Paul Anderson
Chair, Trustee since 2007

Paul Anderson is Director of the Maine Sea Grant Program and leader of the Marine Extension Team, a group of 9 Sea Grant and Cooperative Extension staff members based along the Maine coast. Before joining Sea Grant in 1999, he spent 10 years working for the Maine Department of Marine Resources, first as chief microbiologist and later as Director of the Public Health Division. Paul and his wife Jan live in Winterport, Maine where they enjoy their six children, organic gardening, at "Spacious Skies Farm." Paul plays guitar and mandolin in the Maine-based band, Blue Northern.

Louis Sage
Vice-Chair, trustee since 2009

Dr. Sage has an extensive history working on behalf of the world's oceans and marine environments. For more than 10 years Sage held the post of Executive Director of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in West Boothbay Harbor, retiring in June of 2007. Dr. Sage's life-long commitment to bring science to the public provides Herring Gut with exceptional leadership to steer the organization into its second decade.

Ken Crane
Acting Treasurer, trustee since 2012
craneski@midcoast.com

Ken is a Maine native with longstanding ties to the Rockland and Midcoast community. Between 1967 and 1995 he managed Senter-Crane, a family owned department store, in Rockland. Since the sale of the family business in 1995 Ken's primary vocation has been finance and equity investing. He has an abiding interest in the education and well-being of young people and for over 20 years Ken has generously served many non-profits in the community, including the Good Tern Co-op, Coastal Child Care , Farnsworth Museum, Rockland Public Library Endowment Association, The Community School, Merryspring, and General Henry Knox Museum. Ken and his wife, Susan Goodridge Crane, a Rockport native, have lived in the area since they were married in 1967. They have two grown sons and four grandchildren.

Phyllis Wyeth
Founder, 1999

Phyllis Wyeth has a longstanding and enthusiastic dedication to the environment, inherited from her mother, Alice Mills, an environmental activist who raised her to "leave the world a better place." Mrs. Wyeth believes in the power of education to resolve environmental challenges. She founded Herring Gut Learning Center to teach local children about aquaculture and marine conservation to help preserve Maine's traditional fishing communities and received the NOAA Fisheries Environmental Hero award in 2002 for these efforts. Mrs. Wyeth is active in conservation initiatives in Maine and the Brandywine watershed in Pennsylvania. She has served as trustee to The Heinz Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Mary Chichester duPont Foundation and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Wendy Makins
Trustee since 2010

Wendy W. Makins, resides in Washington D.C. and Cushing, ME. Wendy brings years of experience serving on boards and working in collaboration with institutions focused on education, art, science, and the natural world. Trained in art history, she's a graphic and botanical artist as well as a natural science photographer.

Dusty Batley
Trustee since 2012

Dusty moved from upstate New York to Maine in 1975. He has worked in most aspects of the fisheries industry, including over 15 years as the Operations Manager at Ducktrap River Fish Farm. Formerly the Chief Financial Officer for the Knickerbocker Group in Boothbay, Dusty has just taken the post of CEO of the Cobscook Bay Company in Trescott, ME He has served as both Trustee and President of the Board of the First Universalist Church in Rockland, and volunteers at the Knox County Health Clinic helping with bookkeeping and accounting tasks. Nancy and his wife Diane reside in Cushing.

Nancy Baker
Trustee since 2012

Nancy is a Texas native and moved to the Midcoast area from Washington DC in 2008. She is an artist represented by the Mars Hall Gallery and currently instructs art workshops for teens. She partnered with Safe Kids Worldwide to promote legislation to reduce incidences of childhood drowning and served on the board of the National Tourette Syndrome Association until 2011. Nancy resides in Thomaston.