Administrative Staff

 

Pam Erickson, Executive Director

Inspiration
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

Related Activities
Science and Wilderness Director, Kieve Affective Education, Nobleboro, Maine (1994 - 2004)
School Program Director, Boston University Sargent Camp Environmental Center, Hancock, New Hampshire (1989 - 1993)
Naturalist, Long Lake Conservation Center, Palisade, Minnesota (1984 - 1986)
Adventure and Environmental programming at Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky and Tennesee; Tin Mountain Conservation Center, New Hampshire; Maine Audubon Adventure Program, Maine
New Girls Network Member, Maine (2002 - present)
Maine Recreational and Sea Kayak Guide (2000 - present)
Field Study in aquaculture for Coastal Studies for Girls (Fall 2004)
Member of the Omicron Class at the Institute for Civic Leadership, Portland, Maine (2007 - 2008)
 

Education
 M.Ed., University of New Hampshire (1998)
 B.S. Recreation Administration/Biology/Environmental Education, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse (1985)

 

 

Ginny Freeman, Administrative Assistant/Office Manager

 

Inspiration

"When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.  I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.  I come into the presence of still water.  And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.  For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free."~Wendell Berry

 

Related Activities

Camps & Trips Registrar, The Chewonki Foundation (1992-2010)

Co-Owner, Aliquipa Farm, Founding Member Sheepscot Wild Woolies Cooperative

Owner, FreeSpirit Designs/FreeSpirit Enterprises

Ecologist, Member & Chairwoman, Spirituality & Earth Stewardship, Maine Council of Churches; Founding Member, Cool Communities, Bath; Member & Covenant Partner, Emerging Worship Team, Bath UCC

 

Education

AA cum laude, Bay Path Junior College, Longmeadow MA

 

Vanessa Jones, Extended Programs Coordinator

 

Inspiration:

"My activism--cultural, political, spiritual--is rooted in my love of nature and my delight in human beings."~Alice Walker

 

Related Activities:

Head Resident, Coastal Studies for Girls, Freeport, ME (2010-2011)

Yurt Leader/Trip Leader, Chewonki Camp for Girls, Wiscasset, ME (Summers 2009-2010)

Director of Community Service Learning, Faculty, The Wheeler School, Providence, RI (2006-2008)

Americorps VISTA, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI (2005-2006)

 

Education:

M.S. Ecological Leadership and Education, Audubon Expedition Institute, Lesley University, MA (2010)

B.A. Anthropology, Wesleyan University, CT (2005)

Graduate, Light and Fast Backpacking, National Outdoor Leadership School (2008)

 

 

Whitney Rollins Conway, Associate Director of Admissions

 

Inspiration

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!  Live the life you’ve imagined.”

Henry David Thoreau

 

Related Activities

Teacher, Toronto District School Board, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2000 – 2010)

Building Strong Naturalist Communities, White Pine Programs, Cape Neddick, Maine (2008)

Teacher, The Leadership School at Kieve, Nobleboro, Maine (2006-2007)

Co-Director, Camp Pondicherry, Girl Scouts of Maine, Bridgton, Maine (2006)

Educator, Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Freeport, Maine (2005)

 

Education

Specialist, Dramatic Arts, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto (2002)
Advanced Bachelor of Education, OISE, University of Toronto (2000)

B.A., Visual Arts/French, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (1995)

 

 

Molly Simmons, Admissions Associate

 

Inspiration:

"There are only two things we can give our children; the first is roots and the other, wings."~My family's mantra/Chinese proverb

 

Related Activities:

Lead Teacher, Impact Academy, Envision Schools, Hayward CA (2009-2011)

Program Director/Humanities Teacher, Tall Ship Education Academy, San Francisco, CA (2007-2009)

Admissions Support, The Urban School, San Francisco, CA (2007)

Humanities Teacher, High Tech High Bayshore, Redwood City, CA (2005-2007)

English Teacher/Coach/Outdoor Education, Ojai Valley School, Ojai, CA (2002-2005)

 

Education:

B.A. International Relations/African Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001)

California Teaching Credential in English (2007)

  

Gail Worthen, Food Services Director

 

Inspiration:

“I am not afraid of the storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.” ~ Louisa May Alcott

 

Related Activities:

 Owner, Chebeague Island Bakery and Catering, Chebeague Island, Maine (1991 - present)

 Head Baker and Food Coordinator for Events, Sugarloaf Outdoor Center, Bull Moose Bakery and Café (2003 - 2009)

 Co-owner/Bookkeeper, Chebeague Island Lobster Pound (1993 - 1998)

 Mother of daughters, Emma (16) and Addie (12)

 

Education:

Johnson State College Liberal Arts studies (1973-1975)

Preserving Foods with Ruth Hertzburg, University of Vermont, Burlington (1974)

Boulangerie with Claude Cote, Le Cordon Bleu, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (September 2000)

40 years of food exploration!

 

 

Tara Treichel, Director of Education

Inspiration
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
 

Related Activities
Core Teacher, WellSpring Community School, Bellingham, Washington (2004 - 2007)
Sea Kayak Guide, Washington (Summers 2005 & 2006)
Core and Contract Teacher, Timber Ridge High School, Bellingham, Washington (2002 - 2004)
Adventure and Experiential Education programming at On Belay Youth and Family Service, Wisconsin; University of Washington-Madison; YMCA Camp Manito-wish, Wisconsin (1996 - 2002)
Wilderness Program Guide and Leadership Program Staff, YMCA Camp Manito-wish, Boulder Junction, Wisconsin (1997 - 1999)
Program Coordinator, Adventure Learning Programs, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1996 - 1997)

Education
B.A., Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1995)
M.S., Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1997)
Teacher Certificate, Biology, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin (2001)