Andrew Mackie
Executive Director
Andrew has had a career and life-long passion for conservation and the natural world. He has more than 25 years of conservation experience, including community-engaged conservation planning, land protection and restoration, stewardship, and wildlife management and holds a B.S. in Biology from the State University of New York, and a Master of Environmental Management from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Andrew was with the National Audubon Society for 15 years and most recently served for 10 years as Central Colorado Conservancy’s first Executive Director. During his 10-year tenure there, he built the organization into a well-respected regional land trust, completing over a dozen conservation easements and several fee acquisition projects, initiating a rivers and streams restoration program, raising over $10 million in project funding, increasing their operating budget ten-fold, and developing strong volunteer and citizen science programs.
Volunteerism has always been important to Andrew. He volunteered on his first species counting project at eleven and has been involved with bird and amphibian monitoring throughout his entire life, most recently having been a founding board member of the Amphibian and Reptile Trust International, working to conserve habitat for declining amphibians and reptiles worldwide.
Currently, Andrew continues to travel and bird when time allows. He has led nature travel programs to the Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica, Pantanal, Trinidad and Tobago, Alaska, and Australia, and has taken numerous canoe/kayak trips to the Adirondacks, Canada, and the Boundary Waters.
To reach Andrew, use the contact form, or email amackie@scarboroughlandtrust.org
Sami Wolf
Stewardship Director
Sami holds a M. Sc. in Conservation from Trinity College Dublin, a B.S. in Sustainable Agriculture from Lyndon State College, Vt, and completed the ME Forest Service’s Invasive Plant Management Program.
She has been a Natural Science Educator with Chewonki and the Hurricane Island Foundation, has designed and installed solar thermal heating for organic greenhouses in Vermont, and built trails across Vermont and New Hampshire. She has worked closely with land trusts in Southern Maine to document, map, and manage habitat and trails on private and public conserved lands since 2016. She cares deeply about local food systems and intersectional environmental justice. Her joys in conservation work include critical analysis of land use, teaming up with community members and other organizations, and brainstorming with her creative and passionate colleagues. All the fresh air and sunshine is pretty nice, too.
To reach Sami, use the contact form, or email swolf@scarboroughlandtrust.org
Scott Kunkler
Conservation Director
While growing up in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Scott learned to appreciate swimming in the ocean, sunny skies, and afternoon thunderstorms. He also learned to appreciate the last remaining wild places amid the rapid development of South Florida. A love of those wild places eventually led him to spend two summers as a naturalist with Alaska State Parks and three seasons as a Park Ranger in Badlands, North Cascades, and Everglades National Parks. While hiking and camping in the Redwoods of the northern California coast, Scott earned his B.A. in Geography from Humboldt State University. He has explored much of the Adirondack Mountains and continues to enjoy discovering the many wild areas of Maine.
Scott’s work experience ranges from working on farms to managing the facilities of a non-profit leadership summer camp. He was a board member of a library and served on a town planning board. Recently, he worked for the state of NY managing real estate transactions while developing housing for homeless individuals and families. He looks forward to applying these skills to help protect land in Scarborough.
When not working, Scott still loves swimming in the ocean, as well as running, playing the piano (or at least attempting to do so), and spending time with his family.
To reach Scott, use the contact form, or email skunkler@scarboroughlandtrust.org
Lisa Detweiler
Development Director
Lisa Detweiler is the Director of Development at the Scarborough Land Trust. With over a decade of philanthropic experience, Lisa has a passion for connecting philanthropy and impact.
Hailing originally from New Hampshire, Lisa harnesses her commitment to the impact of community and her belief in the power of conservation. She looks forward to working with the SLT community to support permanent conservation and access.
Lisa joins the SLT most recently from Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, where she served as a Major Gift Officer. Prior to her time at Colby, Lisa worked in the community foundation space in both philanthropic advising, and donor relations capacities at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and the Maine Community Foundation.
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication from Bryant University, and presently lives in York County with her spouse and their dog.
To reach Lisa, use the contact form, or email ldetweiler@scarboroughlandtrust.org
Jennifer Curtis
Office and Education Manager
A Maine native, Jennifer developed a love of the natural world from a very early age. Growing up among the mountains, forests, lakes, islands, and farmlands of Maine, it was impossible not to want to spend every single second outside. Eventually, climbing trees, playing hide and seek in hayfields, and riding her bike everywhere transitioned into hiking, camping, kayaking, paddleboarding, snowshoeing, outdoor yoga, and exploring novel places with the dogs in her life.
Jennifer carried that passion for nature into her professional life, beginning her career in outdoor education at an alternative residential school in Vermont, where she taught Humanities and co-led teenagers on extended wilderness trips. Throughout her subsequent teaching career in public education, Jennifer maintained her belief in the power of nature, facilitating extracurricular outdoor clubs and designing outdoor learning opportunities for her classroom students whenever possible.
Jennifer taught for over 25 years as a K-12 classroom teacher, a university adjunct, a literacy specialist, and in various other roles. Jennifer holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts, an M.A. in Education, and a C.A.S. in Literacy. Jennifer has earned numerous teaching and specialist certificates, including certification for instructing multilingual learners. Jennifer is excited to apply her diverse skills and affinity for the outdoors to this new position with the Scarborough Land Trust.
To reach Jennifer, use the contact form, or email jcurtis@scarboroughlandtrust.org
Founders
We are proud to recognize our Founding Board Members:
- Wallace Fengler, President
- Mark McIntyre, Vice President
- Phineas Sprague, Treasurer
- Rebecca Warren, Clerk
- Georgiana Chase
- Robert Jensen
- Teresa Messer
- John Snow
Board of Directors
Our Board members are your friends and neighbors who cherish Scarborough’s natural assets.
- Betts Armstrong
President
Community Volunteer - Christine Labaree
Vice President
Marketing and Communications Consultant - Diane Neal
Secretary
Retired, Director of Implementation, Disability RMS - Tod Edgecomb
Treasurer
CPA
- Betsy Barrett
- Cameron Boyd
Managing Partner, Smith & Wilkinson - Linwood Higgins
Retired, Minority Leader of Maine House of Representatives - Heather Jamieson
Retired, Educator - Dawn Piccolo
Retired, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments Local Business Owner - Charlie Lee
Retired, Co-Founder and Executive, Seagis Property Group LP
- Jason Lindstrom
President/CEO, Evergreen Credit Union - Tom Nolan
Retired, Nurse Anesthetist - Patrick O’Reilly
Principal, CBIZ - Steve Pinette
Geologist - Nancy Ravin
Medical profession, small business owner - Rick Shinay
Attorney, Drummond Woodsum - Jeremy Wintersteen
Learn more about our board members
Betts Armstrong
Betts Armstrong, a native of Texas, is a graduate of Pine Manor College and Boston University, with a degree in Geology. Betts has lived in Maine since 1984 and has served on the Boards of Pine Manor College, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (now Chair of Honorary Directors), Waynflete School (now Trustee Emerita), the Independent Transportation Network (now on the Council of Advisors for ITNPortland) and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. She currently sits on the Board of the Scarborough Land Trust, which she joined with a passion and urgency to work to conserve many of the special places in town, for people, for wildlife, forever… as the mission says. Betts and her husband C.D. live in Scarborough where they raised 3 children, now adults.
Charlie, now retired, was involved in commercial real estate from 1987 – 2020, following two years of private banking experience. His career experience includes both public and private real estate companies. In 2004 he cofounded Seagis Property Group LP, where he served as Co-CEO and Chief Operating Officer. Charlie and his wife Eliza have owned a home in Scarborough for decades and moved here from Philadelphia full time in 2021. Active outdoor enthusiast who enjoys fishing, hiking, hunting, skiing and golf. Charlie has been active on other non profit boards focused on conservation, in addition to for-profit and other board work over the years
Diane Neal is a native Mainer who began volunteering for SLT over 15 years ago because of her love for the outdoors and her belief in SLT’s mission of conserving land forever. She is a member of the Stewardship Committee, the Communications, Education and Outreach Committee and is the lead steward for trails at Pleasant Hill Preserve. Diane retired in 2021 from a career in information technology and account management in the disability insurance industry. She holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern Maine.
