Board of Trustees

white pine illustration

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

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

Princeton Review places COA among nation’s best for student experience

The Review’s 2027 Best 392 Colleges ranks College of the Atlantic near the top for sustainability, LGBTQ+ friendliness, outdoor engagement, campus food, and quality of life. Read More

Board of Trustees welcomes two new members

Art historian and gallery owner Jill Lord, PhD and senior defense and technology executive Richard Ross join the College of the Atlantic Board of Trustees. Read More