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Board of Visitors
The UMM Board of Visitors was created by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees to advocate and raise private funds for the University, advise the President on community and regional needs, review new academic programs and tuition waivers, and to submit an annual report of its activities to the Board of Trustees.
Members are recommended by the President and are drawn from the local community external to the University. The regular term of appointment is three years with a maximum of two terms.
Left to right: Kathleen Shannon, Pres. Huggins, Ruth Cash-Smith, Blaine Jones, Susan Corbett, Ernie Reisman, Rev. Gini King (Vice Chair), Doug Jones, Malcolm Holmes, Betsy Fitzgerald, James Thompson (Chair), President Joyce Hedlund, Doug Kell and Tom Boutureira.
2013 - 2014 Membership
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- Tom Boutureira (Chair)
- Blaine Jones (Vice Chair)
- Ron Beckwith
- Ruth Cash-Smith
- Harold Clossey
- Susan Corbett
- Sharon Dean
- Elizabeth “Betsy” Fitzgerald
- Bonnie Fortini
- Wendy Harrington
- Joyce Hedlund
- Doug Jones
- Doug Kell, Sr.
- Anne Perry
- Ernestine “Ernie” Reisman
- James Thompson
- Ian Yaffe
2013 - 2014 Meeting Schedule
- Annual Meeting - Tuesday, June 4, 2013
- Annual Retreat - Saturday, September 28, 2013
- Fall Meeting - Wednesday, November 6, 2013
- Winter Meeting - Wednesday, February 5, 2014
- Spring Meeting - Wednesday, April 23, 2014
