Starting Strong Leadership Team

John Shoos, Chair
Sam L. Cohen Foundation
jshoos@samlcohenfoundation.org

Rebecca Alfredson 
United Way of Southern Maine 
ralfredson@uwsme.org

Alissa Bourque 
Portland Public Schools 
bourqa@portlandschools.org

Gail Cressey
Portland Public Schools
cressg@portlandschools.org 

Laurie Mack
Northeast Hearing and Speech
lmack@nehearingandspeech.org

Louise Marsden
The Opportunity Alliance
louise.marsden@opportunityalliance.org

Staff

Katie Soucy, Starting Strong Director
PortlandConnectED
ksoucy@portlandconnected.org

Matt Dubel, Executive Director
Portland ConnectED
mdubel@potlandconnected.org