(Rangeley, Maine) – The Saddleback Mountain Foundation Board of Directors voted in a new President recently. Outgoing President Dr. Peter J. Stein stepped down and Wolfe Tone was voted in as President of the organization.
Dr. Stein said, “It is with great confidence that I am handing over the reins to Wolfe Tone who is the former director of the Maine Trust for Public Land. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with this board during the initial years of this effort.” Stein will remain as a board member.
Wolfe Tone will be working directly with Executive Director Crystal Canney who was appointed by the board over the summer. Tone said, “I am looking forward to the new direction we hope to be taking this year. I am deeply indebted to the board for its vote of confidence and will be diligent in leaving no stone unturned to maximize our opportunity and role in the future of Saddleback Mountain.”
Executive Director Canney said, “I have every faith and confidence that given Tone’s background, negotiating skills and deep love of the mountain that this is the right move for the organization.”
Carol Millhouse was re-elected as secretary and appointed as treasurer.
Wolfe Tone Bio:
Wolfe’s professional carrier spans the spectrum of private, public, and non-profit sector experiences in land conservation, water quality, and watershed protection, and empowering partnerships; the thread always being a healthier, resilient environment and communities for future generations. Wolfe was the Maine State Director for The Trust for Public Land from 2009 until the spring of 2017. He started his career with TPL in 2001, first as a project manager in Ohio, and continued in that role after moving to Maine in 2004. Over the course of his time as state director, he oversaw the protection of more than 75,000 acres of community-priority lands and helped raise $50MM in public funding and $7MM in private funding for work in Maine, touching on the lives of thousands of Maine residents. Shaping his next professional frontier, Wolfe brings to the table extensive experience in conservation real estate, non-profit management, fundraising, and a passion and understanding of the value of connecting people with the land and experiencing our natural environment.
Crystal Canney Bio:
Crystal Canney is co-founder and CEO of the Knight Canney Group. She was the Communications Director for Senator Angus S. King, Jr. who was elected by a wide margin in November of 2012 and was Communications Director in Washington, D.C. After returning to Maine, Crystal accepted a position at the University of New England and was also named the Global Affairs Operations Director. Prior to the King campaign, Canney operated – Canney Communications, a media, and public relations firm in Maine. Among the many services offered were political campaigns, crisis communications and business communications strategy review. Her team has won numerous campaigns on varying referenda issues and by wide margins. Prior to starting Canney Communications, she was the Communications Director for Governor John Baldacci (D) – Maine. Her work involved policy, messaging, and imaging. She was appointed in 2007 to Associate Commissioner of Finance where she oversaw multi-million dollar budgets and a staff of 350 people. The team was tasked with providing human resources, finance and personnel for the largest agencies in state government along with a statewide consolidation of financial services. Prior to that, she was a national award-winning journalist in Maine and Massachusetts. Among her many awards, she received first place in the country from the Annie E. Casey Foundation for her series of reports on impoverished children. She has won numerous Associated Press, Maine Association of Broadcasters awards and was nominated for an Emmy. She was also the first Maine journalist to report live from New York City during 9/11 and she was in New Orleans and Gulfport, Mississippi covering Hurricane Katrina filing report. She has a bachelor’s degree from Emerson College in Boston.
Carol Millhouse Bio:
Carol Millhouse is a semi-retired Family Nurse Practitioner with 45+ years of experience in nursing education, college health services, and primary care. She holds an MSN from UTexas-El Paso and an Advanced Graduate Studies Certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner from UMaine-Orono. Carol’s passion for Saddleback began in the early 1990’s when her daughter participated in a ski race there and continued through the years, including her serving as Ski Doc for the Saddleback Ski Patrol and an instructor in the Saddleback Ski School. Her husband, John, served 9 years on the Saddleback Ski Patrol before joining the Saddleback Ski School as an instructor, also.