New board members Andrea Cianchette Maker, Candace Sanborn, and John Witherspoon came to MaineCF's Ellsworth office for their orientation. Here they are with fellow board members and MaineCF President and CEO Meredith Jones. Left to right: Dr. David Dixon; Witherspoon; Anne Jackson, board chair; Maker; Lisa Heyward; Sanborn; Eileen Epstein, board co-chair; and Jones. Photo by Carl Little
The Maine Community Foundation has elected three members to its Board of Directors. They are Andrea Cianchette Maker of North Yarmouth, Candace Sanborn of Auburn, and John Witherspoon of Kingfield.
Maker is Vice President for Corporate Affairs at Martin’s Point Health Care. She was formerly Director of Public Affairs at Champion International Corp. and an attorney at Pierce Atwood. She has been a trustee of the Susan L. Curtis Foundation; helped found Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education; and served on the Commission on Maine’s Future. Maker is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and the University of Maine School of Law.
Sanborn is Managing Partner at Encompass Marketing & Design, LLC, in Auburn. She is on the board of the United Way of Androscoggin County and College for ME—Androscoggin; she is also co-chair of the Maine Community Foundation’s Androscoggin County Committee. Sanborn graduated from the University of Maine and received an MBA from the University of Southern New Hampshire.
Witherspoon is President and CEO of Skowhegan Savings Bank. He was formerly CEO of the Finance Authority of Maine and President and CEO of United Kingfield Bank. He is a trustee of Carrabassett Valley Academy and sits on the Board of Visitors for the University of Maine Farmington and the board of the Maine Compact for Higher Education. Witherspoon is a University of Maine graduate.
July 15, 2010