Staff
Lucas Richman | Music Director & Conductor
Renia Shterenberg | Executive Director
Katie Hardy | Asst. Director of Education and Outreach
Scott Burditt | Personnel Manager
Debbie Richman | Music Librarian
Maxwell Carter | BSO Operations Assistant
Natalie Lisnet | Digital Production Manager
Sascha Zaburdaeva Lorimer | BSYO Conductor
Ben David Richmond | BSYO Conductor
Anna Clement | BSYO Conductor
Erika Baker | Bookkeeper
Ryan St. Peter | Support Staff
Board of Directors
Hon. Matthew Dunlap, Office of the State Auditor | President
Gregory LaFrancois, Senior Vice President, Covenant Health, & President, St. Joseph Healthcare | Vice President
Jennifer Eastman, Birchbrook | Treasurer
Kay Rand, Kay Rand LLC | Secretary
Berney Kubetz | Immediate Past President
Larrance Fingerhut, ImprovAcadia
Justin Fournier, Bangor Savings Bank
Kenya Hopkins, Acadia Wilderness Lodge
Kirsten Ismail, UBS Argosy Wealth Management
Nathan Lesser, BSO Musician Representative
Tim Moriarty, Cross Insurance
Wren Saunders, BSO Musician Representative
Kelly Scheetz, UBS Argosy Wealth Management
Prof. Thomas J. Schwartz, University of Maine
Chung Shum, MD, Dahl Chase Associates
Sarah Smiley, Author & Instructor, Mass Communication, Husson University & University of Maine
Richard Sturgeon, Retired VP University Advancement and President of USM Foundation
BSO Past Presidents
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1916 – 1924 |
Horace Mann Pullen |
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1924 – 1952 |
Adelbert W. Sprague |
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1952 – 1956 |
Carl W. Maxfield |
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1956 – 1957 |
Daniel W. Fenner |
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1957 – 1959 |
Eugene H. Rice |
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1959 – 1961 |
Harris B. Southard |
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1961 – 1962 |
Dr. Carl W. Irwin |
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1963 – 1964 |
John S. Taylor |
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1964 – 1966 |
Dr. Edward Porter |
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1966 – 1968 |
Dr. George O. Chase |
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1968 – 1969 |
Gordon W. Clapp |
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1969 – 1970 |
Norman Minsky |
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1970 – 1971 |
Mr. Ambrose S. Higgins |
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1971 – 1973 |
Mrs. John A. Woodcock |
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1973 – 1975 |
John Bragg |
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1975 – 1977 |
Don Ziegenbein |
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1977 – 1979 |
Dr. Robert Clukey |
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1979 – 1981 |
Mr. Daniel B. Priestley |
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1981 – 1983 |
Mrs. Richard W. Sprague (Ann) |
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1983 – 1985 |
Margaret C. Bragg (McGill) |
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1985 – 1987 |
Dr. George W. Wood III |
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1987 – 1989 |
John Bragg |
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1989 – 1991 |
Deedy Schiro |
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1991 – 1993 |
Dr. Thomas Watt |
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1993 – 1995 |
Dr. Anne E. Pooler |
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1995 – 1997 |
Dr. John A. Bradford |
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1997 – 1999 |
Melvin Braverman |
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1999 – 2001 |
Thomas C. Johnston |
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2001 – 2004 |
Dr. Charles F. Rauch |
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2004 – 2006 |
James H. Goff |
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2006 – 2007 |
Jeffrey D. Smith |
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2007 – 2008 |
Sandra Blake-Leonard |
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2008 – 2011 |
Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. |
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2011 – 2013 |
Joyce Clark-Sarnacki |
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2013 – 2015 |
Lisa Jepson Wahlstrom |
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2015 – 2017 |
Scott Blake |
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2017 – 2020 |
Berney Kubetz |
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2020 – 2021 |
Todd Benoit |
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2021 – 2024 |
Elizabeth Sutherland |
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2024 – 2025 |
Berney Kubetz |