The Leadership team at the Maine Department of Education is working to build an agency that supports schools and educators across the state in their mission to help all students reach their potential and leave school prepared for work, life, and post-secondary education opportunities.
Pender Makin
Commissioner
Daniel Chuhta
Deputy Commissioner
Megan Welter
Associate Commissioner of Public Education
Chelsey Fortin-Trimble
Associate Commissioner of Policy and Programs
Chloe Teboe
Director of Communications
Melissa O’Neal-Low
Director of Strategic Initiatives and Constituent Affairs
Melissa Beecher
Chief of Operations
Scott Brown
Director of the Office of School Facilities
Richard Colpitts
Director of Education in the Unorganized Territory
Erin Frazier
Director of the Office of Special Services and Inclusive Education
Ayesha Hall
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Janette Kirk
Chief of Federal Programs
Beth Lambert
Chief Teaching and Learning Officer, Office of Teaching & Learning
Page Nichols
Chief Innovation Officer, Office of Innovation
Michael Perry
Director of Higher Education and Educator Support Services
Tamara Ranger
Director of the Office of Workforce Development & Innovative Pathways
Julie Smyth
Director of the Office of School and Student Supports
Robert Susi
Director of the Maine School Safety Center
Katherine Warren
Director of Education Data