Our Team
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The Loaves & Fishes Board of Trustees is supported by the time and energy of our 200+ volunteers. Want to volunteer? Click the "Learn More" button below! (Board photos courtesy of Down East Photography.)
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Officers & Staff
Co-Presidents
Max
Dietshe
Vice President
Trenton
Max recently retired from a career in corporate communications and user experience design to work on marketing and development for the pantry. He and his wife, novelist W.S. Winslow, moved full-time to their Trenton "camp" in 2019.
Margaret (Muffet)
Stewart
Treasurer
Lamoine
Muffet and her husband, Doug, moved to Maine from Philadelphia in 2017. She has 50 years' experience as a bookkeeper and Parish Administrator and is currently the Parish Administrator at two churches on MDI. In her off time she enjoys kayaking and volunteering.
Tracy Shaffer
Ellsworth
Tracy moved to Ellsworth after retiring from Verizon post a 25+ year career. An ordained deacon in The Episcopal Church, Tracy remains an active Rotarian after serving as President of the Ellsworth club in 2018-19.
Ellsworth
Clyde is a Special Education Teacher working in the younger grades. He's a community member who has served as a volunteer firefighter for 25 years, as well as a member of the Ellsworth Rotary Club. A trustee since 2016, Clyde enjoys golf and the outdoors in his downtime.
Clyde Cushing
Board of Trustees
Joe
Bruno
Blue Hill
A retired financial IT executive and lifelong optimist, Joe resides in Blue Hill with his partner, Rachel. He's been playing golf and guitar since youth and enjoys volunteering, cooking, practicing and teaching yoga, hiking and travel.
Debra Gillespie-fowles
Ellsworth
A retired housing coordinator and case manager, Debra grew up in Massachusetts and lived in Guilford for almost 25 years before moving to Ellsworth. She is a tireless volunteer for the pantry.
Daniel
Wilkey
Lamoine
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