Partnership Regional Coordinators

Regional support for Maine communities to increase climate resilience. 

The Regional Coordinator Program consists of a network of regional assistance providers who provide enrolled communities, especially rural, underserved and low-capacity communities, with services to plan, design, and implement climate resilience and natural-hazard risk-reduction projects. The Program builds upon and expands the recently completed Regional Coordinators Pilot supported by GOPIF, and includes new capacity at each of Maine’s ten Regional Councils, with additional capacity at non-profit and tribal organizations to come later in 2025.  

Regional Coordinators work with communities to provide project development and management, technical assistance, community engagement support, process guidance, and grant writing and management services. 

The Regional Coordinator Program is funded through the NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge grant awarded to Maine in 2024 to protect Maine’s communities, environment, and working waterfronts from extreme storms, inland flooding, and rising sea levels. The Resilient Maine proposal supports a shared vision for resilience developed through collaboration across state agencies, regional organizations, tribal communities, municipalities, educational institutions, and NGOs, to build enduring community capacity by providing urgently needed technical assistance to communities adapting to climate impacts. 

 

Find the Regional Coordinator that serves your region below. 

 

 

Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments logo, text reads AVCOG western Maine, next to three mountain peak outlines in dark blue and a light blue wavy line

Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford Counties

Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments 

Regional Coordinator: Catherine Mardosa; cmardosa@avcog.org 

Eastern Maine Development Corporation logo, text next to a purple circle enclosing a stylized pine tree icon in orange, blue, and purpoe

Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties

Eastern Maine Development Corporation

Regional Coordinator: Kevin Anderson, kanderson@emdc.org 

Greater Portland Council of Governments logo

Cumberland County

Greater Portland Council of Governments

Regional Coordinator: Gretchen Anderson, ganderson@gpcog.org

Hancock County Planning Commission logo

Hancock County

Hancock County Planning Commission

Regional Coordinator: Janna Richards; jrichards@hcpcme.org

Kennebec Valley Council of Governments logo

Kennebec, Somerset, and western Waldo Counties

Kennebec Valley Council of Governments

Regional Coordinator: Grainne Shaw; gshaw@kvcog.org

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission Logo

Lincoln County

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission 

Regional Coordinators: Laura Graziano (lgraziano@lcrpc.org); Curtis Brown (cbrown@lcrpc.org)

Midcoast Council of Governments logo

Knox, Sagadahoc, and eastern Waldo Counties

Midcoast Council of Governments

Regional Coordinator: Meg Rasmussen; mrasmussen@midcoastcog.com

Northern Maine Development Commission logo

Aroostook County

Northern Maine Development Commission 

Regional Coordinator: Jon Gulliver; jgulliver@nmdc.org

Sunrise County Economic Council logo, text next to a yellow sun icon rising over waves and a pine tree

Washington County

Sunrise County Economic Council 

Regional Coordinator: Tanya Rucosky; trucosky@sunrisecounty.org

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York County

Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission

Regional Coordinator: Melanie Nash; mnash@smpdc.org