Robert E. Anderson Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer, F. A. Peabody Company
Robert E. Anderson, age 70, Chairman of the Board since 1967 and Chief Financial Officer since 1997 of F. A. Peabody Company. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since 1993. Committees: Chairperson, Pension and Benefits; Performance and Compensation; and Strategic Planning. Mr. Anderson possesses over 40 years of experience in the financial and insurance services industry. He is past President of the Independent Agents Association of Maine. Mr. Anderson is also on the Board of Directors of Katahdin Trust Co., a local, regional bank, as well as a member of the University of Maine Foundation.
Brent M. Boyles President and CEO, Maine & Maritimes Corporation; Maine Public Service Company
Brent M. Boyles, age 50, serves as President and CEO at Maine & Maritimes Corporation and Maine Public Service Company, subsidiary of Maine & Maritimes Corporation. Mr. Boyles has 24 years of experience in the regulated electric utility industry, with extensive experience in corporate planning, regulatory compliance, rate design and operations. He has served as Maine Public Service Company's President, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Marketing and Customer Service, Manager of Planning and Systems Operations, Manager of Corporate Planning, Supervisor of Power Supply and Planning, and Planning Engineer. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the U.S. Military Academy, a Graduate degree in Management, and a Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
Michael W. Caron Chief Financial Officer, Catholic Charities Maine
Michael W. Caron, age 59, Chief Financial Officer of Catholic Charities Maine since 2002. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since 2003. Committees: Audit, Financial Expert; Pension and Benefits; and Strategic Planning. Mr. Caron served as Comptroller of Central Maine Power Company from 1996 to 2000. Prior to that, he worked for nearly 30 years in the telecommunications industry, serving as Managing Director – Finance for NYNEX and Comptroller for New England Telephone & Telegraph Company. Mr. Caron holds a Master of Science degree in Executive Management, with a concentration in finance and economics from Pace University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bentley College.
D. James Daigle Retired President and CEO of David D. Daigle Farms, Inc.
D. James Daigle, age 72, retired as President and CEO of David D. Daigle Farms, Inc. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since 1973. Committees: Corporate Governance; Performance and Compensation; and Strategic Planning. Mr. Daigle served as Executive Director of the Tampa Committee of One Hundred, an economic development agency responsible for recruitment of business and industries to Tampa, Florida, and a member of Florida Economic Development Council. Nationally, Mr. Daigle served as an Associate Member of the Industrial Development Research Council and is a past member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks.
Richard G. Daigle CEO and Chairman of Daigle Oil Company and President of Cold Brook Energy
Richard G. Daigle, age 60, CEO and Chairman of Daigle Oil Company since 1979 and President of Cold Brook Energy since 1988. Chairperson of the Board of Maine & Maritimes Corporation. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since 1994. Committees: Chairperson, Strategic Planning; Audit Committee; and Corporate Governance. Mr. Daigle has 34 years of experience in the petroleum distribution business. He is a graduate of Boston College. Mr. Daigle is past president of Northern Maine Medical Center, and served on the Loring Reuse Executive Committee.
David N. Felch Certified Public Accountant, Felch & Company, LLC
David N. Felch, age 63, Accountant at Felch & Company, LLC. since 1977. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since 2003. Committees: Chairperson, Audit Committee; Pension and Benefits; and Strategic Planning. In addition to his responsibilities of accounting and auditing, Mr. Felch is a partner in PD&T Rentals, a real estate development firm. Mr. Felch is a current member of the Maine Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Felch previously worked for an international accounting firm.
Deborah L. Gallant, SPHR, CCP Founder/Owner/CEO of D. Gallant Management Associates
Deborah L Gallant, age 55, Founder/Owner/CEO of D. Gallant Management Associates since 1989. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since 1994. Committees: Chairperson, Corporate Governance; Performance and Compensation; and Strategic Planning. Ms. Gallant's professional management consulting firm provides human resource services throughout the United States, primarily in New England. Her over 25 years of hands-on human resource management expertise includes 14 years as Key Bank's Senior Vice President of Human Resources/Corporate Training. Since 1990, Ms. Gallant has served as adjunct faculty for the University of New Hampshire. Ms. Gallant has the distinction of being appointed by the Governor to the Maine Board of Accountancy and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Mercy Health System of Maine. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maine, National Human Resources School at the University of Oklahoma, National Human Resources Graduate School at the University of Colorado, and the Harvard University Negotiation Program. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP).
Nathan L. Grass President of Grassland Equipment, Inc.
Nathan L. Grass, age 69, is President of Grassland Equipment, Inc. Personal Holding Co. since 1977. Vice Chairperson of the Board of Maine & Maritimes Corporation. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since 1983. Committees: Chairperson, Performance and Compensation; Pension and Benefits; and Strategic Planning. Mr. Grass is a retired Brigadier General and a graduate of the University of Maine, the Maine Military Academy, as well as Command and General Staff College. He also attended the American Institute of Banking. Mr. Grass has 17 years of experience in banking, and 15 years experience in the farm and industrial machine industry.
Brian N Hamel Equity Owner, Thompson-Hamel, LLC President/Owner, Hamel Enterprises, LLC
Brian N. Hamel, age 50, is an equity owner of Thompson-Hamel, LLC since 2007. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since January 2007. Committees: Audit; Pension and Benefits; and Strategic Planning. Mr. Hamel provides estate planning services and offers a wide variety of investment and insurance products. In addition, he is the founder and President of Hamel Enterprises, LLC, since 2005 specializing in economic development, business attraction, and base closure matters. His 27 years of business knowledge includes military base redevelopment in Maine and New Hampshire, executive leadership for a manufacturing conglomerate in Portsmouth, NH; and as a CPA for a Boston-based international accounting firm. Under Mr. Hamel's 11-year leadership as President and CEO of the Loring Development Authority of Maine, the former Loring Air Force Base has been transformed into a vibrant economic engine, bringing much needed jobs to the region. Mr. Hamel is also a licensed Life and Health Insurance Producer and a Series 7 Registered Securities Representative. He graduated, cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Lance A. Smith President and Co-Owner, Smith's Farm, Inc.
Lance A. Smith, age 56, President and Co-Owner, Smith's Farm, Inc. since 1997. Director of Maine & Maritimes Corporation since 2002. Committees: Audit; Corporate Governance; and Strategic Planning. A fifth-generation farmer, Mr. Smith has managed potato and broccoli farming and sales operations since the early '70s. Today, his company grows 5,000 acres of broccoli in Maine and Florida, and 3,000 acres of barley, wheat and soybeans in northern Maine. Mr. Smith is Managing Partner of the Smith Group, LLC, of Hastings, FL. Current Director and President of Blissfield Holdings Ltd, Saint John, NB. He is a Former Director of Net2Press and Atlantic Salmon for Northern Maine.
