Center for Student Involvement

Originally from Washington, D.C., Roosevelt Boone graduated from the University of Maine in 2011 with a B.S. in Kinesiology and Physical Education. He furthered his education for three additional years, earning an M. Ed in Kinesiology and an M.S. in Human Development from the University of Maine. During his time at UMaine, he was on the football and track and field teams. In conjunction with athletics, Boone was also a member of the Black Bear Mentor Program, which connects students in the local community with undergraduate and graduate students at UMaine.

Since completing his graduate studies in 2014, Boone has held several Athletics and Student Affairs positions at various institutions. He served as an Assistant Football coach for the University of Maine Black Bear football team until 2016, when he left to join the football staff at Rutgers University in a support staff capacity., which led to a short stint with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).

In 2021 Boone switched career paths from Athletics to Student Affairs, where he served as a Class Dean at Colby College before transitioning to Bowdoin College this fall.

In addition to Boone’s professional experience, during his senior year at UMaine, Boone and his mother, Alice Boone, started their own nonprofit: Strong Mind – Strong Body, Inc., which aims to restore impoverished communities through youth summer programs and job readiness training. Additionally, in 2023, Boone has combined his passion for athletics and education with offering Boone’s Athletic Consulting Services, LLC., which exists to educate students and student-athletes on the NCAA recruiting and college admissions process, Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) and financial literacy.

We invite you to join us to learn more about Boone’s experience. The interactive keynote session will be at 10 am on March 24th; we hope to see you there!

Brian Harris is the Co-Founder and CEO of MedRhythms; a digital therapeutics company focused on the intersection of music, neuroscience and technology.  Brian is a board-certified music therapist and one of 350 Neurologic Music Therapist Fellows in the world. Brian’s clinical work is focused at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, USA where he created and implemented their first inpatient full time Neurologic Music Therapy program, specializing in Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, and neurologic disease and built this program to be the most comprehensive NMT program in the country.  

Brian is also the Co-Founder of the Arts & Neuroscience group at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. He has been an invited speaker at venues throughout the world including: the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Harvard Medical School, Google, and more.  Brian is an author on multiple publications related to music and rehabilitation and is listed as an inventor on several patents related to MedRhythms digital therapeutic platform.  His work has also been featured in Forbes, CNBC, Rolling Stone, and many more! Brian has been named to MedTech Boston’s 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators and Top 100 Innovation CEOs by World Biz Magazine.

Brian Harris graduated from the University of Maine in 2011 with a B.A. if Psychology and then went to Lesley University and received a M.A. in Expressive Therapies: Music Therapy. During his time at UMaine, Harris was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Student Government, Senior Skulls, Pep Band, and many other organizations. 

You are invited to join this interactive session happening at 11 am on March 24th!