Policy Board

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

Members

Affiliation	Name	Title	Email
Municipal Members
Arundel	VACANT
Biddeford	Jim Bennett	City Manager	Email Jim Bennett
Cape Elizabeth	Matt Sturgis, Chair	Town Manager	Email Matt Sturgis
Cumberland	Bill Shane	Town Manager	Email Bill Shane
Falmouth	Hope Cahan, Vice Chair	Town Councilor	Email Hope Cahan
Freeport	Jake Daniele	City Councilor	Email Jake Daniele
Gorham	Ephrem Paraschak	Town Manager	Email Ephrem Paraschak
North Yarmouth	Brian Sites	Select Board Member	Email Brian Sites
Old Orchard Beach	Diane Asanza	Interim Town Manager	Email Diane Asanza
Portland	Andrew Zarro	City Councilor	Email Andrew Zarro
Portland	Chris Branch	Public Works	Email Chris Branch
Raymond	Nathan White	Public Works Director	Email Nathan White
Saco	VACANT
Scarborough	Jay Chace	Planning Director	Email Jay Chace
South Portland	Kate Lewis	City Councilor	Email Kate Lewis
Standish	Michael Delcourt	Town Councilor	Email Michael Delcourt
Westbrook	Eric Dudley	Public Works Director	Email Eric Dudley
Windham	Barry Tibbetts	Town Manager	Email Barry Tibbetts
Yarmouth	Rob Waeldner	Town Councilor	Email Rob Waeldner
Non-Municipal Members
MaineDOT	Jennifer Brickett	Planning Director	Email Jennifer Brickett
Maine Turnpike Authority	Erin Courtney	Public Relations Manager	Email Erin Courtney
Active Transportation Specialist	Kara Wooldrik	Executive Director, Portland Trails	Email Kara Wooldrik
Environmental Specialist	Allen Armstrong	Portland Climate Action Team, Sierra Club
Transportation Equity Specialist	Andrew Blunt	Maine Youth for Climate Justice
Transportation Equity Specialist	Yura Yasui	Assistant Professor, University of Southern Maine	Email Yura Yasui
Regional Transportation Advisory Council	Tom Milligan	City Engineer, Biddeford	Email Tom Milligan
Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit	Craig Pendleton	Director of External Affairs and Interim Deputy Director	Email Craig Pendleton
Casco Bay Lines	Hank Berg	General Manager	Email Hank Berg
METRO	Greg Jordan	General Manager	Email Greg Jordan
Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority	Patricia Quinn	Executive Director	Email Patricia Quinn
Regional Transportation Program	Jack DeBerardinis	Executive Director	Email Jack DeBerardinis
South Portland Bus Service	Donna Tippett	Director of Transportation Department	Email Donna Tippett
York County Community Action Corporation	Robert Currie	Transportation Program Director	Email Robert Currie
Non-Voting Members
Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission	Stephanie Carver	Transportation Director	Email Stephanie Carver
Federal Highway Administration	Carlos Peña	Planning and Development Manager	Email Carlos Peña
Federal Transit Administration	Leah Sirmin	Community Planner and Environmental Protection Specialist	Email Leah Sirmin

GPCOG Staff

Name	Title	Phone
Kristina Egan	Executive Director	774-9891, ext. 214
Chris Chop	Transportation Director	774-9891
Andrew Clark	Transportation Planner	774-9891 x206

Board Responsibilities

The Policy Board is the policy-making body of PACTS, and as such:

Adopts the annual budget and work program
Establishes and modifies its structure and that of all standing committees
Fixes the salary of, and removes the Executive Director
Creates and disbands additional committees as deemed necessary

The Policy Board also:

Develops and endorses a transportation plan for the region
Develops and endorses a Transportation Improvement Program and revisions and submits them to MaineDOT
Performs any other duties required by the Federal and State governments

Calendar

Please see the calendar for upcoming Policy Board meetings.

VISIT CALENDAR