Board of Trustees

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College of the Atlantic

Cynthia Baker, Chair, Senior Development Director – Duke University, Washington, DC
Michael Boland ’94, Vice Chair, Principal Owner – Havana Restaurant Group, Bar Harbor, ME
Marie Griffith, Vice Chair, Professor of Humanities – Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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

Heather Richards Evans, Founder & President – Yaverland Foundation, Vero Beach, FL
Allison Fundis ’03, President/COO – Ocean Exploration Trust, New Haven, VT
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
Jill Marie Lord, Principal Owner – Nocturne Fine Art, Charlottesville, VA
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
Richard Ross, Senior Defense & Technology Executive, Bar Harbor, ME
Laura McGiffert Slover, Founder – CenterPoint Education Solutions, Washington, DC

Laura Z. Stone, Art Historian, New York, NY

David Hackett Fischer, Wayland, MA

William G. Foulke, Jr., Bedford, NY

Beth Gardiner, London, UK
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
Marthann Samek, New York, NY
Steve Sullens, New York, NY
William N. Thorndike, Boston, MA

Samuel M. Hamill, Jr., Princeton, NJ

John N. Kelly, Yarmouth, ME


Lynn Boulger, Interim President | Chief Philanthropy Officer

Stories from the Field

Higher ed leaders name COA among the most innovative liberal arts colleges

In a U.S. News & World Report peer survey, College of the Atlantic ranks #25 in Most Innovative Schools and #69 for Best Undergraduate Teaching. Read More

From senior project to published paper, with COA faculty as co-authors

In Marine Policy, Sophia Chivers ’24 and College of the Atlantic professors Ken Cline and Chris Petersen compare how Maine towns and the state share oversight of two fisheries, and find that strong local management isn’t always enough. Read More

Nepal’s request for flood payout tests UN’s new climate-aid system

College of the Atlantic Professor Doreen Stabinsky tells The Economic Times that international climate aid must respond quickly when vulnerable nations face catastrophic losses. Read More