Board of Directors
Chair - Allyson Hughes-Handley, Ed. D.
President, University of Maine Augusta
Dr. Allyson Hughes Handley was appointed as President of the University of Maine at Augusta on March 1, 2008. Previously she served as Senior Policy Advisor for Postsecondary Economic Development Initiatives at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and also as Secretary of the Kentucky Governor’s Executive Cabinet. Dr. Handley earned her B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and holds masters and doctoral degrees in education from The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Handley served as President of Cogswell College, located in Sunnyvale, California and was the first female President of Midway College, Kentucky’s only women’s college.
Dr. Handley is a member of the International Women’s Forum, has been a Rotarian since 1991, and a Kiwanian since 2008. Dr. Handley serves on the Board of the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Board of the Maine Mathematics & Science Alliance, and is the Chair of the Maine Higher Education Council.
Vice Chair - Tom Berger, Ph.D.
Colby College
Thomas R. Berger is emeritus Carter Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Colby College and former Professor of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and member of the Maine STEM Collaborative. He is past Chair of the Mathematical Association of America Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, past member of the American Mathematical Society Task Force on Excellence in Mathematics Education, and past Reader in the College Board Calculus Advanced Placement Examinations. He has served the National Science Foundation (NSF) as proposal reviewer, Program Director in Education and Human Resources, member of NSF National Visiting Committees, and as a reviewer for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching program. He has served as an advisory board member and principal investigator on multiple NSF projects in education. He is the author of a textbook, papers on mathematics education, and numerous papers on mathematical research in finite group theory. He has carried on research and educational activities funded through NSF and other research grants in China, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Germany.
Secretary - Kathy Casparius
Director of Educational Technology, Augusta School Department
Kathy is currently the Director of Educational Technology for the Augusta schools. With over 35 years of experience working in education, Kathy has taught mathematics and technology at middle school, high school and college levels. Kathy earned her a BS at the University of Maine at Farmington, and Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Career and Technical Education at Thomas College. Kathy was a participant of the Maine Governor’s Academy for Science and Mathematics Education Leadership and successfully completed this two year program of professional development in building leadership capacity of Maine schools in science and mathematics.
Treasurer - Anita Bernhardt
Maine Department of Education
Ms. Bernhardt serves as the Science and Technology Specialist for the Maine Department of Education and is the Maine State Lead with Achieve, Inc. on the development of the Next Generation Science Standards. Ms. Bernhardt collaborates on state and regional efforts to strengthen science and technology education. Ms. Bernhardt is also involved in the development of MEA and the MHSA, Maine’s Sate Science Assessments. Before stepping into the role of Science and Technology Specialist, she coordinated the review of Maine’s Learning Results, the state standards document. Ms. Bernhardt taught middle school science for 23 years in both Maine and New York State. Ms. Bernhardt earned her M.Ed from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her B.S. in Biology from Bates College
Andrew Anderson, Ph.D.
Dean, University of Southern Maine's College of Science, Technology and Health
Dr. Andrew Anderson is currently dean of USM's College of Science, Technology and Health. The college of 120 faculty and 15 departments includes graduate and undergraduate degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, nursing, technology, and health fields. Anderson holds the rank of professor in the Department of Technology where he was primarily responsible for the Information and Communications Technology concentration within the Technology Management degree program. He was instrumental in designing the concentration, which is an applications-oriented degree focusing on the integration of technologies prevalent in information and communication industries. He previously served as interim chair of the Department of Technology and as associate dean of the School of Applied Science, Engineering, and Technology.
Eric Geredien
Director, Life Cycle Engineering & Support
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Geredien received his Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts. He managed the DDG Systems Engineering group for 10 years before assuming responsibility for all post delivery engineering and design for the FFG 7 and DDG 51 Class ships. In his current role as Director Life Cycle Engineering & Support Mr. Geredien is responsible for DDG 51 Class design, logistics support and crew training, as well as all life cycle support BIW provides under the PSA and Planning Yard contracts. Mr. Geredien lives with his wife Valerie in Freeport, ME. He has two grown children; Elizabeth has graduated from Mass College of Art and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. Geoffrey has graduated from Bentley University with a degree in Finance.
Susan J. Hunter, Ph.D.
University of Maine
Dr. Susan Hunter began her career at the University of Maine in 1991 and is currently the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, a position she has held since May 2008.
Over the years, Provost Hunter taught basic biology, cell biology and anatomy and physiology and had grant support from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
Provost Hunter is a cell biologist. Her research focused on structural and functional aspects of bone cell biology. She received a B.S. degree in biology from James Madison University and fulfilled the practicum requirements in medical technology at Duke University Medical Center. She earned a Ph.D. in physiology from Pennsylvania State University and did post-doctoral work at Case Western Reserve University and Pennsylvania State University.
Thomas R. Berger is emeritus Carter Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Colby College and former Professor of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and member of the Maine STEM Collaborative. He is past Chair of the Mathematical Association of America Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, past member of the American Mathematical Society Task Force on Excellence in Mathematics Education, and past Reader in the College Board Calculus Advanced Placement Examinations. He has served the National Science Foundation (NSF) as proposal reviewer, Program Director in Education and Human Resources, member of NSF National Visiting Committees, and as a reviewer for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching program. He has served as an advisory board member and principal investigator on multiple NSF projects in education. He is the author of a textbook, papers on mathematics education, and numerous papers on mathematical research in finite group theory. He has carried on research and educational activities funded through NSF and other research grants in China, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Germany.
