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.
Commissioner’s Office
- Pender Makin, Commissioner
- Dan Chuhta, Deputy Commissioner
- Kelli Deveaux, Associate Commissioner
- Chelsey Fortin-Trimble, Associate Commissioner
- Jessica Nixon, Chief of Staff & Operations
Communications
- Marcus Mrowka, Director of Communications
Office of Innovation
- Page Nichols, Chief Innovation Officer
- Beth Lambert, Director of Innovative Teaching and Learning
Facilities, Safety & Transportation
- Scott Brown, Director
- Ann Pinnette, Facilities and Transportation
Higher Ed. & Educator Support Services
- Angel Loredo, Director
- Stephanie Fyfe, Certification
- Gail Senese, Adult Education
- Jason Libby, Higher Education
- Tamara Ranger, Educator Excellence
Maine School Safety Center
- Jonathan J. Shapiro, Director
- Robert Susi, School Safety and Security Coordinator
- Karen Barnes, Threat Assessment / Mental Health Coordinator
- Melissa Condon, School Emergency Management Coordinator
- Stacey Barlow, Restorative Practices Coordinator
- Wendy Robichaud, Safety Training Coordinator
Learning Systems
- Janette Kirk, Chief of Learning Systems
- Cheryl Lang, ESEA Federal Programs Director
- Lee Anne Larsen, Early Learning Team Coordinator
- Dwight Littlefield, Career and Technical Education
School Finance & Operations
- Joanne Allen, Director
- Tyler Backus, School Finance, Compliance and Governance
- Charlotte Ellis, Data Management
- Walter Beesley, Child Nutrition
School and Student Supports
- Kellie Bailey, Social Emotional Learning/Restorative
Practice Specialist - Deqa Dehlac, Family Engagement and Cultural Responsiveness & Foster Care POC
- Amelia Lyons, State Director Migrant Education, and Homeless Education Consultant
- Emily Poland, Coordinated School Health
- Bear Shea, Mental Health/School Counselor Specialist
Special Services
- Erin Frazier, Director
- Mary Adley, SPPS, State Agency Client/State Ward, Significant Disproportionality
- Roberta Lucas, Child Development Services
- Barbara A. McGowen, Finance Coordinator
- Tracy Whitlock, Special Projects, Dyslexia, Math4ME, PBIS Coordinator