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