Who We Are
Supporters
United Way of Kennebec Valley (UWKV) is incredibly grateful for the local organizations and communities that support the Impact2032 initiative.
Kennebec County needs people like you who want to support a better future for ourselves and our community members.
Impact2032 establishes a vision for health, education and financial stability to improve lives in Kennebec County. We recognize that individuals and organizations across business, nonprofit and government sectors must work collectively to create the most significant and meaningful impact in our communities. Only when we come together can we acknowledge the needs, understand efforts that are underway and adjust or build systems to enhance the quality of life for everyone.
CURRENT SUPPORTERS
Partners
and create change for Kennebec County, and therefore, endorse Impact2032.
Business Endorsements
A Partner in Technology
AdCare Education Institute of Maine, Inc.
Alfond Youth & Community Center
American Red Cross
Augusta Adult & Community Education
Augusta Boys & Girls Club
Augusta Downtown Alliance
Augusta Food Bank
Augusta Fuel Company
Augusta Overnight Emergency Warming Center
Augusta School Department
Bailey Public Library, Winthrop
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine
Boys & Girls Club of Kennebec Valley
Bread of Life Ministries
Bridging the Gap
Capital Area New Mainers Project
Capital Area Technical Center
Catholic Charities Maine
Central Maine Power
Children’s Center
Children’s Discovery Museum
City of Augusta
City of Gardiner
Community Change Inc.
Cony High School
Crisis & Counseling Centers
Everett J. Prescott, Inc. (Team EJP)
Faith Food Pantry
Family Violence Project
Finance Authority of Maine
First Congregational Church, UCC of Waterville, Maine
Fedcap
Gagnon Dental
Gateway Financial Partners
G&E Roofing
GHM Insurance, a div. of Allen Insurance & Financial
give IT. get IT.
Golden Pond Wealth Management
Goodwill Northern New England
Greater Augusta Back to School Program
GrowSmart Maine
Hardy Girls
Healthy Communities of the Capital Area
Junior Achievement of Maine
J.S. McCarthy Printers
Kennebec & Somerset Counties DA’s Office
Kennebec Behavioral Health
Kennebec Savings Bank
Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program
Kennebec Valley Community College
Kennebec Valley Council of Governments
Kennebec Valley Family Dentistry
Kennebec Valley Federal Credit Union
Kennebec Valley YMCA
Kents Hill School
Legal Services for the Elderly
Lipman Katz & Boston LLC
Literacy Volunteers of Kennebec
Maine Association for the Education of Young Children
Maine Children’s Home
Maine Department of Corrections
Maine Development Foundation
Maine Equal Justice
Maine Evergreen Hotel
MaineHousing
Maine Parent Federation
Maine Recovery Voices Project
Maine Resilience Building Network
MaineGeneral Health
Mid Maine Chamber of Commerce
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Services
Motivational Services
MSAD11
NAMI Maine
Neighbors Driving Neighbors
New Ventures Maine
Northeast Laboratory Services
Northern Light Inland Hospital
NRF Distributors
Penquis
Performance Foodservice — NorthCenter
Project Fresh Start, Inc.
Raymond James
Regional School District #2
Rural Community Action Ministry
RSU #4
RSU #9
RSU #18
RSU #38
Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Centers
SKILLS Inc
Snow Pond Center for the Arts
South Parish Congregational Church UCC
Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation
Spectrum Generations
Spurwink
State YMCA Camp of Maine
Town of Oakland
Town of Winslow
United Community Living Center
United Way of Kennebec Valley
University of Maine at Augusta
Viles Arboretum
Waterville Area Habitat for Humanity ReS
Waterville Community
Waterville Area Soup Kitchen
Dental Center
Winslow Public Schools
Winthrop Area YMCA
Winthrop Food Pantry
Winthrop Hot Meal Kitchen
WIPFLi, LLP
Woodlands Senior Living
Individual Endorsements
Victoria Abbott
James Anastasio
Joseph Austin
Melodie Baxter
Nona Boyink
Richard Cantz
Tamara Casoria
Kristie Clark
Barbara Covey, MD
Nathan Curtis & Dr. Shanna Gagnon
Jean Dempster
Michaela Dube
Christian Elkington
Ellen Fleshner
Cheryl Flewelling
Scott Fossett
Scott M. Gagnon
Nicholas Gannon
Sammee Quong
Susan Gayne
Susan Grenier
Santa Havener
Chuck Hays
Cathy Jacobs
Jeff Johnson
Christa Johnson
Mark Johnston
Lesley Jones
Wendy Jorgensen
Tom Kenny
Amarinda Keys
Amber Kruk
Marc Lacasse
George Lajoie
Randall A. Liberty
Kimberly Lindlof
Amy Line
Tyler LeClair
Maeghan Maloney
Ken Mason
Tom McAdam
Callista Merrill
Sarah Miller
Michael Mitchell
Bob Moore
Pamela Morin
Julie O’Brien
Renee Page
Nathan Parenteau
Peter E. Prescott
Charlie Porter
Katelyn Pushard
Sammy Quong
Paula Raymond
Cristina Salois
Andrew E. Silsby
Betty St. Hilaire
Trendy Stanchfield
Robyn ML Stanicki
Lonney Steeves
Donna Strickler
Alex Sydnor
Amy Tardiff
Pamela Thompson
Michelle Tibbetts
Kini-Ana Tinkham
Bonnie W. Vaughan
Kenneth A. Walsh
Todd Wentworth
Martha Wentworth
Kathryn E. Yates
Courtney Yeager
Council
Katie Doherty
Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce
Co-Chair
Nathan Howell
MaineGeneral Health
Co-Chair
Jenifer Cushman
University of Maine at Augusta
Sue Gayne
South Parish Congregational Church
Angela Hardy
MSAD 11
Patricia Hart
City of Gardiner
Jeff Johnson
Children’s Center
Jan Kearce
Maine Development Foundation
Jon Millett
Cony High School
Karen Normandin
Kennebec Valley Community College
Kristin Overton
SKILLS, Inc.
Andrew Silsby
Kennebec Savings Bank
Amy Tardiff
J.S. McCarthy Packaging + Print
Michael Tracy
Augusta School District
Courtney Yeager
United Way of Kennebec Valley
Cabinets
Health Cabinet
Patrick Guerette
Alfond Youth & Community Center
Co-Chair
Angela Hardy
MSAD 11
Co-Chair
Bobby-Jo Bechard
Motivational Services, Inc. – LINC Center
Nona Boyink
Community Volunteer
Tina Chapman
Kennebec Behavioral Health
Anne Conners
MaineGeneral Health
Blythe Edwards
Spurwink
April Hughes
Healthy Communities of the Capital Area
Commissioner Randall Liberty
Maine Department of Corrections
Ranae L’Italien
Kennebec Valley YMCA
Delvina Miremadi-Baldino
Maine Resilience Building Network
Gerard Queally
Spectrum Generations
Linda Riley
Children’s Center
Kayla Sikora
Augusta Adult & Community Education
Donna Strickler
Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center
Education Cabinet
Rhonda Kaiser
KV Community Action Program – Educare
Co-Chair
Jon Millett
Cony High School
Co-Chair
Kelly Chadborne
Maine Parent Federation
Patrick Cheek
University of Maine at Augusta
Cathy Jacobs
Community Volunteer
Tabatha King
Waterville School District
Virginia Marriner
Literacy Volunteers of Kennebec
Jessica Pinkham
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program
Cristina Salois
Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation
Bethany Sproul
City of Augusta Child Care
Lonney Steeves
Winthrop YMCA
Morgan Tolin
Maine Association for the Education of Young Children
Martha Wentworth
Allen Insurance and Financial
Sara Wing
Parent Ambassador
Alaina Wolman
Maine Children’s Home
Financial Stability Cabinet
Kristin Overton
SKILLS, Inc.
Co-Chair
Angela Robbin
Kennebec Savings Bank
Co-Chair
Melissa Ames
MaineHousing
Jennifer Boardman
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jim Chapman
Kennebec Valley Community College
Jennifer Cummings
Finance Authority of Maine
Gary Fearon
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Richard Fortin
Bailey Public Library
Allison Gallagher
MaineHousing
Angela Hamlin
Legal Services for Maine Elders
Chad Leighton
Goodwill Northern New England
Chief Kevin Lully
Augusta Police Department
Christopher Maloney
Augusta Teen Center
Nate Parenteau
University of Maine at Augusta
Michele Prince
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program
Dr. Katie Spencer White
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Services
Sponsors
United Way of Kennebec Valley and Impact2032 would like to thank the following businesses for their support.
Gold Level sponsor
Silver Level sponsors
PAST SUPPORTERS
- Goal Setting Council
- Expert Panels
Goal Setting Council
The goal-setting process has been overseen by the Kennebec Valley Goal-Setting Council, representing the many different voices of this community. This council of volunteers was convened by United Way of Kennebec Valley in January 2021 and is comprised of 16 community leaders from the business, nonprofit and government sectors. Their charge is to adopt meaningful, measurable and clear goals.
Three additional expert panels have focused on the topics of health, education and financial stability.
Chuck Hays
MaineGeneral Health
Co-Chair
Katie Doherty
KV Chamber of Commerce
Co-Chair
William Bridgeo
City of Augusta
Retired
Patricia Hart
City of Gardiner
Patricia Hopkins
MSAD 11
Jeff Johnson
Children’s Center
Roger Katz
Lipman Katz and Boston
Thara Kumarage
Amanda Olson
Augusta Housing
Monique Roy
Augusta Adult & Community
Education
Andrew Silsby
Kennebec Savings Bank
Robyn Stanicki
KVCOG
Lonney Steeves
Winthrop YMCA
Suzanne Walsh
KVCAP
Rep. Charlotte Warren
Legislature
Courtney Yeager
United Way of Kennebec Valley
Expert Panels
Health PANEL
Chuck Hays (Chair)
MaineGeneral Health
Alex Sydnor (Co-Chair)
MaineGeneral Health
Bobby-Jo Bechard
Motivational Services – LINC Wellness
Anne Conners
MaineGeneral Health
Norm Elvin
G&E Roofing Company, Inc.
Scott M. Gagnon, MPP, PS-C
Recovery Services-AdCare
Kalie Hess
Partnership for Children’s Oral Health
Chioma Ibeneme
Community Volunteer
Commissioner Randall Liberty
Maine Department of Corrections
Amy Line
University of Maine at Augusta
Kristin Martin
School Nurse
Harry McKenney
Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office
Mike Mitchell
Crisis & Counseling Centers
Allisha Ouellette
Muskie School, USM
Renee Page
Healthy Communities of the Capital Area
Donna Strickler
Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center
Frayla Tarpinian
District Attorney’s Office, Kennebec County
Kristel Thyrring
NAMI – Maine
Kini-Ana Tinkham
Maine Resilience Building Network
Courtney Yeager
United Way of Kennebec Valley
Education PANEL
Monique Roy (Chair)
Augusta Adult & Community Education
Nicholas Gannon (Co-Chair)
Capital Area Technical Center
Aaminah Aleem
UMA, Capital Area New Mainers Project
Kevin Cullen
St. Michael School
Jean Dempster
New Ventures Maine
Becky Fles
MSAD 11
Jonathan Henry
UMA
Charles Huerth
Augusta Teen Center
Ranae L’Italien
Kennebec Valley YMCA
Ginny Marriner
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta
Melodie Rand
Children’s Center
Tabitha Ryan
SKCDC
Kim Silsby
Cony High School
Ingrid Stanchfield
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley
John Wiggin
Snow Pond Center for the Arts
Courtney Yeager
United Way of Kennebec Valley
Financial Stability PANEL
Suzanne Walsh (Chair)
KVCAP
Janice Daku (Co-chair)
Rural Community Action Ministry
Lisa Brown
Finance Authority of Maine
Cate Cronin
Maine Community Foundation
Bill Dow
KVCAP Transportation
Monica Grady
KVCAP
Angela Hamlin
Legal Services for the Elderly
Jan Kearce
Maine Development Foundation
David Leach
UMA
Sarah Miller
Bridging the Gap
Bob Moore
Augusta Food Bank
Nichole Mullens
City of Augusta
Chris Myers Asch
Capital Area New Mainers Project
Amanda Olson
Augusta Housing
Richard Parkhurst
Business Owner
Matt Pouliot
State Senate
Gerard Queally
Spectrum Generations
Angela Robbin
Kennebec Savings Bank
Alec Rogers
Quality Inn and Suites
Courtney Yeager
United Way of Kennebec Valley
