Board of Trustees
College of the Atlantic
Cynthia Baker, Chair, Washington, DC
Marthann Samek, Vice Chair, New York, NY
Ronald E. Beard, Secretary, Bar Harbor, ME
Clay Corbus, Treasurer, San Francisco, CA
Michael Boland ’94, Bar Harbor, ME
Joyce Cacho, Plymouth, MA
Heather Richards Evans, Vero Beach, FL
Allison Fundis ’03, New Haven, VT
Beth Gardiner, London, UK
Marie Griffith, St. Louis, MO
Andy Griffiths, Bar Harbor, ME
Chris Groobey, Miami, FL
Cookie Horner, Bar Harbor, ME
Howard Lapsley, Needham, MA
Casey Mallinckrodt, Denver, CO
Chandreyee Mitra ’01, Aurora, IL
Roland Reynolds, Alexandria, VA
Laura McGiffert Slover, Washington, DC
Laura Z. Stone, New York, NY
Steve Sullens, New York, NY
Claudia Turnbull, 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
T. Rex ran on its tiptoes “Like an eight-ton chicken”
The New York Times reports on a groundbreaking biomechanics study led by COA’s Adrian Boeye ’26. Read More
10th annual COA Summer Institute features star lineup
The 2026 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute will bring some of the nation’s most compelling thinkers, artists, and public leaders to Mount Desert Island for a week of conversation and inquiry marking the United States’ 250th anniversary. Read More