Professional & Continuing Education Program Instructors

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Leah Boyd

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Constructive Conversations: The Power of Giving and Receiving Feedback

Leah is a certified trainer with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication, holds a BS in Education, and is a co-founder of Clarity Services, LLC. She is a professional mediator, group facilitator, communication skills trainer & musician. With a diverse background including special education, human resources, and professional music, Leah brings wide personal experience to her work. Leah trusts the creative potential unleashed when all voices are heard, and all needs are considered within a supportive structure, allowing creative tension to become a source of creativity.

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Tracey Daniels-Kenney

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Foundations in Restorative Practices

Tracey has been working within the Restorative realm for a little over a decade. She has worked in facilitation, coordination, negotiations, directorship, and now brings her skill set to training and teaching. As a human who deeply connects to others, studying human behavior and assessing their various needs has been a lifelong passion. She believes that all people need to feel seen, heard, and cared for in order to build a sustainable, safe, and equitable society. Tracey has found immense passion in training others in Restorative Practices.

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Tom Dowd

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Practical Public Speaking: From Fear to Success

Tom Dowd (also known as “Transformation Tom”!) received a communications degree from the University of Delaware. He is a prize-winning speaker and an award-winning and Amazon best-selling author, trainer, and coach. As a member of Toastmasters International, Dowd exhibits consistent success in speech competitions and achieved the Distinguished Toastmaster status in 2015. Dowd utilized his 25+ years of experience in the financial and customer service industry to start Thomas Dowd Professional Development and Coaching, LLC, where he helps people to creatively find their own paths to success.

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WIll galloway, m.a.t.

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Mediation & the Process of Conflict Transformation

Will Galloway offers over three decades of experience working in the field of conflict transformation.  He has served as a court-appointed mediator, co-owned and founded the mediation firm Charbonneau & Galloway, mediated cases with the United States Postal Service, and offered courses in basic and advanced mediation.  He has also previously served as the Head of School and co-founder of the Watershed School in Camden, Maine, where the principles and practices of conflict transformation have been integrated into the design of the academic program. Currently, Galloway is the Director of Education and Programs at Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership. Galloway lives with his wife and three children in Hope, Maine.  He enjoys biking, Tai Chi Ch’uan, and spending time with his family wherever their interests take them.

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elizabeth haffey

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Grant Writing Essentials

Strategic Planning for Impact-Driven Organizations

Elizabeth Haffey is a Maine-based professional grant writer. Through her business, E. Haffey Grant Consulting, she helps clients develop and write proposals, researches opportunities, and trains staff and volunteers to apply for grants. Haffey received her Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from George Washington University and is currently working on her Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Southern Maine.

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Hanlon Kelley-Dillard

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Foundations in Restorative Practices

Hanlon has been practicing in the field of Restorative Justice since 2013. She has worked in Harm Repair case management for both youth and adults, led RJP’s Community Justice work in Waldo County, and has trained numerous cohorts of volunteers, school staff, and community members. She loves creating training spaces that allow us to show up as our full selves and to explore together what it looks like to bring mutual respect and care into all our relationships. A firm believer in the power of the restorative approach, Hanlon finds that this approach can bring new beauty and depth to every aspect of life.

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Robert Kenney, Ph.d.

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Leadership: Empowering Delegation

Success On Purpose: Active Strategies for Intentional Leadership

Bob Kenney is President of Partners Through Training, based in Richmond, Virginia.  As a national and international trainer and business consultant since 1993, Bob designs and delivers practical professional development opportunities in the areas of leadership, management, and team development for in-person, remote, and hybrid working arrangements; change management; influence, motivation, and workforce engagement; virtual and in-person meeting management and facilitation; creative problem solving and innovation; mentoring and critical thinking; cultural and emotional intelligence; and interpersonal conflict and collaboration.  Bob’s clients include pharmaceutical and health care organizations; manufacturing plants; school-age and higher educational institutions; commercial airlines and other service-based corporations; nonprofit organizations; and local, state, and federal government agencies.  Bob has partnered with 23 centers for continuing and executive education through Virginia’s Community College System and at major universities, such as Duke University, North Carolina, Virginia, Pittsburgh, and multiple campuses in the University of Maine System.  Bob holds a Ph.D. in social and organizational psychology, with a specialization in small group training and organizational analysis, from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Pat mccabe, ms, m.Ed.

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What’s Next? Planning Your Transition to Retirement

Pat is a New Hampshire-based human resources partner with 24 years of experience asking future retirees: What are your plans for after you retire? With master’s degrees in Counseling and Higher Education Administration, she has been connecting people to resources at non-profit organizations and in higher education since shoulder pads and big hair were in fashion.

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Wendy Rapaport, LCSW, MSW, Psy.D.

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Helping People Change: The Power of Group Work 

Wendy is a licensed clinical psychologist on the faculty at the University of Miami School of Medicine Diabetes Research Institute and the UMaine School of Social Work. She also is in private practice in Boca Raton, Florida, and has specialized in individual, marital, family, and group therapy for 40 years. A professional writer, Rapaport has published more than 65 articles and lectures around the country. She was awarded the National Health Information Award for her book, “When Diabetes Hits Home: The Whole Family’s Guide to Emotional Health.” Rapaport is also the author of “Approaches to Behavior: Changing the Dynamic between Patient and Professional in Diabetes Care”, “On the Couch with a Good Enough Poet”, “What do We Tell the Children” and “Friendship Matters”.

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Lori Rodriguez

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Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence Intervention Training for Mental Health Professionals

Lori is a domestic violence resource center advocate with New Hope Midcoast. Her background is in gender and sexuality studies, as well as in campus-based sexual violence prevention. Their current role as a Community Prevention Educator focuses on working directly with people impacted by domestic abuse, dating violence, and stalking. In addition, they provide educational resources to members of the Midcoast Maine community about the dynamics of domestic abuse. Lori has a particular passion for working with survivors in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as enhancing community members’ and other social service providers’ ability to respond from an anti-oppression, trauma-informed lens.

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Gina Simm

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Teaching From the Heart: Nonviolent Communication

Gina has taught in early childhood education for over 30 years. Her background in Montessori education and children’s theater launched her into the world of public schools, where she spent most of her career as a first-grade teacher (including a year spent teaching English in China). Simm worked closely with Miki Kashtan, a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication. Simm’s knowledge of Nonviolent Communication has transformed her classroom into a place where systems of the heart create a child-centered environment for moving through conflict. Simm lives in the Pioneer Valley Cohousing Community in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Peggy Smith

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Accompanying Strong Emotions with Resonant Language

Peggy holds a master’s degree in literacy and language arts from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a certified trainer with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication with over four decades of teaching experience. A co-founder of the Maine Nonviolent Communication Network, Smith is at the forefront of bringing empathic thinking and communicating to midcoast Maine. Since 1991, Smith has studied with Zen teacher and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh and is a dharma teacher within his tradition. Smith enjoys designing and implementing programs that support empathic thinking and communicating as part of systemic culture change. She lives in Lincolnville, Maine and greets the day watching the sunrise over Islesboro.

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Dr. Mary Smyth, M.D.

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SAT Prep Matters & SAT Bootcamp

Mary has extensive experience as an instructor and tutor for Maine students in grades 2–12, including as a math instructor for Watershed School, a Gifted and Talented Math instructor for SAD 5, a tutor for SAD 28 and Five Town Community School District, and a middle school math team coach. Her private tutoring specialties include test preparation for the PSAT, SAT, ACT, IB Math, AP Calculus, GRE, and GMAT. She has also been a private practice pediatrician and editor of a health and parenting newsletter.

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hillary waterman, ph.d.

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Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence Intervention Training for Mental Health Professionals

Hillary joined New Hope Midcoast in May of 2022 as Community Prevention Educator for Knox and Waldo counties. She comes to domestic violence advocacy work from a social science background in which she studied households, gaining a nuanced understanding of the deeply held, often unspoken cultural precepts structuring relations of gender, power, and entitlement in this most basic of human institutions. In this role of Community Educator, her goal is to bring understanding and raise awareness of the scope and causes of domestic abuse through focused education, trainings, and outreach.

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Margaret Van Note, PMP®, WCP®,  CSPO®, PAL-EBM®

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Practical Project Management

Margaret is a certified Project Management Professional and Agile practitioner. She has worked for over 20 years in project and program management. She has implemented business services and technical solutions in healthcare and financial services nationally and internationally, and has established Project Management Offices in a variety of business settings. Margaret is a standing member of PMI, PMI Maine Chapter, and PMI Madison, WI Chapter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College, certifications in various project management methodologies, and is studying to attain Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM)® and PSM-1® certifications. Margaret’s professional focus is to help organizations improve results with quality, financial performance, and teamwork while running projects. Margaret grew up overseas and has lived in Maine since 1986.

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