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LEWISTON The Central Maine Healthcare board of directors will have a new chairman, Devore S. Culver, and five new members in 2021 to advance the organization’s mission.
Devore S. Culver
Culver, the current vice chairman, takes over the role from Deborah Dunlap Avasthi when her term ends Jan, 1, 2021. Culver is a health care consultant and the former CEO of the nonprofit information services organization HealthInfoNet, based in New Gloucester. He brings to the role statewide knowledge of health care delivery and experience accomplishing strategic and operational goals through automated information systems. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Brown University and his master’s degree from Northwestern University.
LEWISTON Maine College of Health Professions has appointed alum Ken Albert, chief executive officer of Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice, as its board chairman. A 1986 graduate of the college’s nursing program, Albert has been on the board since 2017. He will lead the eight-member board, which is charged with serving as stewards of […]
on the significance of Northeastern University s new graduate education and research center in Portland (Sept. 21): I am really excited about the Roux Institute. This has the potential to be a game-changer for our state. Its focus is on key disciplines such as artificial intelligence and computer and data sciences. And our local companies are at the table developing their future talent. It’s an incredible opportunity.
on the long-term vision for her latest business venture, a mission-driven vegan cookie maker called Sweet Sea Co. (Oct. 5): I’d like to have cookies in many grocery stores around the country. I’d like people to see the value in business having a bigger purpose. This is not about cookies, it’s about caring for the planet, and making positive change and feeling hope.
Gail Phaneuf named executive director of Maine’s historic Deertrees Theatre
Gail Phaneuf
Gail Phaneuf – a playwright, educator, composer, actor, director and a 40-year summer resident of Harrison – has been named the artistic and executive director of the historic Deertrees Theatre, which has provided performing arts entertainment to the Greater Maine region since 1936. Phaneuf has permanently relocated to Harrison to live there year-round and assume her new position. As a playwright and composer, Phaneuf has penned three full musicals and 16 plays that are performed at venues around the world. Her award-winning “MONSTERS! A Midlife Musical Meltdown” premiered in Boston and subsequently was produced at Deertrees, among other theaters. Originally founded as an opera house by prominent opera singer and director Enrica Clay Dillon, Deertrees Theatre has since been home to Broadway stars and local actors, world-acclaimed musicians and aspiring students.