Representative Jim Dill is serving in his second term in the Maine House of Representatives. Dill has been appointed to be the House chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Rep. Dill’s professional career has focused on education and pest management. In addition to being a professor at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and in biological sciences, he currently serves as chair of the RSU #34 school board and chair of the board of directors of the United Technologies Center in Bangor.

Dill’s community involvement includes serving as a member of the Orono/Old Town Kiwanis as well as serving on their board of directors, chair of the Greater Old Town Communities That Care which is a mentoring and substance abuse prevention program and a member at large on the River Coalition Advisory Board.

Dill is a graduate of the University of Maine, where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology and a Master’s of Science in Entomology and Purdue University, where he earned a PhD in Entomology. He resides in Old Town with his wife Jane and has three grown children.