Substance Abuse Services Commission Current Members

Commission Position Name Address City State Zip
Senator Senator Earle McCormick 633 Hallowell Litchfield Rd West Gardiner ME 04345
Legislative Rep. David C. Burns 159 Dodge Rd Whiting ME 04691
Legislative - HHS Rep. Richard Malaby 52 Cross Rd Hancock ME 04610
Legislative - HHS Rep. Heather W. Sirocki 32 Glendale Circle Scarborough ME 04074
Legislative Rep. Linda F. Sanborn 170 Spiller Road Gorham ME 04038
Legislative Rep. Deborah J. Sanderson 64 Whittier Drive Chelsea ME 04330
Physician Dr. Diehl Snyder PO Box 202 Bass Harbor ME 04653
Superintendent of Schools Mr. Thomas Leonard 28 Elm St Hampden ME 04444
Elementary School Educator Vacant        
MAAR Mr. William Lowenstein 62 Johnson Rd Auburn ME 04210
Attorney Mr. David Kee PO Box 1007 Bucksport ME 04416
PostSecondary Educator Ms. Lee Anne Dodge 67 River Rd Dresden ME 04342
Prevention Practitioner Mr. Scott Gagnon 30 Sprucewood Rd Auburn ME 04210
Education Practitioner Ms. Veronica Wiegman 675 North Rd Leeds ME 04263
Treatment Practitioner Mr. Peter McCorison 50 Turner Rd Fort Fairfield ME 04742
Private Sector Employer Vacant     ME  
Public: Prevention Ms. Rebecca Ireland 37 College Ave. Gorham ME 04038
Public: Treatment Ms. Noel Genova 171 Bradley St Portland ME 04102
Public: Education Ms. Jacqueline Bouchard PO Box 154 Oakland ME 04963
Public: Employer Ms. Irene Laney 1156 Shore Road Lamoine ME 04605
Public: Affected/Recovering Mr. Michael Savage 723 Pond Road Sidney ME 04330

Staff:

Guy Cousins , OSA Director
Tom Lewis, Staff Liaison

Membership

The Commission consists of the following:

  • One member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate
  • five members of the Legislature who may be members of either the Senate or the House of Representatives, appointed by the President of the Senate if Senators or the Speaker of the House if members of the House of Representatives (two of these five at-large members of the Legislature must be members of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters
  • One physician experience with treatment of substance abuse, appointed by the Governor
  • One public school superintendent who has experience with school-based substance abuse prevention and education programs, appointed by the Governor
  • One elementary school educator, appointed by the Governor
  • One representative from nominations by the Maine Alliance for Addiction Recovery, appointed by the Governor
  • One attorney who represents clients involved with the substance abuse system, appointed by the Governor
  • One educator involved in post-secondary substance abuse education, appointed by the Governor
  • One substance abuse prevention practitioner, one substance abuse education practitioner, and one substance abuse treatment practitioner, appointed by the Governor
  • One private sector employer familiar with substance abuse employee assistance programs, appointed b the Governor
  • Five members of the public, appointed by the Governor. In appointing these five members, the Governor shall select members from outstanding people in the following areas:
    1. Drug abuse prevention
    2. Drug abuse treatment
    3. Education
    4. Employers
    5. Persons affected by or recovering from alcoholism, chronic intoxication, drug abuse or drug dependency, evidenced by a minimum of three years sobriety or abstention from drug abuse.

Last Updated: 4/26/12