Meet our Team
Executive Director
Jessica A. Valdez
director@communitycompassdowneast.org
207-522-7983
Office Hours Tuesday-Thursday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Neighborhood Navigators
Navigators are volunteers at the core of our mission linking neighbors to needed resources, delivering a range of support and advocacy, and act as mentors and role models to the clients we serve.
Ben Thelwell, Deer Isle & Stonington
Tammie Cox, Sedgwick
Sara Koontz- Sedgwick
Olivia Brown, Penobscot & Castine, Brooksville
Board of Directors
Our board is made up of individuals who have a knowledge of the region and a passion for the work we do.
President Skip Greenlaw, Deer Isle/Stonington, School Board Member, financial business
Vice President Rev Elaine Hewes, Sedgwick, Pastor St. Brendan’s Church & “former early childhood educator”
Treasurer Deb Adkins- Island Nursing Home
Secretary Kim Coit, Director, Center for Real Estate Education, Brooksville
Margaret Beckman, Reverend Unitarian Universalist Church, Castine
Brian Langley- Bridge Academy, Business Owner and Politician
Joyce Schelling, Orland, former “early childhood educator”
Cynthia Kimball, Orland, Opportunity Fund Co-Chair