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Bend the Curve, Planning the future of the Maine Department of Labor

Bend the Curve Leadership Teams

Project Management Team

    Jane Gilbert, Project Manager
    Arthur Davis
    John Rioux, Data Manager
    Michaela Loisel, Practitioner Coordinator

Steering Committee

    Laura Fortman
    Larinda Meade
    Bill Peabody
    Jill Duson
    Laura Boyett
    John Dorrer
    Vanessa Santarelli
    Adam Fisher
    Sue Bell
    Kim Smith

Curriculum Committee

    Joan Cook
    Dawn Mealey
    Leslie Manning
    Arthur Davis
    Dave Wacker

Continuous Improvement Practitioners

Continuous Improvement Practitioners are change agents providing leadership as the Department moves forward with transformational change In this leadership role, practitioners provide facilitation to groups engaged in varous process improvement activities; coach sponsors and team leaders about appropriate tool selection and implementation strategies; and ensure appropriate documentation, measurement, and reporting of results.

Continuous Improvement Practitioners are engaged in continuous learning and ongoing development and are expected to teach what they have learned. They deepen and broaden their own understanding of the concepts being learned an taught by role modeling the new behaviors and influencing the "culture" to shift.

The following individuals are Continuous Improvement Practitioners:

    Blaine Richardson
    Kathe Bolster
    Stephen Crate
    Anita Dunham
    Tim Griffin
    Karen Fraser
    Billy Joe Ladd
    Michaela Loisel
    Lyndon Hamm
    James McManus
    Merle Davis
    Michael Brooker
    Michele Grant
    Amie Parker
    Bruce Prindall
    John Rioux
    Sheryl Smith
    David Welch

Expanded Leadership Team (ELT)

The purpose of the Extended Leadership is to:

  • Provide a forum for learning, growth, and challenge, of Self and others (feedback, awareness, reflection, inquiry, integration);
  • Continue to create alignment around the roles and responsibilities of leadership in creating fundamental organizational change;
  • Continue to shift towards a process mindset as a dominant orientation;
  • Discuss key strategic BTC issues across department boundaries; and
  • Plan and organize the operational and change work that will create the desired future and meet the BTC goals.

The following individuals comprise the Expanded Leadership Team:

    Robert Arbour
    Rose Bailey
    Susan Bell
    Sheldon Bird
    Laura Boyett,
    Paul Burgess
    Steven Campana
    Joan Cook
    Dennis Corliss
    Mike Cunningham
    Rusty Cyr
    Arthur Davis
    Jan DeVinney
    John Dorrer
    Andrew Drouin
    Jill Duson
    Adam Fisher
    Laura Fortman
    Jane Gilbert
    Lyndon Hamm
    Anne Harriman
    Art Henry
    Bob Kelley
    Bud Lewis
    Michaela Loisel
    Winnie Malia
    Larinda Meade
    Dawn Mealey
    Robert Morlock
    Garret Oswald
    William Peabody
    Vaughn Peaslee
    Juan Perez-Febles
    Penny Plourde
    David Poulin
    Henry Qunital
    John Rioux
    Vanessa Santarelli
    Kimberly Smith
    Cathy Squires
    Allan Toubman
    Darryl Touchette
    David Wacker
    Carol Webb
    Kathy Weymouth
    Judy Williams