Above: SCEC staff at the 2025 Economic Summit. To learn more about our staff, please visit sunrisecounty. org / our-staff /
THE SCEC TEAM
Administration Denise Cilley, Associate Director Charles J. Rudelitch, Executive Director
Community Development Elaine Abbott, Program Manager for Broadband & Workforce Housing James Jutras, Community Development Grant Coordinator Jennifer Peters, Director of Community Development Tanya Rucosky, Community Resilience Partnership Coordinator Patricia Tilton, Community Planner
Downeast Fisheries Partnership( DFP) Brittany Foster, DFP Coordinator
Facilities Cathy Sawtelle, Facilities Manager
Family Futures Downeast( FFD) Angela Cox, FFD Enrollment & Eligibility Officer Donielle Fields, FFD Family Coach Jessica McPhail, FFD Student Coach Shane Renshaw, FFD Transitions Coach Marsha Sloan, FFD Director
Finance Gabriela Eyerman, Finance Director Mae Garvin, Finance Manager Chelsey Megquier, Bookkeeping and HR Assistant
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Jessica Crowley, APEX Counselor
Dodie Emerson, Community Engagement & Communications Manager
Cecil Gardner, DownEast Acadia Regional Tourism Grant Manager
Ashley Hinson Dhakal, Director of Business Programs & Communications
Geoffrey Lagat, Client Technology Advisor
Meredith Mawhar, Loan & Grant Program Manager
Peter Piconi, Director of Business Advising & MaineStreet Business Building
Amanda Smith, Coastal Opportunity Advisor & Start Up Downeast Coach
Sipayik Resilience Committee( SRC) Genevieve Doughty, Co-Director, SRC Jasmine Lamb, Co-Director, SRC Samara McLaughlin, Project Assistant, SRC
Sustainable Prosperity Initiative( SPI) Kate Behrens, Lobster Gear Research Assistant Brooke Hachey, Gear Coordinator Crystal Hitchings, Co-Director, SPI Tora Johnson, Co-Director, SPI
Working Communities Challenge( WCC) Matt Dana II, WCC Director sunrisecounty. org | 15