Bath, Maine

Destie joined the team in 2020 after 11 years with the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault. While at MECASA, she served as Associate Director, supporting the agency’s work to identify and meet strategic goals to prevent and respond to sexual violence, exploitation, and trafficking; and to change systems and public policy to reflect a more just, equitable, and victim-centered Maine.

Destie is passionate about organizational infrastructure, policies, and practices which reflect anti-oppression and feminist values. She believes Maine should be a place where all people can live free from misogyny and gender-based discrimination, and is committed to ensuring that a healthy and vibrant Lobby and Education Fund is a part of that success.

She lives in Bath with her partner and their child, where she enjoys growing, cooking, and preserving food, neighborhood potlucks, and running.

207.622.0851 | destie@mainewomen.org

Pittston, Maine

Dania joined the team in 2020. Dania works as a facilitator, fundraiser, and storyteller to connect people to each other and resources, as well as open up the conversations about who has power and resources in communities and why. She is always glad to talk about how we can create a better nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem for Maine communities.

Dania is on the board of the Southern Maine Workers Center, as well as Maine Inside Out. In her spare time, Dania enjoys writing, running, reading, and wearing many hats around the state. She has been a facilitator for the Maine Humanities Council for three years and has been a fundamental collaborator with the Community Centric Fundraising Maine Chapter.

207.200.7159 | dania@mainewomen.org

Bangor, Maine

Catie joined the team in 2022. She was most recently with Eastern Area Agency on Aging, where she collaborated on age-friendly initiatives and opened the agency’s adult community center. Prior to this project, Catie spent more than 10 years at Partners for Peace in the movement to end intimate partner violence. Her work focused on increasing capacity, broadening agency reach to rural populations, and enhancing systems to better respond to domestic abuse.

Catie understands the importance of listening to others and values creative thinking that promotes systems change. She believes that when policies and practices are inclusive they benefit everyone. It is with this belief that Catie envisions a more equitable and just Maine.

She enjoys adventures with her partner and two quirky dogs, and appreciates the humor that can be found in everyday moments.

207.622.0851 | catie@mainewomen.org

Orrington, Maine

Brook joined the team in 2022. Brook’s professional background is in librarianship but also as an activist and community organizer. Brook was a founding member of Main Street Bucksport, a community development organization working to promote vibrancy after the loss of a paper mill in that community. Her passion is in the intersection of social justice and community organizing.

Brook has served as the Board President for the NextStep, the domestic violence project serving Hancock and Washington Counties, as well as on the Board for the Bagaduce Music Library. She also volunteers as a grant reviewer for Maine Community Foundation, for the Word Literary Festival, and as a DJ at WERU Community Radio.

She’s parenting a 15 year old and takes great joy in learning from the next generation of activists. In her free time she enjoys taking long walks, cooking for friends, and reading as many books as possible.

207.622.0851 | brook@mainewomen.org

Portland, Maine

Lily joined the team in 2024. Lily most recently served as co-Executive Director of The Every Voice Coalition, an advocacy organization training and mobilizing college students and survivors to pass state-level legislation addressing campus sexual violence. Lily previously worked on reproductive rights policy with NARAL Pro Choice CT and voter engagement with Sister District Project, and in the offices of state and federal lawmakers.

After several years living Downeast and in the Midcoast, Lily now lives in Portland and loves to hike, practice yoga, and sing in her choir.

207.622.0851 | lily@mainewomen.org