MEPRI Steering Committee Members 2023-2025

Rep. Holly Sargent 
(Steering Committee Chair)
Joint Standing Committee on Education & Cultural Affairs, Maine Legislature
e-mail: Holly.Sargent@legislature.maine.gov

Steven Bailey
Maine School Management Association
e-mail: sbailey@msmaweb.com

Mallory Cook
Maine Education Association
email: mcook@maineea.org

Laura Cyr
Maine Department of Education
email: laura.cyr@maine.gov

Holly Blair
Maine Principals Association
e-mail: hblair@mpa.cc

Denham Ward
Maine State Board of Education
e-mail: denhamward.gmail.com

Rita Furlow
Maine Children’s Alliance
e-mail: rfurlow@mekids.org

Rebecca Lambert
Maine Municipal Association
e-mail: rlambert@memun.org

Ezekial Kimball
University of Maine System
e-mail:ezekial.kimball@maine.edu

Janet Fairman
Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University of Maine at Orono
e-mail: janet.fairman@maine.edu

Amy Johnson
Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University of Southern Maine
e-mail: amyj@maine.edu

Affiliated Organizations

Maine School Superintendents Association (MSSA):
Eileen King, Executive Director: eking@msmaweb.com

Educate Maine:
Jason Judd, Executive Director: jason@educatemaine.org

Maine Administrative Services of Students for Children with Disabilities (MADSEC):
Gay McDonald, Executive Director email: gmcdonald@madsec.org

Maine Curriculum Leaders Association (MCLA): Debra McIntyre, Director
email: director@mainecla.org

Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies (CCIDS):
Alan Cobo-Lewis, Director or Sue Russell, Association. Director
email: alanc@maine.edu or: srussell@maine.edu

Maine Community College System (MCCS): Janet Sortor, VP & Chief Academic Officer
email: jsortor@mccs.me.edu

UM System office: Samantha Warren, Director of Government and Community Relations
email: samantha.warren@maine.edu