Board of Directors
Sweetser’s Board members represent a variety of professions and many have first-hand experience with children who have special needs. All are committed to our mission and actively serve as committee members, fundraisers, volunteers, and advocates.
- Chair: Jerry Mansfield, Saco
- Vice Chair: Patricia A. Small, Scarborough
- Secretary: William J. Zafirson, Saco
- Treasurer: Charles M. Petersen, Kennebunk
- Erin Ehrlenbach Collins, Scarborough
- Joshua S. Cushman, Falmouth
- Robert M. Davis, Kennebunk
- Jessica Demers, Falmouth
- Diane H. Donaldson, Portland
- Dennis Eagleson, Kennebunk
- Troy A. Ellsmore, Cape Elizabeth
- Christopher T. Emmet, Far Hills, N.J.
- Rev. Samuel G. Henderson III, Portland
- Michelle R. LaChapelle, Ogunquit
- Dr. Robert A. Lobis, Bath
- James A. Nylund, Portland
- Brenda A. Piecuch, Wells
- Gregory R. Prince, Gorham
- Melissa R. Richter, Cumberland
- Brynn K. Riley, Scarborough
- Michael W. Sawyer, Gorham
- Dr. Margaret A. Shepp, Portland
- Debra D. Taylor, Wells
- Mary E. Turgeon, Saco
- Douglas A. Willett, Saco
What Our Clients Are Saying
I was a 2002 resident at the Sweeter Family Focus Program in Saco and then a student at the Saco School for a year and a half. Sweetser saved my life, saved my family, and led us to bigger and better things. Sweetser helped me become the person I was born and raised to be. What I learned at...

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