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Board of Directors

Nancy Donsbach

Nancy has been a Grants Manager at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute since the Fall of 2018, and has been in grants administration for two decades. Prior to GMRI, she held grants related positions at The Nature Conservancy and Bowdoin College. She is currently serving as TEAN’s Treasurer. She has also served on the local boards for Brunswick Community Education Foundation, Brunswick Youth Soccer League, and Arts are Elementary. Originally from Washington D.C., she raised her family in Brunswick, Maine where she currently lives with her husband.

Dana Bateman

Dana is an activist, artist and teacher happily living in Maine with her family since 2008. Dana has served on multiple boards and committees in Brunswick, all related to children, education and community-building. Dana is currently the Board chair, and is active with all aspects of TEAN’s work. Dana has loved the mission of TEAN since its inception and is honored to be part of the board.

Corynn Carino

Celina, a native of Turner, Maine, is an Adjunct Engineering Corynn has over a decade of experience in education, dedicated to fostering meaningful learning experiences for students and teachers. As a mother of two young children, she understands the importance of nurturing a strong, supportive community both inside and outside the classroom. She lives in Brunswick, Maine, with her family and loves being part of this vibrant, welcoming place!

Pat McCabe

Pat and her family have lived in Brunswick since 1990. Pat is a retired physical education teacher in the Brunswick Elementary Schools. She and her husband joined the Peace Corps in 2012, and spent 27 months in a small village in Tanzania. The experience was life-changing as they learned a new language, a new culture, well…new everything! They listened to the villagers (their neighbors), identified areas of need and then together, tackled a variety of projects.

Upon returning, Pat became involved with some new-comers to Maine, using her language skills to help them adapt to our culture (and along the way, gained some good friends!). She was exposed to the work of TEAN and became drawn to the mission. Pat is looking forward to the joy of neighbors helping neighbors because in this world, sometimes it DOES take a village to help students thrive!

Charles Leitzell

Charles is an 8th grade math teacher at Brunswick Junior High School, and lives in Brunswick with his wife Erica (a local veterinarian). They have three children and an entire zoo of dogs and cats. In his spare time, Charles enjoys being outside, singing in the Oratorio Chorale, and reading. He is excited to work with TEAN and help serve the Brunswick community.

Kendra Smith

Kendra was born and raised in Maine and recently moved back with her husband and two young children. She is currently a K-8 curriculum editor and a long-term substitute teacher in kindergarten at Kate Furbish Elementary. In her free time, Kendra enjoys going on adventures with her family, hiking, spending time on the water, baking, and reading. She is thrilled to join TEAN and help out her community! In particular, Kendra will be TEAN’s point person for KFS, and you will see her posting here, seeking to match TEAN allies up with our youngest learners in need of items to make school fun/safe/possible!