Governing Council

Members

Bart Beattie
Deputy State Director, Providence Corporation - Eastern Division

Judge John Beliveau
Maine District Court

Brenda Bennett
Executive Director, Learning Disabilities Association of Maine

Felicia Brown
Youth

Nancy Connolly
Director of Interagency Relations; the Department of Education

Andy Cook, MD
Medical Director of Children’s Behavioral Health Services

Chris Copeland
Executive Director, Tri County Mental Health Services / Lead Agency for Grant

Sharon Carter
Parent

Susan Gagnon
Maine Department of Corrections / Regional Resource Coordinator

Helaine Hornby
Hornby Zeller / Contracted Evaluator

Alice Preble
Thrive Family Coordinator

Janice LaChance
Executive Director Maine Parent Federation

Brianne Masselli
Thrive Youth Coordinator

Luc Nya
Thrive Cultural Consultant
Multicultural Coordinator for the Department of Health and Human Services

Doug Patrick
Children’s Systems Manager
Children’s Behavioral Health Services, DHHS

Arabella Perez
Thrive Project Director

Tiffany Sebastian
Youth

Joan Smyrski
Principal Investigator
Director of Children’s Behavioral Health Services, DHHS

Carol Tiernan
Executive Director GEAR (local Family Federation chapter)

Peter Wigley
Caseworker Supervisor, Adolescent Permanency Unit, Office of Child and Family Services

Jay Yoe
Thrive Lead Evaluator
Director of Quality Improvement for the Department of Health and Human Services