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SEI Partners & Participants

Sponsoring Partners
The Sustainable Economy Initiative is a joint project of the Northern Forest Center and the North Country Council. North Country Council (NCC) is an economic development district and regional planning commission serving Coos, Carroll, and Grafton counties in New Hampshire. NCC encourages effective community and regional planning for the development of economic opportunity and the conservation for natural, cultural and economic resources.

The Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1997 to mobilize people across the region to build a sustainable economy, conserve the landscape and revitalize the region’s communities. The Center has offices in Concord, N.H., and Bethel, Maine.

Steering Committee
The project is directed by a four-state steering committee jointly appointed by the four Northern Forest governors and the project managers.

   
Maine
Bruce Bornstein Chief Operating Officer, Isaacson Lumber Company
Sandra Brawders Executive Director, Professional Logging Contractors of Maine
Robert P. Clark Executive Director, Northern Maine Development
Warren C. Cook Sugarloaf Global Partners
Bruce Hazard Director, Mountain Counties Heritage, Inc.
Bruce D. McLean Executive Director, Millinocket Area Growth & Investment Council
Tracy S Michaud Stutzman Executive Director, The Maine Highlands Guild
Sandra Neily Staff Coordinator, Moosehead Region Futures Committee
Matt Polstein President, New England Outdoor Center
Andy Shepard President & CEO, Maine Winter Sports Center
John Simko Town Manager, Town of Greenville
Robert Thompson Executive Director, Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments
Everett Towle President, Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine
William Vail State Representative, Senator Susan Collins
Keith Van Scotter President & CEO, Lincoln Paper and Tissue, LLC
Robin Zinchuk Executive Director, Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce

ME State Government Representatives
Alec Giffen Director, Maine Forest Service
Peter Beringer Maine Forest Service

New Hampshire
Stephen Barba Executive Director for University Relations, Plymouth State University
Thomas Deans Tillotson Fund
Deanna Howard Director of Regional Development, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Cleve Kapala Director of Government Affairs and Relicensing, TransCanada Hydro, Northeast Inc.
Patrick McDermott Economic & Community Development Manager, Public Service of New Hampshire
Catherine McDowell Executive Director, Family Resource Center at Gorham
Frumie Selchen Executive Director, Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire
Racheal Stuart Vice President of Program, NH Charitable Foundation
Henry Swan Wagner Forest Management
James Tibbetts President, First Colebrook Bank
Donald Wharton President (retired), Plymouth State University
Natalie Woodroofe Rural Initiative Manager, Association for Enterprise Opportunity

NH State Government Representatives
George Bald Commissioner,

New York
Cali Brooks Executive Director, Adirondack Community Trust
Brian Houseal Executive Director, Adirondack Council
Terry Martino Executive Director, Adirondack North Country Association
John Mills President, Paul Smith's College
Michelle Peach Tug Hill Project Director, The Nature Conservancy
Bob Quinn ESF Foundation
J.R. Risley President, Adirondack Association of Towns & Villages and Supervisor, Town of Inlet
Ann Ruzow Holland Community Planning Advisor
Zoe Smith Program Coordinator, Wildlife Conservation Society, Adirondack Communities & Conservation Program
Bill Thomas Chair, Warren County Board of Supervisors and Supervisor, Town of Johnsburg
Lani Ulrich Executive Director, CAP-21
Chris Westbrook Director, SUNY ESF Ranger School; President, Clifton-Fine EDC; Vice Chair, Council of Eastern Forest Technology Schools
Ross Whaley Chairman, Adirondack Park Agency

NY State Government Representatives
John Bartow Director, Tug Hill Commission
Stuart Buchanan Director, NY Dept. Environmental Conservation Region 5
Rob Davies State Forester, NY Dept. Environmental Conservation

Vermont
Michele Boomhower Executive Director, Lamoille County Planning Commission
Darby Bradley Director, Vermont Land Trust
Maureen Connolly Development Director, Economic Development Council of Northern Vermont
George Gay Executive Director, Northern Forest Alliance
Kay Henry Northern Forest Canoe Trail
Jolinda LaClair State Director, USDA Rural Development
Steve Patterson Executive Director, Northern Vermont Development Agency
Parker Riehle Vermont Ski Area Association
William Sayre Treasurer, A. Johnson Lumber
Dr. Fred Schmidt University of Vermont, Center for Rural Studies
Stephen Webster Attorney
Richard White Chairman and CEO, Community Bancorp. and CEO, Community National Bank

VT State Government Representatives
Steven Sinclair Director of Forests, Department of Forests Parks and Recreation
Jonathan Wood Commissioner, VT Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation

 

 
For more information about the Sustainable Economy Initiative, please contact:

Joe Short
Northern Forest Center
PO Box 210
Concord, NH 03302-0210
603-229-0679
jshort@northernforest.org

or

Jeff Hayes
North Country Council
107 Glessner Road
Bethlehem, NH 03574
603-444-6303
jhayes@ncia.net
 
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