2018 Emerging Leaders 9 Participant Profiles Program Staff Carol Walker Aten, Tegwe Consulting [email protected] “Do or do not. There is no try.” –Yoda About Carol: I live in Portland with my husband and dog - we moved here as empty nesters. (I'm Mom to two married millennials!) Living near the ocean is wonderful - I've lived in England, Michigan, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire - but I think Maine wins the prize. When I'm not helping nonprofits, I love to travel, do photography, and paint landscapes in oil. Laughs at: My son, who just got married and graduated from law school in AZ. His 3rd grade teacher was convinced he would end up on Saturday Night Live. Recommends: Having grown up in England, I'm a sucker for any British period dramas that I can binge-watch, such as Outlander, The Crown, Poldark, Victoria, Downton Abbey.... Molly O'Connell, MANP [email protected] “One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.” - Eleanor Roosevelt About Molly: A life-long New Englander, I moved to Maine after college for a year of Amercorps*VISTA service and never left. After ten years in the youth development field I joined the MANP team where I’m inspired and challenged every day. I wear many hats as the Assistant Director, and I’m your go-to gal for resources and tools (a roundabout way to fulfill my dream of being a librarian). I currently live in South Portland with my husband and two young children. Laughs at: The Good Place, Mike Birbiglia, John Mulaney, baby goats, my four-year- old saying things like “a croissant means thank you upside down” and “camp was boring and frivolous.” Recommends: I’m a podcast evangelist: Reply All, Nerdette, Every Little Thing, It’s Been a Minute, Pop Culture Happy Hour, 99% Invisible, etc. etc. 2018 MANP Emerging Leaders Program Participant Profiles NonprofitMaine.org Participants Adam Ithomitis Gorham Savings Bank [email protected] “The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, we did it ourselves”- Lao Tzu About Adam: I am an AVP, Branch Manager for Gorham Savings Bank. I studied at the University of Maine and have been in banking for the last 4 years. I enjoy spending my free time frequenting concerts and spending time with my wife and friends. Laughs at: Reminiscing and sharing stories always creates laughter amongst family and friends. Recommends: Too Like the Lightning Andreea Paine Pemberton & Associates [email protected] "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle About Andreea: Young professional with strong experience in business development and community outreach; developing professionally in HR & business intelligence. Multilingual, currently proficient in 4 out of the 6 languages studied. Originally from Romania. Laughs at: Animals! Recommends: I'll actually recommend the work of a blogger - Benjamin Hardy; he is preoccupied by organizational psychology. He just released a book I didn't put my hands on yet, called Willpower doesn't work. 2018 MANP Emerging Leaders Program Participant Profiles NonprofitMaine.org Bradford Sprague Systems Engineering [email protected] “Leaders eat last.” About Brad: I am a native Mainer and a father of two boys, ages 5 and 7. I am a family man first, trying to enjoy every day of it. I have been doing sales and sales management for Systems Engineering for the last 15 years. I am passionate about finding creative ways to leverage the latest information technology to create business value. My favorite pastimes are downhill skiing, obstacle course races, hiking, and spending time at camp. Laughs at: Situational humor, particuarly with sarcasm. Recommends: Slow Burn podcast covering Watergate and the new season covering Bill Clinton's scandals. Brooke Welty Maine Association of Nonprofits [email protected] "A leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." -Nelson Mandela About Brooke: Brooke Welty was born and raised in Portland, Maine. After graduating from College of the Atlantic, she traveled around the country collecting stories of acts of Kindness for her audio project called The Kindness Project. She lived in San Francisco for a few years where she tended bar in the evening and did a slew of internships with various nonprofits including a public radio station, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Bay Area, and Reading Partners. She moved back to Portland two years ago to be closer to her family and to work as the Event Assistant at the Maine Association of Nonprofits. Brooke tends bar at the Thirsty Pig on weekends, and enjoys baking too many cookies while listening to podcasts. Laughs at: Old episodes of the CBC podcast "Wiretap" with Jonathan Goldstein Recommends: The Power by Naomi Alderman 2018 MANP Emerging Leaders Program Participant Profiles NonprofitMaine.org Daniel (Dan) Quinn Martin's Point Health Care [email protected] “If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.”-Lou Holtz About Dan: Dan Quinn is the Actuary at Martin’s Point Health Care. With more than a decade of actuarial experience, he leads functions that include pricing, financial valuation, medical and pharmacy trend development, product design, risk contracting, and risk adjustment. Coming from Boston, the Quinn family moved to Maine nearly three years ago. Quinn and his wife (Ellen) are raising two children (Peter, 3 and Maura, 1). Assuming all goes well, they will be fans of the Pats and Sox. Laughs at: As my young kids learn to speak, the wild things they say cause me to laugh the hardest. Recommends: Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Charles Wheelan) Danielle Violette Machias Savings Bank [email protected] “ The art of communication is the language of leadership.” - James Humes About Danielle: I grew up in Caribou, Maine pretty much as far North as you can go. After high school I moved to Bangor and completed my MBA at Husson. I currently live in Westbrook and love the Portland area. Some of my favorite things are going to the beach and trying all the great restaurants in Portland. Laughs at: Family & Friends Recommends: “How to Win Friends & Influence People” - Dale Carnegie 2018 MANP Emerging Leaders Program Participant Profiles NonprofitMaine.org Dori A. Lam Drummond Woodsum [email protected] "It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." About Dori: I love food, beer, hiking, camping, and learning new things! I have possibly the worlds worst sense of direction, and I think the world would benefit greatly if everybody was a bit more empathetic. Laughs at: Almost everything! Dad jokes, bad puns, and pets generally do the trick. Recommends: Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed. Doctor Who. The IT Crowd. Planet Earth. Frank Higiro Maine Youth Court [email protected] “Leadership is influence” -John C Maxwell About Frank: Hello! My name is Frank, and I enjoy moonlight trolls on the beach, hiking and playing soccer. Music is therapy for me and I enjoy playing my piano after an exhaustive day at work. My professional journey started as a news anchor on television, then I became Director of Communications for World Vision International in 2008. I am currently working at the Maine Youth Court as project coordinator. Laughs at: A light conversation between 5 year old kids Recommends: I have been watching Law and Order (SVU) for a while and I find this TV show to be revealing of how we need to be sensitive to victims of sexual assult and or harassment. 2018 MANP Emerging Leaders Program Participant Profiles NonprofitMaine.org Jazmine Duran Gorham Savings Bank [email protected] “Be stronger than your excuses” AND “Don’t make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what’s actually feels good for you” -Eric Thomas About Jazmine: Jazmine Duran the West Falmouth manager for Gorham Savings Bank. I enjoy building lasting relationship with internal and external customers and give them back to the community. Outside of work I enjoy a heated yoga class and trying new restaurants with close friends. Laughs at: Movies like Dumb & Dumber, the Mask, Napoleon Dynamite . Comedians like Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais. I also enjoy making a fool out of myself. Recommends: I enjoy watching Ted talks or different types of Documentaries. But I recommend anything from Simon Sinek. A must watch is his video on millennials in a work place. Or for a podcast I love listening to intelligence for your life by John Tesh, Connie Selle Kaitlyn Husar Drummond Woodsum [email protected] “True leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed… Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.” – Sheryl Sandberg About Kaitlyn: Originally from Wisconsin, I love living in Maine! I live in Portland with my partner, Darren, two cats (Bernie and Smitty) and two turtles (Sancho and Not-Sancho). I work as an attorney at Drummond Woodsum focusing on commercial litigation and corporate bankruptcy. My job is more fun than it sounds. Laughs at: I laugh easily and think everyday life is deeply humorous. This morning I cracked up at the reader submitted captions to the cartoons on the last page of the New Yorker. Recommends: Two podcasts I'm digging right now: Slow Burn (season 1 and 2) and Reply All. 2018 MANP Emerging Leaders Program Participant Profiles NonprofitMaine.org Kara Auclair Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project [email protected] “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.