MMSA Staff

Executive Director

Ruth Kermish-Allen, Ph.D.

MMSA Title: Executive Director. Ruth Kermish-Allen joined Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance as Executive Director in November 2014. She has extensive experience in STEM education research, project development, implementation, and evaluation. She has served as principal investigator for a variety of NSF, EPA, and USDA funded STEM education projects that integrated innovative technologies with place-based environmental education in ...
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Sue Allen, Ph.D.

MMSA Title: Senior Research Scientist. Sue Allen is a Senior Research Scientist at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, where ...
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Alexandria Brasili

MMSA Title: Research Associate Alexandria Brasili joined MMSA in April 2017 as a Research Associate. She holds a Master’s degree ...
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Stefany Burrell

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist. Stefany joined MMSA in October  2014. She has a B.S. in Landscape Horticulture from the ...
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Scott Byrd, Ph.D.

MMSA Title: Researcher Scott Byrd joined MMSA in January 2017 as a researcher.  He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from ...
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Cindy Caverly

MMSA Title: Staff Accountant. Cindy joined MMSA in August of 2011. She is very happy to be working at an ...
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Perrin Chick

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist. Perrin joined MMSA in March of 2016. She currently serves as the project manager on ...
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Rebecca Clark Uchenna

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist Rebecca combines her passion for conservation, science and education into a unique role at Maine ...
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Kate Cook

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist Kate Cook is a STEM Education Specialist at Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, where she ...
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Liv Detrick

MMSA Title: Research Associate Liv joined MMSA in October 2018. Phone: (207) 626 3230 Email: all emails are first initial ...
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Lynn Farrin

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist. Lynn Farrin is a STEM Education Specialist at Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, where she ...
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Tom Keller, Ed.D.

MMSA Title: Senior Research Scientist. Tom Keller is a Senior Research Scientist who joined MMSA in September, 2011. He was ...
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Hannah Lakin

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist. Hannah Lakin joined Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in January 2016 as a STEM Education ...
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Gary Lewis

MMSA Title: Operations Director, Communications Coordinator and STEM Education Specialist Gary joined MMSA in December 2015.  Gary is a passionate, ...
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Daniel MacPhee

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist Daniel joined MMSA in November 2018. He has a B.S. in Geology and Geophysics from ...
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Sherry Portillo

MMSA Title: Executive & Programming Assistant. Sherry joined MMSA in June 2018 as the Executive & Programming Assistant. She has ...
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Natalie Chamberlain Reis

MMSA Title: Communications Specialist. Natalie joined MMSA in September 2017. She has a B.A. in English from the University of ...
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Rhonda Tate

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist Rhonda joined MMSA in January of 2019 as a STEM specialist. Rhonda graduated from the ...
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Joyce Tugel

MMSA Title: STEM Education Specialist Joyce Tugel is a K-12 STEM Education Specialist at the MMSA. Her work is primarily ...
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Brenda Wilkins

MMSA Title: Finance & Operations Director. Brenda's first involvement with MMSA was as an accounting services consultant.  She came on ...
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