Advisory Board
Barbara Crowley, MD
Barbara Crowley, MD, works at Kennebec Pediatrics, as a once full time
pediatrician who has taken on more administrative work over the last
10 years. She is currently a physician administrator at MaineGeneral
Health overseeing physician practices, the Physician Hospital Organization
and Care Management. She is on the Board of the Maine Children's Trust
and has worked to develop and support school-based health centers locally
and throughout the state. She lives in Manchester with her husband and
two young children
Carol Eckert, MD
Carol Eckert is a family physician who has practiced at Sheepscot Valley
Health Center, a rural health center in Coopers Mills, Me. for the last
22 years. She has volunteered for a variety of community and state groups
through the years including the Board of Pesticides, the MORA (Me Occupational
Research Agenda, the Maine Labor Group on Health, the Environmental
Strategy Center’s advisory board, and local school board. She
works with the community board of her health center on bike safety and
local options for exercise. Much of her clinical practice involves women’s
health and family issues. She is finally working on her MPH through
University of New England, to fulfill a long-term dream. She resides
in Windsor with her husband and 2 almost grown-up kids.
Kate Faragher
Kate Faragher has been a Community Educator at the Family Violence Project
for almost five years where she creates and delivers trainings and educational
presentations about domestic violence for agencies, institutions, and
community groups. She has a degree from the University Of Maine School
Of Law and has worked as a domestic violence crime analyst for the Augusta
Police Department and as a Reserve Officer with the Augusta Police Department.
She also works part time at the Maine Office of the Attorney General,
staffing Maine’s Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel.
Stacy Fortunato
Stacy Fortunato is the Executive Director of Families First, the Kennebec
Child Abuse & Neglect Council, which works to prevent child abuse
and neglect in all its forms with parent education & support, school
based programs and advocacy. She is also on the board of Southern Kennebec
Child Development Corporation , KVCAP "Families in Transition"
Program, and the KVCAP Healthy Families Advisory Board.
Frank Hample
Frank Hample is a Planner with the Land Use Team at the Maine State
Planning Office, working with communities in Western Maine in Comprehensive
Planning. He lives in Somerville in Lincoln County where he has served
as Selectman for 12 years. He also serves on the Lincoln County Economic
Development Advisory Committee, the Mid-Coast Economic Development District,
and the Sheepscot Valley Watershed Council Steering Committee.
John LaCasse
John LaCasse is President and CEO of Medical Care Development, Inc.,
a non-profit organization which develops and evaluates programs to improve
health care. In addition to programs in Maine dealing with emergency
medical services, chronic disease control, health personnel education
and training, rural primary care centers, mental health, and elderly
residential care, he has managed the development of international programs
for health systems planning and development in Africa, Central America,
and the Middle East. He is a member of the American Public Health Association
and the Maine Public Health Association. He serves as a director of
Maine Dartmouth Family Practice Residency and the Maine Health Information
Center and is Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Medical Education.
He resides in Augusta.
Michele Polacsek
Michele Polacsek is currently the Scientific Director of the Maine-Harvard
Prevention Research Center. She holds a doctorate in social and behavioral
sciences from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Michele has worked in and around diverse public health initiatives ranging
from HIV prevention and transmission, public health/community health
curriculum development, evaluation of Healthier Communities and other
initiatives involving public health capacity building.
Gladys Richardson
Gladys Richardson worked as a Pediatric Health Educator at the Winthrop
Family Pediatric Center for over 20 years, is a founding Board Member
of Healthy Futures, and has served as coordinator for Communities for
Children and Youth in Winthrop. Gladys serves on various state and local
health and child focused committees, including the Maine Network of
Healthy Communities and the Winthrop Community Coalition. As Chair of
Maine's Early Childhood Task Force work group, "Assisting Parents
of 0 - 5 year olds", she is working with Maine communities to implement
Family Centered Resource Networks.
Theresa Savoy
Theresa Savoy currently advocates for the Maine Small Business Alliance,
in bringing the voice of small business to the Dirigo Health process.
She also works with Howe & Company an advocacy and association management
company whose interests include the Maine County Commissioners’
Association, the Maine Sheriffs’ Association, and the Maine Nurse
Practitioners Association among others. Previously she was the Legislative
Coordinator for Coastal Enterprises, Inc., where she coordinated the
Maine Sustainable Development Working Group. She serves on Augusta’s
Community Development Advisory Committee and is a member of the Maine
Women’s Lobby policy committee. She is also the vice Chair of
Maine Rural Partners, an organization which seeks to advance the economic
and social agenda of rural Maine.
Ken Young
Ken Young is the Executive Director of the Kennebec Valley Council of
Governments. KVCOG, established in 1967, is "owned and operated"
by its 52 member municipalities in Kennebec, Somerset, and western Waldo
Counties. It offers planning (land use, environmental, solid waste,
transportation), community and economic development, and business assistance
and financial services to the 175,000 people in the region. Young is
on the board of the Western Mountains Alliance and chairs the Maine
Downtown Center Advisory Board. An attorney and former Commissioner
of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, he lives in Hallowell.
Our local service area includes: Augusta, Chelsea, Farmingdale, Fayette, Gardiner, Hallowell, Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, Mount Vernon, Pittston, Randolph, Readfield, Richmond, Vienna, Wayne, West Gardiner, Windsor, Winthrop.
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