GrowSmart Maine Staff

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Maggie Drummond, Interim Director. A Maine native, Maggie grew up in rural Maine and attended Colby College. She has over eight years of experience with policy development and various environmental campaigns prior to joining GrowSmart Maine as the advocacy director in 2004. In 2009, following the departure of GrowSmart Maine president and founder Alan Caron, Maggie became the organization's interim director, a position in which she hopes to expand the networks and collaborations she formed in Augusta. Maggie lives in Portland.

Mary Mayo, Vice President for Development, was born in Maine and, with the exception of her college years in Vermont, has lived here ever since. She has worked in media since college, most recently for MPBN as VP for Development. Her move to GrowSmart Maine was inspired by her desire to participate in improving the quality of life in Maine without ruining that which makes it so special. She and her husband have two grown children and live on Peaks Island with their dog Rosie.

Laura Miller, membership coordinator, grew up in Bridgton where she enjoyed the varied landscape and sense of community of the greater Lakes Region. She earned her BA in environmental studies at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, where several service learning opportunities through her coursework inspired her interest in working in the nonprofit sector after graduation. Happy to be living in Maine again and getting to know the city of Portland, Laura looks forward to expanding GrowSmart Maine's vital membership base.

Christian McNeil, communications director, grew up in Steep Falls. Before joining GrowSmart, he studied math and economics at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, directed community outreach activities for two REI stores in Houston, and spent several of the colder seasons as a caretaker for Appalachian Mountain Club huts in New Hampshire. He's very glad to be back in his home state and working for an organization that shares his high regard for the place. He enjoys bike commuting, urban nature study, and writing (even when it's about himself in the third person).