Sally Butler, Secretary

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Sally Butler was a frequent visitor to Maine before moving to Waldoboro along the Medomak River in 2005.  A childhood in the English countryside gave her a life-long appreciation of animals and the natural world. She completed a three-year certification program for landscape design at Radcliffe; Sally chaired her town’s Open Space Committee and served for ten years as a Conservation Commissioner upholding the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act. Since settling in Waldoboro, Sally has been especially active in Medomak Valley Land Trust and has served on the board and the majority of the committees.  Conserving land for wildlife habitat is of particular importance to her.

For over 24 years she and her husband, Bob, owned The Jojoba Company where they worked together until the end of 2018 when they sold the company.  They traveled extensively for their company and now look forward to enjoying some personal travel adventures, as well as having more time for gardening.

Susan Cottle, Board Vice President

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Raised in NYC and rural Pennsylvania, Susan has felt at home only in the Maine woods, where she spent her first ~25 summers. Her dream was always to live year round in Maine, with her good friends—moss, lichen, granite, and hemlock. After being lucky enough to marry a Maine man she met as an undergraduate in Philadelphia, she completed an MA in English Rhetoric in Wisconsin. Returning to Maine, she and her husband settled in South China, where they have lived in the woods for over 35 years.

Susan’s professional life has included managing programs and staff for several different organizations; it has focused on providing consumer, licensing, financial, or other services to a wide array of constituencies and on building good relationships between often contentious parties. Work for the State of Maine in several areas, including the BMV, retirement system, PUC, and DHHS, was her longest gig and most meaningful work, and led to her earning an MPA from the University of Maine.

Susan also has served on several nonprofit boards and continues to hike and paddle as much as possible. Retirement has allowed her to volunteer a lot more time as an AMC trip leader focusing on trail work, a steward caring for a couple land trust properties, and a Maine Master Naturalist taking folks outside to learn how to perceive—and thus appreciate and care about—nature.

Brent Douglass

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Brent Douglass is graduate of Dartmouth, where he is on the Alumni Council.  He was chief facilities officer at 4 universities over a 40 year career (operations, maintenance, planning & construction) overseeing staff's ranging from 40-200 people.  Also was VP for Development and Facilities at Wintergreen Resort, where he oversaw putting in a historic conservation easement. They put a conservation easement on their VA farm and implemented a Chesapeake Bay Foundation grant to plant 1,000 trees along a tributary creek of the James River that passes through their farm.

Brent is an active volunteer with our Lake Council, Courtesy Boat Inspector, Invasive Plant Patrol and they have done a YCC erosion control project on the land on Damariscotta Lake where they own a house. Brent is also a docent for CMBG. Brent and his wife Carter live in Virginia for half the year and the other half on Damariscotta Lake.

Chris Kenoyer

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Surrounded by large tracts of forests and alluring waterways in Maine, Chris developed a strong love of the natural world at an early age. During his college years, he led weekend canoeing and hiking trips for the University of Maine and upon graduating with a BA in Natural Resource Management, worked for both private and public sectors as an interpretive naturalist and guide in New Mexico, the Everglades and New Zealand.

Returning to Maine, the purchase and restoration of his first home, an aging colonial in Machias, evolved into an appreciation and passion for old things and a decades long business re-acquisitioning American antiques from the Canadian maritimes. In 2004, Chris and his partner Bridget bought an old farmstead in Alna and embarked on a lifelong restoration of their fields and forests, primarily to benefit wildlife.

Chris has served as an active council member, steward and property monitor for Midcoast Conservancy in Sheepscot Valley for over 20 years and was a key member of the town committee to address the aging and beloved Head Tide Dam to ensure safe passage of anadromous fish and preserve the history and vested interests of the community. When not working in the garden or woods, Chris is often exploring the wilder areas of Maine & Canada, seeking out forgotten portage trails and tuck-away trout ponds.

Mark Steele

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Mark Steele is a professional artist, musician and creative director. He spends Summer and Fall on Sheepscot Lake in Palermo, ME and Winter and Spring in Boulder, CO. He is an avid stand-up paddle boarder, mushroom forager, and telemark skier. His permaculture design certificate training informs much of his perspective in all aspects of life. As a singer-songwriter and painter, Mark is always creating. (To view his painting portfolio, visit MarkSteele.art, and hear his music at ConradSteele.com.)

In addition to his freelance design business New Moon Multimedia, Mark has spent 20 years working with a dozen non-profits, including a decade as creative director for Blue Planet Network, a global non-profit he helped launch in 2004. He has served as virtual art director or web master for great orgs including KOTO Community Radio, Shining Mountain Waldorf School, The Ride Festival, and the Telluride Jazz Festival. For the Valley Floor Preservation Partners, he designed the identity system and web site that were instrumental in raising $25 million in just three months to preserve open space in Telluride, Colorado. He was a co-team leader of 350 Boulder County before helping found and build the eco-portal Boulder dot Earth, which has evolved into the Climate Justice Hive, a 501(c)3 coordinating community in the face of climate chaos with the goal of organizing systemic change. Mark serves on the board of directors for the Sheepscot Lake Association and as an advisor for the National Emergency Childcare Network.

Christian (Chris) Schorn, Acting Treasurer

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Christian (Chris) Schorn grew up in Silver Spring, MD, and after a childhood exploring the suburban woods of the DC metropolitan area, came to New England to learn more about them—and never left. After graduating from Connecticut College with a double major in botany and environmental studies, he worked in the field of botanical research and conservation through roles at the New York Botanical Garden, New England Wild Flower Society, and the Harvard University Herbaria. He graduated from the University of Vermont’s Field Naturalist & Ecological Planning Program with an M.S. in Plant Biology, completing a master’s project analyzing forest restoration strategies in the Champlain Valley.

After his time at UVM, he joined the Maine land trust world, working in stewardship positions at Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, for several years as Director of Land Conservation & Ecology for Midcoast Conservancy, and as Forest Ecologist for the Maine Natural Areas Program; he is currently the Southern Maine Project Manager at Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT).

Chris lives in Brunswick, and in his spare time, you can find him cooking, writing, watching baseball, or most likely, off in the woods looking at plants.

Kathy Stevens, Board President

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Kathy Stevens has over 20 years in the non-profit, philanthropy, and education sectors. She has recently served as President and CEO at the Healthcare Initiative Foundation and prior to that, she was executive director of the Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy (MCAEL) for over 10 years, following career stops in higher education and an international nonprofit.

Kathy is a strategic nonprofit leader with a record of leading growth, operational excellence, and mission impact across philanthropy, education, and human services. Trusted advisor to Boards and executive teams, known for translating vision into measurable outcomes, strengthening financial performance, and driving sustainable expansion. Proven leader in fundraising, grantmaking, and cross-sector partnerships, with success building high-performing teams, aligning stakeholders, and advancing equitable, community-centered solutions. She has been recognized for sound judgment, collaborative leadership, and the ability to navigate complex challenges with clarity and purpose. As a consultant, Kathy has provided strategic planning facilitation and board development to local nonprofits since 2018. Kathy has served on several boards and led a Montgomery County (Maryland) collective impact initiative, Montgomery Moving Forward.

A graduate of Swarthmore College, Kathy also holds a EdM from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a J.D. from the University of Richmond. When not at work or a board meeting, Kathy loves a good hike with her black lab, Blair, finding live music, bringing people around a table, for a home cooked meal and conversation, being near water, especially Damariscotta Lake, and travel.