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Chapter Staff
Meet The Newest Members of our Staff
| Sarah Stepp Casco, Maine |
| We are very pleased to welcome Sarah Stepp as our new Manager, Development/Special Events. Sarah brings over 7 years of experience in not-for-profit fundraising and event planning experience to her role with the Chapter. A native of Casco, Maine, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, where she subsequently began her career. After nearly a decade in Tennessee, Sarah returned home to Maine in 2007. Some highlights of her past experience include coordinating the largest charity auction in Memphis, executing a capital campaign for a new Humane Society facility, and overseeing the local broadcast of a nationally-televised fundraising event. | |||||
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We are very pleased to welcome David Currier as our new Manager, Education & Training. David was the sole caregiver for both of his parents who were simultaneously diagnosed with dementias in 1989. Following their deaths he chose to dedicate his career to those living with dementia. David was trained by Dr. Paul Raia of the Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts Chapter. He has extensive experience working in nursing homes and assisted living communities in both Maine and Massachusetts. David’s interactive music program, “The Celebration of Life,” is featured in Virginia Bell and David Troxels’s new book “Alzheimer Activities: Volume Two.” He has also traveled internationally with Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams of the Gesundheit Institute in Russia, China and Tibet. A nationally known speaker on the latest techniques in cultural transformation and habilitation, he was recently the guest speaker at the GEC Leadership Conference in Baltimore for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. David is the original drummer of the rock band “Boston” and has traveled extensively as a professional drummer, composer and arranger, having had compositions in major motion pictures, radio and television.
We are very pleased to welcome Drew Wyman as our new Office Manager. Drew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications/Media Studies from the University of Southern Maine. Prior to joining the Alzheimer’s Association Drew was the Office and Outreach Manager of the Maine Island Trail’s Association.
We are very pleased to welcome Cathy McGuckin as our new Manager, Development/Special Events. Cathy brings more than 25 years of experience in the fields of development, communications, healthcare marketing , special events and promotion. Cathy earned her Bachelor’s degree from Colgate University. Cathy moved to Maine from Philadelphia where she served as program coordinator for a nonprofit health foundation in Philadelphia.
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