MaineHealth Maine Medical Center is part of the MaineHealth integrated health system and our Board operates as a committee under the MaineHealth Board of Trustees. The MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Board oversees care delivered in our communities and provides local input into decision-making. In this capacity, the MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Board participates in quality oversight, oversight of local medical staffs, planning, budgeting and the hiring of key executives, and local fundraising initiatives, among other duties.
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Board Officers
- Southern Region President: Britt Crewse, MBA, MHS, CPA
- Chair: Amanda Rand
- Vice Chair: Chris Cimino
- Secretary: Beth Kelsch
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Board
The following individuals have been elected to the MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Board:
Kathryn Barber has extensive experience in the medical/biotech industry, specializing in sales and marketing. She has worked for Ventrex Laboratories, G.D. Searle, Abbott Laboratories and IDEXX Laboratories. Products and markets managed include the human pharmaceutical and diagnostic areas as well as veterinary diagnostics. She also has worked within the food safety industry in diagnostics and education.
Kathryn is a past board member for Barber Foods, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Piper Shores LLC and the Robotics Institute of Maine. She is a current Trustee at Bangor Savings Bank and chairs the Human Resource Committee and is a member of Audit, Governance and Nominating Committees. She is a past Trustee of MaineHealth where she chaired the Finance Committee. Post system unification, she joined Maine Medical Center’s board where she is a member of the Board Quality and Safety Committee and also serves on MaineHealth’s Educational Committee and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council.
Kathryn received a BS from Skidmore College, Certificate from the London School of Economics and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago Booth). She enjoys the outdoors with her husband, two children and three farm dogs.
Margaret Bush was born and raised in Richmond, VA, where she attended St. Catherine’s School and the University of Virginia. She met her future husband, Marvin, at the university and they were married after graduation in 1981. Bush spent 13 years as a teacher, the first at The Park School in Brookline, MA, then 12 years in Alexandria, VA.
In 1995, Margaret made a career change and has become an actress on stage, in film, and on television. She also has a floral design business. She and Marvin are currently living in Charlottesville, VA where they are enjoying the benefits of a thriving college town.
She has served on numerous boards, including The National Children’s Museum, Prevent Cancer Foundation, St. Catherine’s Alumnae, and Very Special Arts. For many years, Margaret has spoken on behalf of The Gladney Center, the adoption agency where her children were born. Margaret has a passion for pediatric patients and has visited and read to patients at MaineHealth Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, named for her mother-in-law.
Patricia “Pat” Camire earned her bachelor degree in Nursing at Westbrook College in Portland as one of the first 10 students to receive at BSN at the college. She went on to earn her master’s degree in nursing from University of Maine and then a master’s degree in health care administration from New England College in New Hampshire.
Pat worked at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Biddeford from 2005 to 2016, starting as a nursing director, then as Vice President of Clinical Services and finishing her last 2 years as Chief Nursing Officer. She began her career at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland working in the coronary intensive care unit and the ambulatory care unit.
Pat has served in many leadership roles including on the MaineHealth Nurse Executive Council, VHA Nurse Executive Council, American College of Healthcare Executives, American Organization of Nurse Executives, American Heart Association and American Association of Critical Care Nurses. She has also served on the St Andre Healthcare Facility Board and currently sits on the MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice Board where she served as Chair from 2018-2020.
Mr. Cimino serves as Executive Vice President for C.M. Cimino Realty Inc. He is responsible for the oversight of the portfolio of Section 8 elderly housing units owned and operated by the firm. He also directs activities around the acquisition of elderly housing units for the Cimino portfolio.
In 2012 Mr. Cimino rejoined the Cimino real estate and construction companies after two decades within the higher education sector. His career in higher education includes work with Forbes Magazine, Pearson Education, Nelnet Inc. as well as various software and technology companies focused on serving the for-profit and not-for-profit education markets.
Mr. Cimino has more than 25 years of management and board expertise. He serves as the President of the board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine and is the immediate past Chair of the board of directors for JMG. He also serves as the Vice Chair of board of directors for the Imagine America Foundation.
Mr. Cimino received his B.S. in economics from Bentley University, a Master’s in Public Administration from Suffolk University Sawyer School of Management and his MBA from Bentley University McCallum Graduate School. He resides in Falmouth, Maine, with his wife and three children.
Kathy Coster has experience as a board member at both for-profit and nonprofit institutions. She is Chair of the Board of Gorham Savings Bank.
A MaineHealth Maine Medical Center board member since 2013, Kathy also serves as a board member for MaineHealth and is member of the Education and Research Committee, and Executive and Governance Committees.
She has had a long affiliation with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine, having served as President of the Board. Kathy has also held a number of roles as a volunteer for her alma mater, Dartmouth College, including representative to the Alumni Council and President of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Maine.
Professionally, Kathy worked as a commercial banker at institutions in New York, California, and Massachusetts. She and her husband Mike live in Falmouth and have three adult children.
Kelly Elkins joined MaineHealth as Chief Operating Officer in January 2022. She most recently served as a Regional President within Ascension Wisconsin, a member of the Ascension Health system.
Throughout her two decades of progressive health care experience, Kelly has overseen enterprise operations for large multi-site health systems, including service line strategic planning, business development, master facilities planning, and physician recruitment.
Kelly oversees MaineHealth’s systemwide facilities and health care delivery operations, including its hospitals, outpatient services, home health services, medical group and community clinics, clinical support services and service lines, and IT planning.
She holds a Master’s of Public Health from Eastern Kentucky University.
Dr. Renee Fay-LeBlanc is a health care leader with experience in both clinical and administrative settings. She currently serves as Chief Medical Officer and attending physician at Greater Portland Health and previously worked in leadership roles at Maine Medical Partners (MaineHealth Medical Group), including as Primary Care Medical Director. Dr. Fay-LeBlanc is a Tufts University School of Medicine faculty member and has previously served as Inpatient Teaching Attending and Resident Clinic Preceptor at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center. She currently sits on the Avesta Housing Board.
Dr. Fay-LeBlanc attended the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the New York University Internal Medicine Residency Program. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians.
Scott Gillespie is the founder and owner of Saco Sport & Fitness, a multi-generational outcomes-based health club in Saco, founded in 1993. He also owns a boutique fitness studio, F45 Training Downtown Portland.
He spent most of his career in the fitness industry serving on the industry’s trade association, IHRSA, board of directors where he served on the Finance Committee and chaired the Public Policy Committee. Scott founded the Maine Fitness Coalition and chaired the Biddeford Saco Chamber Board of Directors.
He consults with fitness clubs on strategic planning and improving member outcomes through wellness programming. He is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and has been featured in industry publications.
Additionally, Scott spent 25 years coaching premier club youth soccer and was the Maine Olympic Development Program Director. He was head coach of Kennebunk High School boys varsity soccer, and assistant coach of the University of New England’s women’s soccer team.
Scott currently lives in Arundel. He received his Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education at the University of Rhode Island.
Idella Goodson Glenn, Ph.D. serves as Vice President for Equity, Inclusion and Community Impact at the University of Southern Maine (USM). Her responsibilities include promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and guiding USM in building a sustainable environment that is inclusive for all faculty, staff and students.
Dr. Glenn has 30 years of experience working in higher education and 25 years of experience in the DEI field. Previously, she has worked as Special Advisor on Inclusivity and Diversity at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA and also served as the Director for Diversity Education and Retention Initiatives at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. In addition, she served in various DEI capacities culminating as Asst. VP for Student Development and Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion and at Furman University in Greenville, SC.
Dr. Glenn received her B.S. in computer science and mathematics from Furman University. She completed her Master’s in Higher Educational Administration at University of South Carolina and her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at Clemson University. She is a member of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
Robert “Bob” Hardison grew up in Caribou Maine and earned his bachelors in Civil Engineering from University of Maine. He worked as an engineer in Buffalo and Seneca Falls, New York before returning to Maine to open and operate Atlantic Pump and Engineering, Inc. in Sanford in 1991.
Bob has always been an involved member of his community both during his time in New York and in Maine where served many community boards. His interest in health care led to his service on the Goodall Hospital Board of Trustees for 15 years, serving as Chairman of the Board from 2002 to 2004. He has also served as Chair on the Cancer Care Center of York County Board, and most recently the serving on the MaineHealth Board of Corporators and the MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Biddeford local board where he most recently chaired the Planning & Development committee.
Bob remains very active in Sanford community through his work with the Sanford Regional Growth Council, Sanford Planning Board, Sanford-Springvale Rotary, Sanford-Springvale Chamber of Commerce and many other organizations.
Ellen LaPointe, J.D., is a nonprofit executive who has held C-suite and other senior leadership roles in mission-driven organizations focused on improving health and access to health care for over 25 years. A Managing Director at the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group (NPAG), Ellen’s national practice includes retained senior executive search, board and executive level strategic advisory and consultative services, succession planning, executive coaching and outplacement support in the philanthropy and the nonprofit sectors.
Prior to joining NPAG, Ellen served as Chief Executive Officer of Fenway Health, a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center focused on delivering health care services, conducting research and advocating for LGBTQIA+ and other under-served communities. Previously, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern California Grantmakers, and Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at HopeLab. She began her career working to improve access to HIV care and treatment.
Ellen received her Bachelor of Arts in Health and Society at Brown University, and her Juris Doctor at the University of California Berkeley Law School.
Dr. Dan Loiselle is the Chief Medical Officer of InterMed, where he has practiced internal medicine since 1998.
Dr. Loiselle grew up in Eddington, Maine. He completed undergraduate studies at Bowdoin College, is a 1995 graduate of Dartmouth Medical School and completed his residency at MHMMC Portland before joining InterMed in 1998.
He provides general internist preventive medicine for adult patients and enjoys the longitudinal care of multiple family members and trying to improve the health of our patient population, as well as the lives of InterMed’s providers and staff.
In addition to Dr. Loiselle’s MaineHealth Maine Medical Center board seat, he also serves on the Board of MaineHealth and InterMed. He is a member of the Maine Medical Association and the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Loiselle and his wife Melissa reside in Scarborough, although on most winter weekends they can be found skiing at Sugarloaf with their family.
Andrew Mueller, MD, is chief executive officer of MaineHealth, a not-for-profit integrated health system consisting of nine local hospital systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed and independent physicians. With 22,000 dedicated employees, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.
Prior to joining MaineHealth in April 2021, Dr. Mueller served as president and chief executive officer of Centra Health in Lynchburg, Virginia, and previously as president of Novant Health’s Greater Charlotte market. He received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and served in the Air Force as a staff family physician and flight surgeon.
Dr. Mueller’s innovative and compassionate approach to leadership draws on his breadth and depth of experience as a practicing physician, a physician-executive and a veteran.
Dr. Robyn Ostrander joined MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in 2016. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry. In October 2024 she began her two-year term as President of the MHMMC medical staff. She is also the Division Chief of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland, Medical Director of the MaineHealth Provider Leadership Academy, staff psychiatrist at Spring Harbor Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Ostrander received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in psychiatry at Dartmouth College where she also completed a fellowship in child & adolescent psychiatry serving as co-chief resident. She is board certified in psychiatry and child & adolescent psychiatry.
Originally from Green Bay, WI, Dr. Ostrander’s specialty interests are suicide prevention, lithium, and the placebo effect. In her free time, she enjoys skiing, sailing and going to the beach with her family.
Dr. Andrew Powell is a trusted hospital leader and career provider of emergency medicine. Dr. Powell’s first experience with emergency medicine was as an emergency medical technician prior to and during medical school. He earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his residency in emergency medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in Pennsylvania. He has provided emergency care for the entirety of his professional career.
Dr. Powell served as Medical Director and Emergency Physician at Goodall Hospital when it joined with Southern Maine Medical Center in 2014 and is currently Senior Medical Director of Hospital Services and Emergency Physician at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Biddeford and Sanford. He is also a clinical preceptor for several medical school emergency department residency and rotation programs, including Tufts University School of Medicine and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Powell is board-certified in emergency medicine and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Robert “Bob” Quentin serves as President and CEO of Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution. He earned his bachelors in accounting from Bentley College in Massachusetts and is a certified public accountant.
Bob has served on the MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Biddeford board for many years also serving as chair of the finance committee. He has also served as a member of the MaineHealth finance and audit committees, treasurer of the Kimball Health Center and Lucia Kimball Deering Trust, a member of the Saco Economic Development Commission and member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Member Advisory Panel.
Bob resides in Saco, Maine.
Amanda Rand is President and CEO of Spinnaker Trust, a Portland based Wealth Management Firm. In her role at Spinnaker, Amanda oversees all aspects of the client experience, team development and strategic direction of the firm. More directly, Amanda works with clients to solve complex and often multi-generational financial, trust and gifting challenges.
Prior to joining Spinnaker in 2008, Amanda worked as a Trusts & Estates lawyer, focusing her practice on complex estate planning and trust and estate administration at firms in both Boston and Portland. She is active in the community, serving as a Director for the Welch Fund at the Maine Community Foundation, a Corporator at MaineHealth and a Director of the Alfond Scholarship Foundation.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Duke University and her juris doctorate from Harvard Law School. A native of Falmouth, Amanda lives there with her husband, Mark, and their three children.
Nadia Saliba is the Founding Principal of Flying Point Consulting LLC, a real estate and financial investment consultancy she began in 2018. Her projects include consulting on investment fund dispositions in affordable housing, a luxury condominium project in Portland, and acting as owner’s representative in multiple Maine home building projects.
Nadia serves on the MaineHealth Investment Committee and the MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Finance Committee. She also serves as a Director of the General Alumni Association for her high school alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy.
Prior to Flying Point Consulting, Nadia spent 17 years working for the global investment bank Goldman Sachs in New York and London. She earned her bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Brown University.
A Maine native, Nadia resides in Freeport, where she is active in the community as a Trustee for the Freeport Historical Society. She enjoys skiing, cycling, sailing and all the benefits life in Maine has to offer.
Dr. Heidi Wierman has been a practicing geriatrician at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland since 2002, and is the division director for geriatrics at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland and medical director for healthy aging at MaineHealth. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine with the Tufts University School of Medicine and formerly the Director of the geriatrics fellowship at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland.
She is board-certified in both geriatric medicine and general internal medicine, and received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Oregon, Magna Cum Laude, and her medical degree from Oregon Health Sciences University. She completed residency at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland and geriatrics fellowship at University of Rochester.
Dr. Wierman is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and is a member of the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs and of the American Geriatrics Society.