Staff

OUR TEAM

Administration
Beechland
Center
Lawrence
Center
Bucksport
Camp
Discovery
Moore
Center
Wiggins
Center

Peter D. Farragher

Chief Executive Officer

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Peter, a graduate of the University of Maine at Orono with a BS in Education, started his Y career in 1986 as Senior ...

Jeanne Wood

Associate Executive

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Jeanne was born and raised in Ellsworth. She had an early introduction to the Down East Family YMCA. Her mother, Maralyn “Pete” Turnbull, ...

Heidi Tupper

Membership Director

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Heidi was born and raised in Ellsworth. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 2003 and received her pharmacy technician certificate ...

Bob Dyer

Director of Maintenance

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Bob came to the YMCA after many years in the restaurant business. Bob leads our maintenance department, including daytime and nighttime ...

Shauna Esposito-Caldwell

Director of Operations - Moore Community Center

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Shauna was born in Ellsworth and after graduating from Ellsworth High School, traveled to Westerville, Ohio where she received her Bachelor's ...

Courtney Wood

Director of the Beechland Road Early Learning Center

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Courtney began her career at the Y in the Early Preschool program which was located behind the Wiggins center. As the child care program ...

Amy Lowell

Child Care Billing Specialist

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Amy, a graduate of George Stevens Academy grew up in Blue Hill, Maine. She started her Y career at the Lakeland Family YMCA in Lakeland ...

Matt Montgomery

Branch Executive & DEFY Head Coach

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Matt moved to Maine from the Virgin Islands with his wife, Jessica, in 1998. He started in the Aquatics Department as an Assistant Swim Coach ...

Kellie Allen

Front Desk

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Kellie grew up in Ellsworth and started working at the DEFY front desk shortly after graduating Ellsworth High School. Soon after, Kellie starting ...

Joy Bragdon

Health & Wellness Director – Lawrence Center

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As Joy reached middle age she found her passion for fitness. After a complete body and mind transformation, she quickly moved from the back ...

Brian Townsend

Regional Aquatics Director

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Brian grew up swimming and working at the Bath Area Family YMCA *(LRSC) where he first started teaching swim ...

Cody Dyer

Maintenance Director – Lawrence Center & Bucksport YMCA

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Cody grew up in Orland and graduated from Bucksport High School. A skilled auto mechanic, Cody came to the YMCA in 2019 as the Blue Hill ...

Matt McInnis

Operations Director

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Matt, a 2017 graduate of Husson University with a BS in Sport Management and minor in Coaching, grew up in Portland and was involved in ...

Caitlin Hawes

Administrative Assistant

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Caitlin is a Bucksport Native who loves working with children because of their energy and creative minds. She ...