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Neil H. (“Pete”) Borden (Audit, Financial Reports & Control Committee Chair): Dr. Borden is Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He spent twenty years on the faculty of the Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. He helped rally support for land protection when development threatened the shore of Grand Lake Stream in 1992, coauthored a study of our organization’s potential economic impact, and served on the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership Leadership Committee. He lives in Fort Myers, Florida, and is a third-generation summer resident of his family camp in Township 27.

Ernest L. Carle: Mr. Carle is a Wood Procurement Forester for the Domtar Mill in Woodland, Maine. A University of Maine graduate in Forest Engineering, he has practical experience in forestry ranging from timber marking and road layout to sustainable forestry certification; he was responsible for Georgia-Pacific Corporation’s forest management in Townships 5ND and 6ND. He is Past Chair of the Forest Resources Association New England Policy Committee, representing loggers and mills, and a former Director of Washington Hancock Community Agency. He resides in Township 21; his family has been in the Princeton area for seven generations.

Louie Cataldo (Vice President; Governance Committee Chair): Mr. Cataldo is a carpenter, Registered Maine Guide, property manager, and firewood processing business owner who formerly worked at the Georgia-Pacific Woodland paper mill. He currently serves as First Selectman of Grand Lake Stream Plantation, spent 14 years on the local school board, and has been on the Board of Directors of the Grand Lake Stream Guides Association for 20 years. A U.S. Navy veteran, he is an avid hunter and fisherman. He is a native of Grand Lake Stream.

Edward J. McGrath, Esq. (Forestry Resources Committee Chair): Mr. McGrath has practiced environmental law for more than thirty years. He is a firm member of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, Chartered. As a senior partner in the Denver law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP, he developed that firm’s environmental practice group. A graduate of Williams College and Columbia University School of Law, he was a member of the Leadership Committee of the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and is a long-time seasonal resident of Grand Lake Stream.

Roger L. Milligan: Mr. Milligan grew up in Grand Lake Stream, spending much of his youth in lumber camps. He worked for the Maine Forest Service for nearly thirty-one years and retired as a Regional Forest Ranger. He subsequently worked as a consultant, specializing in managing private forests for multiple uses. He worked with the Passamaquoddy Forestry Department as its temporary director, managing the tribe’s woodlands, and he served on committees creating the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act. A U.S. Army veteran and a Registered Maine Guide since 1961, he served on the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership Leadership Committee. He resides in Princeton.

James P. (“Jay”) Petri (Treasurer; Wabassus Lake Project Committee Chair): Mr. Petri, Vice President for Commercial Real Estate at Cambridge Savings Bank in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a graduate of Cornell University and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He has experience in agribusiness, commercial, industrial, and real estate banking, and management. He is President of the Stockbridge Foundation and serves on the University of Massachusetts Dean’s Council for the College of Natural Resources and the Environment. He lives in Bolton, Massachusetts, and is a fifth-generation camp owner on Sysladobsis Lake.

Stephen Schaefer (Secretary; Development Committee Chair; Past President): Mr. Schaefer owns Maineline Studio, a professional portrait studio in Calais, Maine. A Registered Maine Guide, he served on former Governor Angus King’s Land Acquisition Priorities Advisory Committee and was a Grand Lake Stream selectperson for ten years. He currently is a member of Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission and Vice President of the Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club. He resides in Grand Lake Stream.

David C. Tobey: Mr. Tobey moved to Grand Lake Stream in 1973 after visiting frequently on hunting and fishing trips with family since he was a child. He is a Registered Maine Guide, a trapper, a commercial eel fisherman, and a caretaker, and depends upon his knowledge of the area’s natural resources to earn his living. He has served as President of the Maine Professional Guides Association and the Grand Lake Stream Guides Association, as an Assessor for Grand Lake Stream Plantation, and on the Leadership Committee of the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership. He lives in Grand Lake Stream.

Lindsay P. Wheaton (President; Trails and Education Committees Chair): Ms. Wheaton and her husband own and run Grand Lake Lodge, a local sporting camp. A graduate of American University in political science, she has a Master's Degree in clinical psychology and formerly worked with children in the local school systems. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Grand Lake Stream Historical Society and was a member of the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership Leadership Committee. She resides full-time in Grand Lake Stream.

Lee Whitely: Mr. Whitely was President of the Technical Papers Division and Director General of the Axhom Division of Lydall, Inc., and was on the corporation’s Board of Directors for many years. He has a BS in Forestry and a Master’s in Pulp and Paper Technology, both from the University of Maine. A Registered Maine Guide, he served on the Leadership Committee of the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership and has been on various nonprofit boards. He lives in Grand Lake Stream and owns a camp on Fourth Machias Lake.