About Us

The mission of the Eastern Trail Alliance is to build, maintain, and promote the use of the Eastern Trail, a recreation and transportation greenway from Casco Bay to the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine. We do this by inspiring individuals and private and public organizations to partner with us to support this incomparable resource.

 

We are friends of the Eastern Trail, working together in a variety of ways to develop the fantastic resource between Portsmouth, New Hampshire and South Portland, Maine. We are citizens of Southern Maine, frequent visitors, hikers, bikers, horseback riders and outdoor enthusiasts. We are family members, commuters, municipal employees, and just plain interested folk.

Listed below are some key online resources that describe who we are, what we’ve done, and what we are currently doing to build and promote the Eastern Trail:

former ETMD Executive Director Carole Brush supervising trail construction in Arundel

 

 


Meet the Team:

Board and Staff Eastern TrailETA Staff:

Chelsey Berlin, ETA/ETMD Executive Director  |  Patti Poole, Office Manager | Patrick Conlon,  Trail Program Manager | Larry Glantz, Website Manager

ETA Trustees

Name Affiliation Term Exp.
Randi Hogan, President Scarborough
Hogan Philanthropy Consulting
June 2024
Kelly Whetstone, Vice-President Scarborough
Foreside Financial Services
June 2025
Bill Dehais, Treasurer Saco
Kennebunk Savings Bank
June 2026
Jen Steele Skillings, Secretary Cumberland
Event Planning/Fundraising Professional
June 2025
Bob Hamblen Saco
Retired City Planner
June 2026
Tom McCullom South Berwick
South Berwick representative to the ETMD | Retired Professional Land Surveyor
June 2024
Doug Smith Saco
Kennebunk Savings Bank
June 2026
Eric Wright
Saco
Town & Country Federal Credit Union
June 2025
Joe Yuhas Biddeford
Retired Biology Teacher
June 2025

Click here for more information on the dedicated trustees and staff who work closely with members, sponsors, volunteers and so many others who share the vision of the Eastern Trail.

Emeritus Officers/Staff

Name Affiliation
John Andrews President Emeritus (1937-2017)
Founder of the Eastern Trail
Bob Bowker President, Vice-President Emeritus
Retried Saco City Planner
Bob LaNigra Vice-President, Secretary
Running enthusiast; Organizer of annual Snowy Egret Race
Tim Lambert Secretary
Carole Brush Executive Director Emeritus (2006-2020)

Trustees Emeritus

Name Affiliation
Tom Daley Scarborough
Mayor of Scarborough Marsh
Ethan Davis Arundel
Owner, Wildfire Human Powered Vehicles
Larry Glantz Cape Elizabeth
ETA Founding Trustee and Vice President; Eastern Trail web site administrator 1999-2006; 2011 to present
Bruce Wakefield Saco
Accomplished Trail Rider, Electrician, Musician
Maggie Warren Hallowell
Bicycle Coalition of Maine

 

Advisory Trustees

Name Affiliation
Rev. John Balicki Former Maine DOT Bike/Ped Coordinator
Eric Cote, Esq. Saco City Councilor
Diane Doyle Doyle Enterprises
Judy Haley Co-founder, Southern Eastern Trail Alliance (SETA)
Alix Hopkins Author of “Groundswell”; Founding Executive Director of Portland Trails
Don Lauzier Vice President Saco & Biddeford Savings Bank
Burnham Martin National Park Service, Rivers and Trails Program
Nathan Smith, Esq. Founding member of Portland Trails, ETA advisory on easement issues

The Eastern Trail Alliance is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization (EIN/tax ID number: 01-0523949). Your donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

https://www.easterntrail.org/