Love Maine Radio with Dr. Lisa Belisle

Kevin Browne is an architect based in Falmouth. He is a member of the National Council of Registration Boards, American Institute of Architects (AIA), U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and Portland Society of Architecture. He lives in West Falmouth with his wife and two children. He also owns a home near Sugarloaf Mountain Resort in Carrabassett Valley, where he skis during the winter months and mountain bikes throughout the year.

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Barrett Takesian spent his childhood in Southwest Harbor and his teenage years in Boston. When attending Bowdoin College, Barrett studied economics, captained the squash team, and served on the residential life staff. After graduating in 2012, Barrett moved to Portland, where he worked at Unum and volunteered at Big Brother Big Sister and YMCA. Through his volunteer work, Barrett created an urban squash and education model, and he left insurance to commute to an emerging program in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Over the next two years, he drove about 75,00 miles. He learned the inner workings of the urban squash and education model in Lawrence, and he built the framework to bring a program back to Portland. In 2016, he began working on the Portland Community Squash (PCS) program full time, intending to marry the urban squash model, local school programs, and broad community access under one roof. On January 10, 2017, PCS opened a community squash and education center at 66 Noyes Street in Portland, which was formerly the Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue. The facility filled adult and youth offerings within the first six months of operations, and the program is positioned to provide over $100,000 of financial aid and transportation assistance in the 2017-2018 school year. Takesian currently serves as president and executive Director.

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Kate Punderson is the head of school at Carrabassett Valley Academy, a private middle/high school at Sugarloaf Mountain. Punderson is a Carrabassett Valley native and a Carrabassett Valley Academy (CVA) graduate.  As an athlete, her ski career took her to NCAA Division 1 racing, and she later held several coaching positions, including as assistant alpine ski team coach at Middlebury College, where she received her undergraduate degree in environmental studies, and as head women’s alpine coach at Killington Mountain School. After completing her undergraduate degree and a master’s in education from the University of Vermont, she returned to her hometown and alma mater, where she founded and coached the CVA backcountry program and held several positions within the school’s administration team in finance and development. She ultimately became head of school in 2011. Currently she lives in Carrabassett Valley with her husband, Sam, and son, Calvin.

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Karl Strand became Sugarloaf Mountain Resort’s general manager in April 2015. He previously helped manage key segments of Sugarloaf's operations, as well as those of its sister resort, Sunday River. A Sugarloafer since 1987, he first realized his love for skiing while visiting Sugarloaf and other ski areas throughout Maine and Vermont. After graduating from Bryant University, he entered the lodging industry and discovered his passion for food and beverage operations. He worked in fine dining venues around the country and eventually completed his studies at the Culinary Institute of America. He began his career at Sugarloaf and Sunday River in 2004 when he was hired as vice president of lodging and property management for both resorts. He has also served as the vice president of mountain operations at Sunday River. In addition to his duties at Sugarloaf, Karl also serves on the board of trustees of Carrabassett Valley Academy.

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Sal Scaglione and Dana Heacock are the owners of Abacus Gallery, which was started in 1971 as a small shop and has now grown to several locations around Maine. Both former students at Rhode Island School of Design, Scaglione and Heacock have curated a series of stores that highlights unique American craftsmanship.

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Leigh Kellis is the owner of Holy Donut. This past year, she was selected as U.S. Small Business Administration’s Maine Small Business Person of the Year. Leigh started the Holy Donut in 2011 from a deep craving for donuts. Maine, as the land of potatoes, seemed to be perfect for launching a potato donut business. In about six years, the business has evolved into three stores and now employs 80 people. Leigh is mom to a ninth grader and spends most of her time now doing the social media and public relations aspects of the business, and she’s always thinking about the next steps for Holy Donut.

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Shane Diamond is the executive director of Speak About It, a Portland–based performance nonprofit promoting consent education and sexual assault awareness at high schools and universities around the world. He has overseen the performance and cast since graduating from Bowdoin College in 2010, where he spent four years playing varsity ice hockey and talking about sex. Under his leadership, Speak About It has performed for over 175,000 students at more than high schools and universities across the country and around the world, sparking dialogues about consent education and sexual assault prevention. Diamond lives in Portland, ME with his wife and their pup, Harvey, and can be found drinking fancy coffee, modeling bowties, and writing bad jokes.

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Alison Beyea is the executive director at the ACLU of Maine, where she oversees the organization’s legal, legislative, public education, and development activities. With over 10,000 members, the ACLU of Maine is the state’s oldest and largest civil liberties organization. Before joining the ACLU of Maine in 2014, Beyea held a variety of positions in not-for-profit and educational institutions.

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Jud Knox has served as the president and CEO of York Hospital since 1982. He graduated with a master of arts in Healthcare Administration in 1972 from George Washington University and worked as an administrator at several hospitals including Naval Regional Medical Center in Newport, Rhode Island; Camden Community Hospital and Health Care Center in Camden; and Mid-Maine Medical Center in Waterville, which has since merged with Kennebec Valley Medical Center in Augusta.

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Betsy Johnson is president and CEO of MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization. With over 17 years of experience in healthcare leadership and 20 years of clinical practice experience in internal medicine, Dr. Johnson brings to the MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization (ACO) her passion for building and supporting a community model of health care that is value-based, integrated, and patient-centered. Through teamwork and partnership across the health system, she has helped facilitate the transition of the MMC Physician-Hospital Organization (PHO), Community Physicians of Maine (CPM) into an integrated ACO advocating for a culture of accountable care, provider engagement, transparency, and achievement of the Quadruple Aim for over 1400 providers and 10 acute care hospitals. Before coming to the ACO, she served as chief medical officer at Martin’s Point Health Care where in addition to leading the Quality Division for both the health plans and delivery system, she led the integration of three medical groups into one group-employed model, as well as their transformation toward patient-centered medical homes. She previously served as chief of internal medicine and adult urgent care at the Kenmore Center, part of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston. After receiving her BA from Bowdoin College, Betsy obtained an MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a Master of Health Care Management from Harvard School of Public Health. She currently serves on several boards including Maine Quality Counts and Coverys, and serves as chair of Onpoint Health Data’s board of directors. She sees patients at Maine Medical Partners Falmouth Internal Medicine and serves as faculty on MaineHealth’s Physician Leadership Development Fellowship

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