Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy Joan Ferrini-Mundy became the 21st president of the University of Maine (UMaine) and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias (UMaine Machias) in July 2018. In 2021, she was also appointed University of Maine System (UMS) vice chancellor for research and innovation where she leads a formalized effort to make UMaine’s research infrastructure accessible to and