Career & Technical Education (CTE) Contact

Supports the following areas:

• CTE legislation and oversight
• Middle school CTE
• Federal and state grants. 
• Liaising regarding CTE between the Maine DOE and the Maine State Board of Education and State Workforce Board

Phone: 207-441-8927

Email: Dwight.a.Littlefield@maine.gov

Supports the following areas:

• Data collection and reporting. 
• New program approval
• The CTE comprehensive school review process for facilities
• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Phone: 207-624-6743

Email: Shawn.Lagasse@maine.gov

Supports the following areas:

• Agriculture and natural resources
• The Maine FFA Association. 
• The regional calendar

Phone: 207-592-0134

Email: Emily.Doughty@maine.gov

Supports the following areas:

• Methods of administration 
• CTE special populations and gender equity
• The CTE comprehensive school review process

Phone: 207-592-1448

Email: Danielle.r.Despins@maine.gov

Supports the following areas:

• Career and Education Development
• Pre-apprenticeship
• Technical skills standards and assessments
• CTE articulation agreements/programs of study/new program approval

Phone: 207-592-0630

Email: Joseph.w.Haney@maine.gov

Supports the following areas:

• Perkins V federal grant
• CTE consulting

Phone: 207-816-2023

Email: Melissa.Sherwood@maine.gov

Supports the following areas:

• CTE equipment bond implementation

Phone: 207-441-2936

Email: Ernest.Kumah@maine.gov

Supports the following areas:

• Middle School CTE
• CTE stakeholder engagement & coordination

Phone: 207-557-3283

Email: Nicholas.J.LaBreck@maine.gov