Our Team

Board & Staff Members

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President
Ray Andresen

Chairman, Camden Parks and Recreation Committee
Retired Manager, Corporate Communications, General Electric
Camden, Maine

Vice President
Karin Rector

Retired Literacy Specialist
Former Chair, Camden Conservation Commission
Camden, Maine

Secretary
Laura Anthony

Former Special Events Coordinator at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington DC

Treasurer
Toni Goodridge

Retired partner & bookkeeper, Goodridge-Lermond Tree Service
Lincolnville, Maine

John Fromer

President, Appleton Ridge Flower and Vegetable Farm

Dennis Milliken

Horticulturalist, Green Thumb Nurseries
Former Horticulturalist, Hoboken Gardens
Rockport, Maine

Susan Shaw

Horticulturalist
Founder and President, Maine Daylily Society
Camden, Maine

Charlie Costello

Seed Keeper, Writer & Photographer
Former Communications Director,
Operating Engineers Local 3

Jo Maxwell

Retired chef/ restaurant owner
Youth educator at Polly Hill Arboretum. 
Docent and educator at Martha’s Vinyard Museum

 

STAFF

Managing Director
Toni Goodridge

Retired partner & bookkeeper, Goodridge-Lermond Tree Service
Lincolnville, Maine
info@merryspring.org

Program Director
John Fromer

Maine Master Gardener Volunteer
Appleton, Maine
education@merryspring.org

Gardens Manager
Denise DeSpirito

Former Garden Manager, Avena Botanicals
Lincolnville, Maine
gardens@merryspring.org

Tracking Bears and coyotes