Current Board of Directors

The Orono Foundation for Education Board includes parents of students from each of the Orono schools as well as a school board representative, alumni, parents of graduates and community and business leaders.
Alexa Hansen

Alexa Hansen
Board Vice-Chair
Events Committee Chair

Katie Hollerman
Board Chair

Leslie Locke

Leslie Locke ’90
Alumni Committee Chair

Meghan Mayer

Meghan Mayer
Board Development & Governance Co-Chair

Amy Mitchell

Amy Mitchell
Past Chair
Finance Committee 

Katie Parks

Katie Parks
Secretary

Stephanie Sarantopoulos

Stephanie Sarantopoulos
Board Development & Governance Co-Chair

Paul Springmeyer

Paul Springmeyer ’93
Past Chair
Alumni Committee

Kadee Watkins

Kadee Watkins
Treasurer

Molly Wilson

Molly Wilson ’03
Finance Committee Chair

Ex Officio

Todd Madson

Todd Madson ’00
School Board Liaison

Staff

Laura Kloss

Laura Kloss
Director of Development and Donor Stewardship

OFE Committees

What we do would not be possible without all of our committee volunteers! Thank you to the following committee members for giving of their time and talents to help us accomplish our mission. 
Contact us today if you are interested in joining an OFE committee.


Alumni Committee:

  • Leslie Locke , Chair
  • Paul Springmeyer ’93
  • Lyssa Campbell

Board Development & Governance Committee:

  • Meghan Mayer,
    Co-Chair
  • Stephanie Sarantopoulos, 
    Co-Chair
  • Kasey Jones

Events Committee:

  • Alexa Hansen, Chair
  • Naomi Anderson
  • Anne Antenenko
  • Tanya Colletti
  • Mackenzie Iverson
  • Suzanne Jasberg
  • Brittany Moitz
  • Liz Roberts

Finance Committee:

  • Molly Wilson, Chair
  • Kadee Watkins, Treasurer
  • Darcy Flinn
  • Jay Kanive
  • Amy Mitchell
  • Megan Tiegs
  • Jennifer Weiss
  • Nicole Wright

Honorary Board Members:

  • Betsy Yamron
  • Bowman Gray
  • Bruce & Ruth Dayton
  • Jessica Louisiana
  • Kitty Crosby
  • Richard & Jenni Goelz

Previous Board Chairs:

  • Jim Holm (2000)
  • Greg Schmidt (2001)
  • Bowman Gray (2001-2003)
  • Susan Breon & Alli Leudtke (2003-2007)
  • Beth Johnson & Barry Knight (2007-2010)
  • Kathi Tunheim, PhD (2010-2012)
  • Lisa Winkey (2012-2015)
  • Joellen Gonder-Spacek (2015-2017)
  • Nicole Kaufman (2017-2020)
  • Heather Pilakowski (2020-2021)
  • Robin Gipson (2021-2022)
  • Amy Mitchell (2022-2023)
  • Paul Springmeyer (2023-2024)

Candid Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency

We are proud to have earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid! Check out our nonprofit profile to keep up to date on our impact. 

https://www.guidestar.org/profile/41-1974305

Join us in making a difference!

We are always looking for new board and committee volunteers. If you are interested, send us an email to learn more about the difference that you can make as a member of OFE.