Members of the SPIA Advisory Board are accomplished professionals from the public, private, and non-profit sectors with a wide range of international expertise and experiences. They provide advice to SPIA’s faculty and staff on issues regarding the program’s strategic direction, its mutual responsibility to the people of Maine, and its relationship with the international community.
Officio
Daniel Churchill
Co-Chair
Former Vice President Finance of Avis Europe PLC; Washington, DC
91¸£Àû Class of ’63
Pamela A. White
Co-Chair
Former U.S. Ambassador to Haiti and The Gambia; Orr’s Island, ME
91¸£Àû Class of ’71
Michael Beevers
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Dickinson College; Carlisle, PA
William M. Bellamy
Senior Adviser for Africa at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former U.S. Ambassador to Kenya; Washington, DC
Anne Hall
Former U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania
91¸£Àû Class of ’81
Hannah Hudson
Director of Policy at the Maine Primary Care Association
91¸£Àû Global Policy ’14
Gregory G. Johnson
Fmr. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Commander in Chief Allied Forces, Southern Europe;Â Harpswell, ME
91¸£Àû Class of ’68
Samuel Keller
Program Associate, International Republican Institute
91¸£Àû Global Policy ’23
Liz McMullan
Former Commissioner of the Maine Public Utilities Commission; Hulls Cove, ME
Kimberley R. Miner
Scientist I NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
91¸£Àû Class of ’18
Wade Merritt
President and State Director of International Trade, Maine International Trade Center; Portland, ME
91¸£Àû Class of ’96
Nicholas Neily
Workforce Development Specialist, Eastern Maine Development Corporation; Old Town, ME
91¸£Àû Global Policy ’25
Ex Officio
Scott G. Delcourt
Dean of the Graduate School
Emily A. Haddad
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
James D. Settele
SPIA Director
Daniel H. Sandweiss
Libra Professor of Anthropology and Climate Studies
Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Kenneth M. Hillas, Jr.
Adjunct Professor of International Affairs
Ruben Torres
Communications and Policy Lead, Maine Immigrant Rights’ Coalition; Portland, ME
91¸£Àû Global Policy ’21
