Love Maine Radio With Dr. Lisa Belisle

Paul Cousins is founder, principal, and CFO at AtmosForecast, a consulting meteorologist company based in Portland. He has been analyzing weather in the Northeast for over 40 years. With degrees in both meteorology and geophysics, he has obtained broadcasting seals from both the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association (NWA). He was nominated as the outstanding graduate and distinguished alumni of his alma mater. He was also elected for several boards of the AMS and NWA, in addition to being appointed as a trustee for several philanthropic organizations. Over the years, he has been a keynote speaker for several scientific organizations and universities across New England. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/paul-cousins/

Marshall Taylor is the artistic director of Quisisana Resort, a summer resort in western Maine that specializes in musical entertainment. Over the course of his career, he has performed as Edna in Hairspray, Tony in The Most Happy Fella, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Horace in Hello, Dolly!, Harold Hill in The Music Man, and Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Marshall served as artistic director of ShowCase Concerts in Phoenix, Arizona, where he developed operatic “informances” designed for young audiences, and he frequently appeared with the Phoenix Symphony and Oklahoma City Philharmonic. His operatic roles have included Papageno in The Magic Flute, Marcello in La Bohème, Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi, and Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/marshall-taylor/

With 16 years of not-for-profit and for-profit executive leadership experience, Donna Dwyer has a history of managing budgets, providing superior customer service, working on short and long term strategic initiatives, and business plan/grant writing. As the CEO of My Place Teen Center, she has cross-functional expertise in marketing, networking, problem-solving, and presenting to a wide variety of audiences. She is passionate about Maine—its people, geography, and lifestyle. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/donna-dwyer/

Debby Irving is a racial justice educator, author, and public speaker.  A community organizer and classroom teacher for 25 years, Debby Irving grappled with racial injustice without understanding racism as a systemic issue or her own whiteness as an obstacle to it. As general manager of Boston’s Dance Umbrella and First Night, and later as an elementary school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she struggled to make sense of racial tensions she could feel but could not explain. In 2009, Debby took a graduate school course, Racial and Cultural Identities, which gave her the answers she’d been looking for and launched her on a journey of discovery. Now, speaking and leading workshops around the country, Debby devotes herself to exploring the impact white skin can have on perception, problem solving, and creating culturally inclusive communities. A graduate of the Winsor School in Boston, she holds a BA from Kenyon College and an MBA from Simmons College. Her first book, Waking Up White, tells the story of how

Carolann Ouellette joined Maine Huts and Trails as executive director in January of 2017. Previously, Ouellette served as director of the Maine Office of Tourism. Under her leadership, Maine has benefited from multiple years of consistent growth in tourism. A graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, Ouellette was previously chef and owner of an award-winning Maine restaurant in Jackman. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/carolann-ouellette/

Lori Parham is AARP Maine’s state director, leading the state’s advocacy and education efforts on health and financial security issues. She also oversees the organization’s efforts to engage cities and towns in creating livable communities for people of all ages, with a specific focus on economic development and aging in place. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/lori-parham/

Tracy Guerrette played on the women’s basketball team at the University of Maine, and she has now become an elite runner—in October, she won the Maine Marathon and hopes to qualify for the 2020 Olympics. She is also the Director of Faith Formation at Saint Paul the Apostle Church in Bangor. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/tracy-guerrette/

Bowdoin College student Hannah Cooke is the founder of the Bowdoin Athletes of Color Coalition, which brings together student-athletes of color to discuss their experiences of playing sports. Hannah was born and raised in Portland, and she is now a double major in Government and Legal Studies and African American Studies with a minor in Education. She participates in varsity squash, varsity basketball, and varsity track and field at Bowdoin College. She also works as a dialogue and conversation coordinator at Bowdoin College, investigating issues of diversity, and as a counselor, volunteer, and speaker at Seeds of Peace in Otisfield, Maine. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/hannah-cooke/

Judy Camuso has been the director of wildlife for Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife since 2013 and has been with the department since 2007. As director, Camuso oversees the management, protection, and enhancement of the over 500 birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians that call Maine home, and perhaps more challenging, a staff of 50 biologists. She oversees the development and implementation of policy decisions, legislative proposals, and rules related to the wildlife division, and she coordinates a budget of $ 12 million to manage Maine’s wildlife. She is the department’s voice on all matters regarding Maine’s wildlife. Prior to becoming director, she worked as special projects coordinator for the department and was a regional wildlife biologist. She has extensive experience with endangered species management and recovery as well as long-range species planning. She started her career at Maine Audubon as the environmental center director, where she oversaw wildlife education programs and condu

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree moved to Maine in the 1970s, and after graduating from College of the Atlantic, she and her husband started a small farm on the island of North Haven. In the early 1980s, she started a knitting business that grew to ten year-round employees, producing knitting kits and books that were sold in hundreds of stores across the country. She was elected to the Maine Senate in 1992. After serving four terms, including two as Senate majority leader, she went on to become the national president of Common Cause. In 2008, Pingree was elected to Congress to serve Maine’s 1st District, and she was the first woman ever to be elected to represent this district. Pingree is a member of the House Committee on Appropriations and has gained national recognition for her leadership on food and agriculture reform, improving assistance programs for veterans, supporting coastal communities, and other issues important to Maine and the nation.  Hannah Pingree was elected for four terms to the Maine House o

Robin Alden is executive director of Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (MCCF), a nonprofit organization in Stonington, Maine. Alden co-founded MCCF in 2003 with the goal of securing a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in eastern Maine and beyond. MCCF works with fishermen, regulators, scientists, and policymakers to develop new approaches to fisheries stewardship and economic vitality, approaches that are realistic, grounded, and adaptive given a changing climate. She also served as Maine Commissioner of Marine Resources under Governor Angus King, where she initiated the Maine lobster zones, a revered example of effective fisheries co-management. She also founded, published, and edited the regional trade fishing newspaper, Commercial Fisheries News, for 20 years. She co-founded the Maine Fisherman’s Forum, served two terms on the New England Fishery Management Council and worked with Maine Sea Grant. In 2017, Alden received the Peter Benchley Hero of the Seas award for her grassroots w

Joanna and Phineas Sprague are the co-founders of Portland Yacht Services. The boatyard currently has 12,000 customers, from rowboats with electric trolling motors to some of the biggest passenger boats on the Portland waterfront. After developing a love of sailing, the Spragues purchased in the Portland Company in 1978 and went on start building Portland Yacht Services in the early 1980s. Phin was also founding president of SailMaine, and he helped establish the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/joanna-phineas-sprague/

Joseph K. Loughlin is the former assistant chief of police for the City of Portland. He served as the interim chief in 2008 and retired from service in January, 2010 after 30 years of police work. He has served in every sworn rank within the Portland Police Department. He is one of the original founders of the police peer support team and employee assistance network.  He also served as the commander of the Special Reaction Team and was a team member for over 20 years. He was a spokesperson for the department as the Detective Lieutenant in charge of the Criminal Investigation Division. He is the author of Finding Amy, a nonfiction account of the Amy St. Laurent homicide investigation in 2001, and Shots Fired, released in October 2017.He has authored editorials and magazine articles on the realities of police work. He currently consults for 3SI International Security Systems and functions as a regional coordinator of police trainings and special projects. He is also an entrepreneur and the creator of Loughlin’s

Nancy Thompson is an insurance agent who lives in Cape Elizabeth. She has been married to Tim Thompson for 36 years. In 2004, she lost her middle child, Timmy, to suicide at the age of 18. Timmy took his life as a result of depression. Since that time, both Nancy and Tim have spoken publicly about their loss in the hopes of saving lives. They urge those with emerging mental health issues to not take no for an answer and to push harder for services. They also urge people to not be afraid to speak about their illness so they may be able to have others help them. Nancy has also been an active member of the Junior League of Portland for 21 years and served as president in 2004. She also served for seven years on board of the Center for Grieving Children board and served as president of the board in 2012-2013. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/nancy-thompson/

Jill Hinckley was born in Ellsworth and grew up in Southwest Harbor. Her grandfather, Henry R. Hinckley, started Hinckley Yachts in 1928. Growing up in Maine and participating in the boating community has given her the opportunity to meet and work with a variety of people. At Hinckley Introductions, her matchmaking and coaching agency, she focuses on connecting people on a personal and meaningful level. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/jill-hinckley-hinckley-introductions/

Dr. Robert Snyder is president of the Island Institute. He is responsible for working with island and coastal leaders in Maine to identify and invest in innovative approaches to community sustainability. He oversees the Institute’s efforts to share solutions with communities that are experiencing similar challenges to their sustainability elsewhere. His background is in cultural anthropology, and his research and writing have focused on community economic development and the cultural politics of natural resource management. He also writes a monthly column for The Working Waterfront. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/dr-robert-snyder-island-institute/

It took over 70,000 nautical miles—and some wayward adventures in between—before Matty Oates finally put down roots in Maine. At the age of 18, he began traveling the globe and taking on odd jobs (like standing in police lineups for cash in Scotland) to make his way, finally stumbling into the world of Tall Ship sailing. He eventually moved to France in 2007 to join and then run the deck of the iconic 1911 racing yacht Mariquita, widely considered to be one of the most beautiful sailing yachts in the world. In 2015, he saw his brother, Kevin, doing amazing work with his own nonprofit, the Maine Youth Rock Orchestra, and decided to return to the USA. Portland's ever-changing, vibrant scene was the magnet that drew him in, and soon after arriving he was brought aboard as the program director of Tall Ships Portland, a local 501c3 organization dedicated to youth education at sea. After a year-and-a-half, he left to join the marketing team at Shipyard Brewing Company as media manager. Outside of Shipyard, he is a

Jessica Jordan was 34 when she was diagnosed with stage-two breast cancer. The lump was discovered two months after she became engaged. She went through almost a year of treatment and was only two months out of radiation when her mother, who had taken care of her during treatment, passed suddenly from a pulmonary embolism. To honor her mother’s memory, she completed the Tri for a Cure in July and was this year’s top fundraiser, breaking her goal by $44,000. As a tribute to her mother, she plans to dedicate the rest of her life to giving back. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/jessica-jordan-top-tri-cure-fundraiser-2017/

John Weston is a seventh-generation farmer that grows 60 acres of fresh vegetables, and two acres are certified organic. His farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. His family operates two farm markets in Fryeburg and Conway, New Hampshire, and they also produce maple syrup and grow 6,000 Christmas trees each year. For the past 20 years, he has coached Nordic skiing at Fryeburg Academy. He is a nationally certified Nordic ski race official and a trustee at the Fryeburg Fair. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/radio-guests/john-weston-westons-farm/

Jessie Dowling is a cheesemaker whose company, Fuzzy Udder Creamery, is based in Whitefield. She is also president of the Maine Cheese Guild and has a master’s degree in food policy. Sam May is advisory board chair at Maine Harvest Credit Project, an organization aiming to open a credit union supporting small farms and food businesses. Sam grew up in midcoast Maine, where he co-founded Smith and May in West Rockport and helped his brother start Peter Ott’s, a restaurant in Camden. After earning an MBA in international business, he worked in Silicon Valley as an equity research analyst and managing director at Piper Jaffray Companies covering technology stocks worldwide. In 2005, he moved to Hong Kong and helped Chinese companies navigate US capital markets until his return to Maine in 2011. Sam currently serves on the board of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), where he sits on the executive, finance, and fundraising committees. He also serves on the steering committee of Slow Money