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Why the Future Matters Now
Schedule
Registration
Brochure
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For more information:

njones@umext.maine.edu,
(207) 581-3445,
1-800-287-0274 (in Maine),
or
TDD: 1-800-287-8957

Presented by:
University of Maine Cooperative Extension; Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center; and Center for Community Inclusion & Disabilities Studies


If you are a person with a disability and will need any accommodations to participate in this program, please call Nannette
Marcinkowski at
1-800-287-0274 (in Maine) to discuss your needs. Please contact us at least 10 days prior to this event to assure fullest possible attention to your needs.
 
Why the Future Matters Now
Speakers

Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe
Steven Rowe has been Maine’s Attorney General since 2001. Prior to taking office, he served four terms in the Maine House of Representatives. During his last term in the Maine Legislature, Attorney General Rowe served as Speaker of the House. Attorney General Rowe holds a law degree from the University of Maine School of Law, a Master’s Degree in business administration from the University of Utah, and a Bachelor’s Degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Attorney General Rowe served as an officer in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve. Prior to becoming Attorney General for the state of Maine, Steve Rowe was a litigation counsel with UNUM Corporation.

Richard Allan Aronson, MD, MPH
In his 21 years as a pediatrician, maternal and child health leader, and public servant, Dr. Aronson has sought to put into practice the highest ideals of public health, public service, and medicine in order to create a more peaceful and more just world. Dr. Aronson has practiced developmental pediatrics and served as State MCH Medical Director in Vermont, Wisconsin, and Maine.

H. Burtt Richardson, Jr., M.D. F.A.A.P.
From 26 years, Dr. Richardson was in private pediatric practice in Winthrop, Maine where he established the Winthrop Family Pediatrics Center in 1984. Dr. Richardson has served abroad as an international consultant for Project HOPE with several missions in Peru as well as Brazil and Nicaragua. In 1994, he co-founded with his wife, Gladys and others, HEALTHY FUTURES. Dr. Richardson retired from clinical practice in 2004. Since 2003 Dr. Richardson has represented the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics on the Steering Committee of Maine’s Early Childhood Task Force.

Donna Gormley, J Group Advertising, VP of Public Relations
Donna Gormley joined J Group as Vice President of Public Relations in 2007 after a prominent career in Maine television. Over the course of 12 years, she was managing editor, anchor and reporter for NBC affiliate, WLBZ-TV. She left broadcast journalism in 2002 to serve as Director of Communications for the successful Baldacci for Governor Campaign. In her role as VP of Public Relations, Donna has become a trusted advisor to J Group’s clients specializing in creating and executing strategic public relations and media relations campaigns. In addition to her work with J Group, Donna often serves as a keynote speaker or moderator for special events. Donna is a media advisor and steering committee member for Spruce Run in Bangor, and serves as PR Chair/Board member for the Maine Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Donna has a B.S. in Journalism from Suffolk University in Boston.


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