MEET THE TEAM

I live in Portland with my two amazing kids, Jack and Ella, and our rather spoiled maltipoo, Tessa. A born-and-bred “Down Easter,” I grew up in the Jonesport region of Maine, where I have had jobs raking blueberries, making wreaths and even digging clams (for fun, of course!) on occasion. I have also worked in the childhood education field and as an assistant at an art gallery. I spent time studying at both Wheaton College and the University of Southern Maine before settling down to graduate from the University of Maine at Machias with degrees in both English literature and fine arts. I have also done a good bit of traveling. I have spent time in Italy and Sweden and lived in Norway for several months. In my spare time, I enjoy drinking ridiculous amounts of coffee, pretending I know how to garden, being a science and art-history geek, watching too much anime with my kids and attempting to take regular naps. On the serious side, I love to support Maine farmers and local businesses as much as possible. I am proud to be a member of the Dream Local team.

I grew up in the village of South Thomaston, Maine. The youngest of six, I am forever grateful that my father chose to move his family back to his own childhood home after retirement, making Maine my home.

In this community, I have been a field hockey coach, manager of a sporting goods store, assistant manager in a fitness center at a 4-star resort where I earned the Hospitality Award, and a medical billing specialist in a pediatrician’s office. My background in sales, marketing, customer service, and retail management has given me the experience necessary to develop my own small businesses. All of these positions require a dedication to customer service while upholding client satisfaction.

My husband and I have owned and operated a construction company, a home rental business, and an equine boarding facility with 9 horses on 30 acres. We started, grew, and developed these companies to a successful point and have recently sold the last one.

While managing these companies and raising two children, I was a Graphic Editor/Editor for Penobscot Bay Media for 23 years. I provided editing and media support in many aspects of document formatting, graphic creation, learning-tool application support, and maintenance support for the Department of Defense Dictionary. I watched the evolution of web-based solutions as I went from creating graphics for an 8 1/2 x 11 paper copy of a Joint Publication for the Joint Chiefs to uploading figures to a server in preparation of the publication becoming a searchable database.

Enjoying the view of the lighthouse and breakwater from our Owls Head home is what I enjoy most, as well as traveling with my husband, spending time with our children and family, walking the coastline with our two dogs, and taking in the fresh salt air on a daily basis.

I was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and even though I’m “from away,” I truly consider Midcoast Maine to be my home. Ever since I was young, I fretted about what I was going to do when I grew up, and wondered if I would every be able to find an occupation that would truly make me happy. Fast forward to August 2013 when I started at Roger Williams University. I was much older but I still didn’t know what I wanted to do, and was struggling to choose a career path between biology (I’ve always had this thing for whales) and marketing (a suggestion from my very left-brained father, which was probably the best advice he has ever given to his very right-brained daughter).

I decided to pull in the reins on my run-away imagination and steer the rest of my education through the marketing department. During my last year of college, I was in an Advertising Campaigns class that participated in the National Student Advertising Competition, which caused me to absolutely fall in love with advertising (I knew any class that encouraged one to dress as an “agency creative hipster” was going to be a great fit). This class had me sitting in the same room with the same people for 12 hours at a time, spending two hours fixing copy to return to the same sentence we started with, only to have our professor tell us that he hated it and that we needed to start over again. While this would have sent others running for the hills, I kept coming back for more, not knowing if it was because I was so passionate about what I was creating, or if I was completely crazy. (It was a perfect combination of both.) I graduated in May of 2017, with a Bachelor of Science (ironically) in Marketing, with minors in graphic design and web development. With that being said, I found an occupation that truly makes me happy, and I am thrilled that I get to do what I love every day at Dream Local Digital.

I am very passionate about drinking coffee, Jurassic Park, photography and making people smile. In my free time, I’m attending concerts, taking road trips, playing the guitar, hanging out with my dog or napping in a hammock.

I was born and raised in midcoast Maine, a place that I will always consider home. After graduating from high school, I attended the University of Maine. I was very interested in the business world and what it had to offer and decided I wanted to be a part of it. I obtained a bachelor's degree in business management and graduated in May of 2020.

Since graduation, I have moved to Charleston, South Carolina. I was tired of the Maine winters and wanted to explore life in the south. I live in an apartment minutes from the beach with my two cats, Marvin and Mister Banks. Dream Local Digital was always a company that I admired and was interested in throughout college, so the opportunity to work remotely for DLD while living in a new and beautiful city was perfect. I have a passion for creativity and helping people, and paired with my educational experience, makes Dream Local a perfect fit. 

In my spare time, I love to spend time with my friends and my family, play golf or tennis, explore new restaurants, and go to the beach. I love trying new things and meeting new people!

I was born and raised in Owl’s Head, Maine, and graduated from Rockland District High School. I began my career as a business owner for 15 years offering services, consulting, and operations support in the fitness, wellness, and beauty industries. For six years, I divided my time between Vail, Colorado, and Martha’s Vineyard until I had the opportunity to be based in NYC and jumped at the chance. I loved the fast-paced life surrounded by art, culture, history, and diversity.

In 2009, I finished my undergraduate degree in pursuit of new skills and graduated with honors. That achievement helped pivot my career into sales for MINDBODY online, the leading business management software provider for fitness, wellness, and beauty. After 5 years, I moved on to selling dietary supplements to holistic pharmacies, practitioners, and boutique retailers.

Over the years, I have returned home to midcoast Maine for weeks and months at a time whether on vacation to see family over the holidays or while working remotely. A few weeks after the pandemic took hold, it was obvious that there is no place like home and I wanted to be near family and a community of friends that are like family.

While searching for a new opportunity, I was hopeful that I would find a local business that valued my unique skill set and was positioned for growth. I am thrilled to be working with Dream Local to offer the tools and necessary services to help businesses achieve success as the economy recovers and beyond.