store and food cupboard on-campus, The Black Bear Exchange, and The Black Bear Mentor program, pairing college students with local youth for a meaningful relationships. Michelle has been a volunteer since childhood, understands the college student volunteer, and manages volunteer efforts in our Maine communities. She enjoys gardening, outdoor activities, and identifying wild plants.

Ryan Bouchard
Americorps*VISTA
Maine Campus Compact/UMaine
www.umaine.edu/bodwellcenter

Ryan Bouchard is a recent graduate of the University of Maine with a degree in Psychology. He has joined the Bodwell Center staff as an Americorps*VISTA through Maine Campus Compact. He is charged with lessening poverty by engaging college students and institutions of higher education through creative programming for active citizenship development. He works with volunteer programs including the direction of our weekly Civic Passage program, annual volunteer events, and supporting faculty in service-learning efforts. He has thorough knowledge of the UMaine Greek system giving him essential experience with the majority of the college student volunteer population.

Fran Rudoff
Executive Director
KIDS Consortium
/www.kidsconsortium.org/

Fran Rudoff is the Executive Director of KIDS Consortium. Based in Auburn, KIDS Consortium prepares young people to be active and responsible citizens by training and supporting educators, community organizations, and youth in best practices for service-learning. Fran also advocates for civic learning and engagement at the state and national levels, having served on the Maine Legislature’s Citizenship Education Study Commission, Maine’s Task Force on Citizenship Education (supported by the national Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools), the Maine Social Studies Professional Development Network, and the National Service-Learning Partnership.