Starting Strong Leadership Team

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

Jennifer Beck
John T. Gorman Foundation
jbeck@jtgfoundation.org

Jennifer Burns
United Way of Southern Maine
jburns@uwsme.org

Sue Chevalier 
Portland Public Schools 
chevas@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

Cassandra Cote Grantham
Director, Child Health Programs
Center for Health Improvement, MaineHealth
cotec1@mmc.org

Staff

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

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

Marcques Houston
Parent Coordinator
mhouston@portlandconnected.org