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NEW TRUSTEES Hallie Flint Gilman Hallie Flint Gilman is the current assistant general counsel at First Wind, a company which develops and operates utility-scale wind energy projects. She previously worked at Pierce Atwood as an energy attorney. Gilman received her juris doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center and an artium baccalaureus degree from Harvard University where she also served as varsity coach for Radcliffe Crew. She graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. Gilman lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband, Ned Flint, with whom she founded Portland Community Rowing Association where she coaches rowing.
P. Andrew Hamilton P. Andrew Hamilton is the chair of the Environmental & Land Use and Municipal Law & Finance practice groups at Eaton Peabody, a Maine-based law firm. He has over 25 years of experience in environmental law. The primary focus of his practice is on general environmental counseling and representing clients in proceedings under state and federal environmental laws. His experience in this field is wide-ranging, including regulatory compliance, natural resource permitting, hazardous substance and waste laws, and land use permitting. He earned a juris doctorate from the University of Maine School of Law and a bachelor of arts from Wesleyan University.
Sarah Ruef-Lindquist In April 2012, Sarah Ruef-Lindquist was named chief executive officer of the Maine Women’s Fund, a foundation focused on building economic security for Maine women and girls. Before joining the Maine Women’s Fund, Ruef-Lindquist ran a solo law practice focused on estate and trust planning. In 2008, she founded Planning for Good, a consulting practice focused on helping organizations maximize the value of planned gifts to grow endowments. In 2010, she was president of the Maine Bar Foundation and has served on 17 other boards throughout Maine. She received her juris doctorate from Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law) and graduated from Southern Methodist University. She lives in Camden, Maine, with her husband, Peter Lindquist, an artist.
Linda Povey Linda Povey is the vice president of strategic consulting for Natural Marketing Institute. She has over 25 years of experience as a marketing strategist and brand creator. Povey specializes in the analysis of health, wellness, and sustainability trends, incorporating these and consumer insights into her clients’ brand identities and product offerings. She has worked with an impressive range of major consumer organizations, from Bausch and Lomb, Weleda, and Ikea. Previously, Povey was partner and chief marketing strategist of Kanter International, where she developed and strengthened business concepts for entrepreneurial companies. Povey is a communications professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, teaching courses in brand strategy. Povey lives in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Heath Durrans, and their three Shiba Inu dogs.
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