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.
Naomi Anderson
Events Committee Chair
Tanya Colletti
Board Member
Events Committee
Alexa Hansen
Board Chair
Katie Hollerman
Past Chair
Suzanne Jasberg
Board Vice-Chair
Spartan Soireé Committee Co-Chair
Katie Parks
Secretary
Stephanie Sarantopoulos
Board Development & Governance Chair
Kadee Watkins
Treasurer
Molly Wilson ’03
Board Member
Finance Committee
Maria Veach ’03
Alumni Committee Chair
Ashley Walker
Board Member
Board Development & Governance Committee
Nicole Wright
Finance Committee Chair
Sarah Borchers
School Board Liaison (ex-officio)
Laura Kloss
Executive Director (staff)
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:
- Maria Veach, Chair
- Currently looking for committee members! Reach out to help plan events and communications specifically for Orono alumni.
Board Development and Governance:
- Stephanie Sarantopoulos, Chair
- Ashley Walker
Events Committee:
- Naomi Anderson, Chair & Soireé Co-Chair
- Suzanne Jasberg, Soireé Co-Chair
- Anne Antenenko
- Amanda Athayde
- Tanya Colletti
- Jillian Froehlich
- Molly Johnson
- Korie Regan
Finance Committee:
- Nicole Wright, Chair
- Kadee Watkins, Treasurer
- Chelsey Currie
- Darcy Flinn
- Megan Tiegs
- Molly Wilson
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)
- Katie Hollerman (2024-2026)
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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.