Cathy Lee

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Cathy Lee is the Managing Director of Lee International, an international consulting firm that provides climate advisory services to public and private sector clients, project developers, and sellers and buyers of carbon credits in the compliance and voluntary markets around the world. Lee is an attorney with 39 years of legal experience and 34 of them in the energy and environment sectors. Lee has acted as legal advisor to greenhouse gas reduction projects in South Africa in many of the country’s largest cities, among others. She has worked on the development of carbon programs in the US including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the country’s first compliance Cap and Trade Program. She served as carbon advisor for several states, including Maine, in various stages of developing programs to measure and monetize carbon credits from retrofitting low income housing in the US. Lee founded and for 8 years served as Chair for The Maine Climate Table, an organization with over 300 organizations and individuals formed in 2013 to educate the public about climate change and to develop climate policies and projects that will protect and promote our environment and economy.

She serves on the boards of various international and US organizations, including the University of Maine School of Law Foundation, board member, Lee Automalls board member, George Mitchell Scholarship Institute, Emeritus Advisory Board, Justice for Women Lecture Series, founder and organizer, Maine Business Immigration Coalition, board member, Maine Democracy Collaborative member, Partners of the Americas Sister City Program board member, United Nations Women’s Gender Constituency, W+ carbon standard, Advisory Council member, WomenStrong International, board member.