The Forest Society of Maine Board of Directors and Advisory Council are made up of exemplary individuals with diverse backgrounds in business and finance, biology and natural resource management, and the forest products industry. Our board and council members share a common commitment to the conservation of Maine’s working forestlands and their knowledge, energy, and leadership are crucial to our organization’s success.
Thanks to all of FSM’s board and council members, past and present, who have contributed to FSM’s mission.
Board of Directors
Current Board Members and their professional affiliations (Note: FSM board members serve as individuals and do not represent their affiliated companies or organizations)
C.D. Armstrong, Vice Chair Scarborough, ME
Retired, President Deering Lumber
Barbara “Barrie” Brusila Warren, ME
Consultant Forester, Mid-Maine Forestry
Benjamin Carlisle Bangor, ME
President, Prentiss & Carlisle
Dan Christensen Londonderry, NH
Retired President & CEO Hancock Natural Resource Group
Allison Economy Winterport, ME
Vice President – Corporate Council, Cross Insurance
Jay Espy, Secretary Freeport, ME
Retired Executive Director Elmina B. Sewall Foundation and Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Walter Graff Randolph, NH
Senior Vice President, Appalachian Mountain Club
Jim Hinds Orono, ME
Retired partner Loiselle, Goodwin & Hinds CPAs
Norton Lamb New Gloucester, ME
Retired owner, Norton Lamb & Company
Benny Lumbra Milo, ME
President Lumbra Hardwoods Inc.
Polly Mahoney Newry, ME
Master Maine Guide, co-owner of Mahoosuc Guide Service
Marcia McKeague, Board Chair Blue Hill, ME
Retired President, Katahdin Forest Management
Fred Morton, Treasurer Poland, ME
Retired, Farm Credit East
Bonnie Newsom Eddington, ME
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine Orono
Steve Pelletier Topsham, ME
Semi-retired Landscape Ecologist
Ellen Pope Southwest Harbor, ME
Retired chief operating officer, Maine Community Foundation
Scott Riccio Auburn, ME
President/CEO, Northeast Charter
Honor Sage Alna, ME
Retired development director, NRCM
Barbara Vickery Richmond, ME
Retired director of conservation programs, ME chapter of The Nature Conservancy
Tom Watt Greenville, ME
Operations Manager, Indian Hill Trading Post
Nancy Stowell White Bryant Pond, ME
Semi-retired businesswoman
Merrill (Merrie) Woodworth Kingfield, ME
Retired, Outdoor Education Program at Maine Huts & Trails
Richard Hoffman
Honorary Board Member
Advisory Council
| Megan Anderson Bangor, ME | Brian Noyes South Freeport, ME |
| Suzanne AuClair Rockwood, ME | Bucky Owen Orono, ME |
| Jensen Bissell Milo, ME | Jim Robbins Searsmont, ME |
| Robert Burr Mercer, ME | Pat Strauch Augusta, ME |
| Brittany Cline Orono, ME | Peter Triandafillou Orono, ME |
| Sam Collins Caribou, ME | Eric Ward Greenville, ME |
| Ivan Fernandez Orono, ME | Henry Whittemore Readfield, ME |
| Lynn Harrison Bridgton, ME | |
| Edward Meadows Trenton, ME |
