Board of Advisors and Patrons Circle

The Center’s Board of Advisors (formerly the Executive Committee) is a standing committee constituted of University of Maine alumni and friends invested in advancing the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s mission.

Board of Advisors Co-Chairs

• Kathryn Olmstead, associate professor emerita in Communication and Journalism, UMaine; former columnist for the Bangor Daily News (BDN), and editor/publisher/co-founder of Echoes magazine (based in Caribou, Maine), and Member, University of Maine Board of Visitors
• Henry L.P. Schmelzer ’65, former Chair, Maine Public Broadcasting (MPBN) Board of Trustees; former President and CEO, Maine Community Foundation

Members

• H. Allen Fernald ’54 and Sally Fernald, ’55, Campaign Co-Chairs and
  owner/publishers of Down East Magazine
• LeeEllen Friedland, President, Ethnologica
• Philip Hamilton ’85, Managing Partner, Diablo Vista Capital, LLC
• Brian Naylor ’79, Washington Correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR)
• Sandra Peters ’69, Educator (retired)
• Lauren A. Sterling, Philanthropy Consultant
• Dr. David A. Taylor ’74, External Relations and Program Development Officer for the Library of Congress
• John K. Veroneau, ’83, Partner, Covington & Burling, LLP

Ex Officio

• Emily Haddad, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Maine
• Jeffrey Hecker, Senior Advisor to the President, University of Maine

Patrons Circle 

Patrons provide an annual gift of $1,000 in support of MHC initiatives.

• William D. Adams and Lauren A. Sterling
• Richard P. and Karin Anderson
• Constance H. Babcock
• Mary Bok
• Lynn Boulger
• Mark and Anne Cressey
• Matthew G. Dunlap and Michelle Ann Dunphy
• Tim Garrity
• Virginia Nees-Hatlen
• Gregory G. Johnson and Carol Hancock, Founding Members
• Barbara B. Keast
• Parker S. Laite Jr. and Nancy L. Laite
• Celeste A. Ringuette 
• Judith B. Rowan
• Matthew D. Smyth
• Robert M. Swan and Jean W. Swan
• A. Lowell Watson and Cynthia J. Watson