Archive for Commissioners

Alexa Plotkin

Alexa Plotkin is a Policy Analyst with the Justice Policy Program at the Catherine Cutler Institute. Prior to joining the institute, she worked for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland for 8 years. Her background includes a masters in community planning and development from the Muskie School of…

Rip Patten

Rip Patten has over 30 years’ experience as an environmental engineer in Maine specializing in assisting municipalities and developers acquire, assess, clean up, and redevelop abandoned and underutilized industrial/ commercial properties throughout Maine.  His experience is not just on the technical side of this work, but also in…

Ian Houseal

Ian Houseal was the founding leader of Sanford Land Bank Authority, the state’s first redevelopment focused land bank. He is a visionary, and strategic-thinker who has worked tirelessly to help revitalize Maine communities. He is an expert in all aspects of land bank mechanics from housing to former…

Lee Jay Feldman

Lee Jay is the first chairperson of the Board for Maine Redevelopment, serving since the organization’s founding in 2023.  By day, he is the Deputy Director of Community Development Director in Kennebunk and previously served as Director of Planning for the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission for 11…

John Egan

John Egan is senior program officer for strategic initiatives at The Genesis Fund. His focus is to help communities overcome barriers and create affordable housing and other projects that support health and wellbeing and generate prosperity. The goal is to build capacity among municipalities, emerging developers, and diverse…

Janice de Lima

In my role as a Community Reinvestment officer at Norway Savings Bank, I see the tremendous impact idle and under-utilized buildings have on the surrounding communities.  Occasionally, even a small investment in pre-development work can create momentum for the redevelopment of these buildings into housing or commercial uses. …

Laura Burden

I am the 10th generation of my family to call Maine home. I was born in Bangor, and through the years I have had the privilege of living in Penobscot, Aroostook, Franklin, Kennebec, and Cumberland Counties, as well as the Mid-coast. Across generations, my family has experienced the pain…

Kevin Bunker

Kevin Bunker is a founding principal of Developers Collaborative. Kevin founded DC with Richard Berman after graduating with distinction in 2007 from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design with a Master in Urban Planning degree. A former municipal planner and lobsterman in the Rockland area, Kevin is…

Robert Bryant

Robert “Bob” Bryant is a Boomerang Maineiac. After graduating from Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, ME he earned his BA at St. Michael’s College and did a tour in the Navy to pay off his debt while having them pay for his MBA at Bryant College.  After a long…