Board of Trustees
College of the Atlantic
Cynthia Baker, Chair, Senior Development Director – Duke University, Washington, DC
Marthann Samek, Vice Chair, Trustee Emerita – Bucknell University, New York, NY
Ronald E. Beard, Secretary, Extension Professor Emeritus – University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Bar Harbor, ME
Clay Corbus, Treasurer, President and CEO – Clean Energy Fuels Corp., San Francisco, CA
Michael Boland ’94. Principal Owner – Havana Restaurant Group, Bar Harbor, ME
Joyce Cacho, Independent Director & Former Global Chief Sustainability Officer, Plymouth, MA
Heather Richards Evans, Founder & President – Yaverland Foundation, Vero Beach, FL
Allison Fundis ’03, President/COO – Ocean Exploration Trust, New Haven, VT
Beth Gardiner, Art Historian, London, UK
Marie Griffith, Professor of Humanities – Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Andy Griffiths, Former Administrative Dean & CFO – College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
Chris Groobey, Angel Investor & Advisor – Clean Energy and ClimateTech, Miami, FL
Cookie Horner, Hospice Volunteer & Former School Nurse – MDI High School, Bar Harbor, ME
Howard Lapsley, Partner – Oliver Wyman, Needham, MA
Casey Mallinckrodt, Senior Conservator – Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO
Chandreyee Mitra ’01, Associate Professor of Biology and Director of Environmental Programs – North Central College, Aurora, IL
Roland Reynolds, Managing Director – Goldman Sachs, Alexandria, VA
Laura McGiffert Slover, Managing Director – Goldman Sachs, Washington, DC
Laura Z. Stone, Art Historian, New York, NY
Steve Sullens, Executive Advisor – The Blackstone Group, New York, NY
Claudia Turnbull, Philanthropist & Research Advocate – Psychedelic Studies, Greenwich, CT
David Hackett Fischer, Wayland, MA
William G. Foulke, Jr., Bedford, NY
Amy Yeager Geier, Santa Fe, NM
Elizabeth D. Hodder, Cambridge, MA
Anthony Mazlish, Chevy Chase, MD
Jay McNally ’84, Bar Harbor, ME
Philip S.J. Moriarty, Hinsdale, IL
Cathy Ramsdell ’78, Portland, ME
Nadia Rosenthal, Northeast Harbor, ME
Hamilton Robinson, Jr., New York, NY
William N. Thorndike, Boston, MA
Samuel M. Hamill, Jr., Princeton, NJ
John N. Kelly, Yarmouth, ME
Stories from the Field
Sharing a meal to strengthen food access
The fields of College of the Atlantic Beech Hill Farm set the table for the annual Share the Harvest Farm Dinner, an event that pairs local, organic food with meaningful support for food security on Mount Desert Island. Read More
53rd commencement becomes an invitation to step outside familiar paths
It was a chilly, overcast day, but spirits were high at College of the Atlantic as hundreds of family, friends, and alumni gathered with the campus community to celebrate the Class of 2026. Read More
2026 COA Summer Institute celebrates 10 years with star-studded week
Toward a More Perfect Union focuses on the 250th birthday of American democracy while exploring the perils and promises shaping the future. Read More