FAME’s Board Members
FAME is overseen by a 15-member board of directors:
James “Jay” Violette – Chair
Vice President and Senior Loan Officer
TD Bank
Waterville
David Daigler – Vice Chair
President
Maine Community College System
Augusta
James Howard – Treasurer
President & CEO
Priority Real Estate Group
Topsham
Hon. Henry M. Beck, Esq.
Maine State Treasurer
Augusta
Jonathan Block, Esq.
Partner
Pierce Atwood, LLP
Portland
Heather Johnson
Commissioner
Department of Economic and Community Development
Augusta
Blue Keim
Specialty Paper Operations Manager
ND Paper
Rumford
Patrick Keliher
Commissioner
Department of Marine Resources
Augusta
Larry Mitchell
Col USMC (Ret.)
Winslow
Timothy Nightingale
Executive Vice President/Senior Loan Officer
Camden National Bank
Camden
Rosaire Pelletier
Senior Forest Advisor/Consultant
Madawaska
Christopher Pierce
Chairman
The Dingley Press
Lisbon
Richard L. Trafton, Esq.
Trafton, Matzen, Belleau & Frenette
Auburn/Brunswick
Cheri Walker
Principal
Albin, Randall & Bennett
Portland
Lee Webb
Union
Board members are appointed by the Governor and reviewed and confirmed by the Maine legislature. Each member, other than the ex-officio members, serves for a term of four years. The board is comprised of:
- Two members with experience in natural-resource-based enterprises
- Two veterans
- One member knowledgeable in the field of student financial aid
- One member knowledgeable in the field of higher education
- One certified public accountant
- One commercial banker
- One attorney
- Three members-at-large
- Three members to include the Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, a natural resource Commissioner and the State Treasurer