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Meet the Board

John Bouchles, President
John Bouchles recently retired after serving as assistant principal at Lewiston High School for 26 years. He has been in public education for 32 years.

Joseph Poirier, Secretary
Joseph Poirier attends the University of Southern Maine, preparing for a career as a certified financial planner. He is an administrative assistant at Poirier Associates Financial Services.

Filomena Day, Treasurer
Filomena Day is president of Better Day Ventures and a personal, business, and executive coach. She is president of the Coaches Alliance of Maine, president of Better Days Organizing Plus, president of DR Enterprises, executive director of Women's Prosperity Connection, and past chair of the Androscoggin Chapter of the Maine Women's Network.

Margaret Rotundo
Margaret Rotundo is director of Strategic and Policy Initiatives at the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. She represents Lewiston in the State Senate and chairs the appropriations committee. She served eight years on the Lewiston School Committee and has served on numerous community boards. Rotundo received her BA from Mt. Holyoke College. She and her husband have two children who attended the Lewiston Public Schools.

Leon Levesque
Leon Levesque is superintendent of schools in Lewiston. He holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) from the University of Maine; his career spans 34 years in public education. Levesque serves on the executive committee of the Maine Superintendent's Association, and he has held leadership positions in many national and state educational associations.

Richard Albert
Richard Albert is the senior vice president of Parent Insurance Company and is past national director of Independent Insurance Agents of America. Albert serves on the board of United Way and was past chair of the Chamber of Commerce; he has served on the City Council and the School Committee.

Peter Geiger
Peter Geiger is executive vice president of Geiger and editor of the Farmers' Almanac. He chairs the Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education and is on the boards of St. Mary's Medical Center, Junior Achievement of Lewiston/Auburn, and St. Joseph's College. Geiger received a five-year appointment to the State Board of Education, and was chair. He earned a BS degree in business administration from Villanova University.

Laura Davis
Laura Davis is the Vice President and Co-Owner of Rinck Advertising in Auburn, a full service advertising agency that she and her husband, Peter Rinck began in 2000. Laura’s work has won numerous awards including several Silver Arrows from the Maine Public Relations Council. Prior to her work in communications, Laura spent twelve years in the public school system, eight of which she taught sixth grade at Lewiston’s Montello School. Currently she serves on the boards of the Maine Cancer Foundation and Camp To Belong. She has also served on the L/A Arts board for three years.

Bethany Turon
Bethany Turon, HR Manager at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Lewiston, ME, has been with the company for three years. She started as a Manager trainee in the Douglas, GA distribution center. Bethany went to college at the University of Florida, where she holds a BSBA in Business Management, a BS in Psychology, and a MA in International Business.

Darlene Cadorette-Levesque
Darlene has been in the HR field for more than 20 years and is currently the Director of Human Resource at White Rock Distilleries. Darlene earned her BSBA from Husson College and is currently enrolled in their MBA program. She received the HR Certification as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR). She works with disadvantaged youth through her affiliation with the Job Corps association

Friends of LEF

Mona Ervin
Mona Ervin is a retired educator, having taught for 25 years in Auburn and Lewiston. She has a BS Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Southern Maine and a Masters in New England Studies from the same institution. In 1993, she was awarded a Master Teacher Certificate by the State of Maine. Her organizational involvement includes: Staff Development Chair - Lewiston High School; Coordinator of Support Teams - Lewiston School System; Advisor - Washington Workshops; Regional Director and State Director - Odyssey of the Mind; Delta Kappa Gamma (Professional Organization for Women Educators) - Mu Chapater President ( 2 terms), State Chairperson - Personal Growth and Services Committee; Lewiston-Auburn College Club - President; Board of Trustees - Auburn Public Library; Board of Directors - Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer; Grant Committee Chair.

Alexander l. Silva

Alexander l. Silva builds modified high performance computer systems and is a webmaster specializing in e-commerce and graphic design. He was a volunteer producer, cameraman, editor, lighting tech, sound tech, cg tech & actor at Portland Public Access for 10 years before moving to the Lewiston area. Alexander's first film which was a documentary called "Change" for public access was written about in the paper and also used in the Portland school system with their senior class. The film was a cinema Verte documentary about the homeless. Alexander was recorded playing guitar on the CD Spectrum by Marc Silber at age 18. Alexander has had a large amount of poems from his poetry collection published. Noble House London & Noble House New York have published a great deal of them. Alexander is also an artist and has sold 40 paintings to date including 10 painting which were given to charities to sell at auction. Alexander l. Silva is the webmaster reformatting this site and in charge of website updates.

Staff

Anne Niemiec, Former Executive Director
Anne Niemiec was the director of Lewiston Adult Education for 19 years. She has worked in education for over 35 years. Niemiec received her MA in educational psychology from the University of Chicago.

Interested in becoming a Board member?

Send us an email at and tell us a little about yourself. We will then send you a formal nomination form to be presented in front of the full board.

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