MaineCF Appoints Three New Board Members
The Maine Community Foundation has elected three members to its Board of Directors. They are Elizabeth Neptune of Princeton, Dighton Spooner of Brunswick, and Peter Vigue of Pittsfield.
"The all-volunteer board helps guide the foundation and bring new ideas to the table," said MaineCF President Henry Schmelzer. "These distinguished individuals are already helping to move us forward," he said.
Elizabeth Neptune is a management consultant to the Indian Health Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and former director of the Indian Township Health Center. While at the health center, Neptune directed Kmihqutahasultipon ("We Remember"), a program geared toward special needs children and their families, based on Passamaquoddy values, which has become a national model. The Maine Senate and House of Representatives, the Indian Health Services, and the National Association of Social Workers have recognized Neptune for her outstanding leadership in health care.
MaineCF has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors: Elizabeth Neptune, shown here with MaineCF President Hank Schmelzer (top photo); Dighton Spooner (bottom photo, left); and Peter Vigue.
As associate director of Career Planning at Bowdoin College, Dighton Spooner advises students in communications, broadcasting, advertising, music and the arts. Prior to Bowdoin, he was project director for "Craft in America," a multi-media project that included a national PBS TV series. Spooner began his career in television production and broadcasting at Boston’s WGBH-TV and has worked at CBS Television Network in Los Angeles and at Granada Television and ECM Productions, Ltd., in London.
Peter Vigue is chairman, president and CEO of The Cianbro Companies. He has recently focused a great deal of his energies on state and local civic and education matters. Vigue serves as chairman of the Maine Economic Research Institute and is past chairman of the Construction Industry Round Table. He has been a member, director and officer of many professional associations and is currently a director of TD Banknorth, Inc., and the Forest Society of Maine. He received Spurwink’s Humanitarian of the Year award in 2007.
August 27, 2008