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 Scarborough, ME
Retired, President Deering Lumber
Jamie Boulette Arrowsic, ME
Director, PFBF CPAs
Ian Burnes Gardiner, ME
Strategic Initiative Team Leader, Efficiency Maine
Benjamin Carlisle Bangor, ME
President, Prentiss & Carlisle
Dan Christensen Londonderry, NH
Retired President & CEO Hancock Natural Resource Group
Carole Dyer Bowdoinham, ME
Retired retail hardware/building supplies
Allison Economy Bangor, ME
Attorney at Law, Rudman Winchell
Jay Espy 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
Gordon Hall III, Vice Chairperson Marblehead, MA
Retired Senior Vice President and Director, R.M. Bradley & Co.
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, Secretary East Millinocket, ME
Retired President, Katahdin Forest Management
Greg Millert, Board Chairperson Brunswick, ME
Retired attorney, AT&T
Fred Morton 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
Scott Riccio Auburn, ME
President/CEO, Northeast Charter
Catherine Robbins-Halsted, Treasurer Searsmont, ME
Co-owner, Robbins Lumber
Honor Sage Alna, ME
Retired development director, NRCM
Nancy Stowell White Bryant Pond, ME
Semi-retired businesswoman
John Tewhey Saco, ME
Retired president, Tewhey Associates
Barbara Vickery Richmond, ME
Retired director of conservation programs, ME chapter of The Nature Conservancy
Advisory Council
| Suzanne AuClair Rockwood, ME | Spencer Meyer New Haven, CT |
| Jensen Bissell Milo, ME | Bucky Owen Orono, ME |
| Robert Burr Mercer, ME | Ellen Pope Southwest Harbor, ME |
| Sam Collins Caribou, ME | Jim Robbins Searsmont, ME |
| Marylee Dodge Gorham, ME | Nicole Rogers Fort Kent, ME |
| Ivan Fernandez Orono, ME | Pat Strauch Augusta, ME |
| Lynn Harrison Bridgton, ME | Eric Ward Greenville, ME |
| Bob Hintze Cumberland Foreside, ME | Rick Warren Bangor, ME |
| Max McCormack Orono, ME | Tom Watt Greenville, ME |
| Edward Meadows Orono, ME | Henry Whittemore Readfield, ME |
