BOARD OF DIRECTORS
KATHY BIBERSTEIN
Kathy Biberstein began her career in the automotive industry as an engineer at General Motors, where she worked on an early prototype of Chevrolet’s all electric vehicle. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School, she practiced law in Boston before moving to Switzerland to work as legal counsel and a member of the executive committee of the World Economic Forum. Kathy then spent 30 years working as an executive in the biotechnology industry in Switzerland, Ireland and Boston. She was an observer on the investment committee of two oncology social impact funds and a director of a company working to cure genetic diseases. She most recently was executive partner and general counsel of Flagship Pioneering, a company that creates and develops first-in-category companies to transform human health and sustainability. Kathy lives in Freeport, Maine, where she raised her two sons, and is on the Board of Directors of Meridian Stories and the life sciences advisory committee of Focus Maine. She believes deeply in the importance of community conversation and is proud to be a founding director of Freeport Speech.
JACK EMORY
Jack practiced law for 30 years, first in Portland, Maine, and later as General Counsel of the Dexter Shoe Company. Following the closing of Dexter Shoe, Jack ran the family office for Peter and Paula Lunder in Portland as its president and as president of the Lunder Foundation for 14 years, retiring in 2016. Jack serves on several foundation boards with a particular interest in hands-on programs meeting the needs of the underserved in Maine. Jack and Katherine moved to Maine in 1974 and have lived most of that time in Freeport. Their two daughters live in Boston.
PEGGY GREENHUT GOLDEN
Peggy Greenhut Golden, a native New Yorker is the past owner of Greenhut Galleries, Portland’s oldest contemporary art gallery. She has fundraised for the Portland Concert Association (now Portland Ovations), served on the board of BIG SOUNDS FROM ALL OVER, was appointed by the City Council and served on the Portland Public Art Committee for 20 plus years, is the past Vice Chair of Maine Friends of Seeds of Peace, a past member of the Maine Small Business Alliance, and a former Commissioner of the Maine Arts Commission appointed by Governor Angus King. At the gallery she presented shows in support of the Maine Women’s Lobby, National Breast Cancer Awareness and the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. She believes fiercely in giving back to the Portland community and enriching the Portland experience.
DAVID KAUFMAN
David Kaufman had a career as a broadcaster having started with CBS Network News and eventually retiring as the CEO of the WMTW Broadcast Group which was comprised of WMTW-TV, Portland , Maine’s ABC TV affiliate (Channel 8), as well as 5 Maine radio stations.
After retiring from his broadcast career, David purchased Brahms Mount, a luxury textile design and manufacturing company and built it into a nationally recognized firm.
David and his wife Barbara relocated to Maine in 1979 and have lived in South Freeport since 1981. He has served on numerous civic boards, is a Past Commodore of the Harraseeket Yacht Club, and is currently on the Board of Friends of Casco Bay.
KRISTI MARSH
Kristi Marsh's roles in training and development, nonprofit leadership, and environmental education have three commonalities: high-energy engagement, developing events and online tools around current events topics, and long-term growth project management. Her passion is creating the foundation for organizations to thrive, learn, and protect the world.
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As an environmental advocate, Kristi passionately led movements as a speaker, speaker coach, and author. Her book, Little Changes, was honored to be awarded the Living Now 2014 Evergreen Medal for being a 'world-changing book of this millennium.'
Kristi built a high-efficiency, low-carbon, high-performance home in Freeport where she loves working on her (mini) regenerative agriculture farm, oil painting, and enjoying the water from her growing herd of sea kayaks, in between welcoming her family and guests.
TOM SALIBA
Retired Business Executive, Tom Saliba was trained as an Energy Economist having graduated from Colby College and earned a Master’s Degree from Columbia University. He first moved to Freeport in 1974 and has served on or chaired numerous civic and charitable boards including Maine Medical Center, Maine College of Art, Colby College Museum of Art, The Cy Twombly Foundation, and The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Freeport.
He has been collecting Art for more than fifty years, sailed in the Mediterranean for more than twenty years and now enjoys working in his gardens in South Freeport.
CLAYTON SPENCER
Clayton Spencer has spent her career in a blend of law and policy roles with higher education as her focus. After graduating from Yale Law School, she clerked for Judge Rya Zobel, the first woman to be appointed to a federal court in New England. She then worked as a litigator in the law firm of Ropes and Gray in Boston, followed by four years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Massachusetts.
In 1993, Clayton moved with her family to Washington, D.C., where she joined the staff of the late U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy as Chief Education Counsel, responsible for the higher education legislative agenda in the Senate. Beginning in 1997, she worked for fifteen years at Harvard, serving as a Vice President of the University and directing strategic initiatives on behalf of four successive presidents.
Clayton moved to Maine in 2012 to become president of Bates College, where she was able to combine her passion for higher education with her love of Maine. Born in Davidson, North Carolina, and having spent most of her life in college towns, Clayton now lives Brunswick, where she moved when she stepped down as president of Bates in June of 2023. She has served on the boards of Williams College and Phillips Exeter Academy, and a number of national higher education associations. She currently serves as a Trustee of the Davis Educational Foundation and the Portland Museum of Art. She has a son and daughter, both with growing families of their own.
