Policy Committee

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

Proposed Committee Structure Presentation

View the Proposed Committee Structure presentation (PDF) from the October 22, 2020 Policy Committee meeting.

Members

Name	Title	Affiliation
Keith Trefethen	Town Manager	Arundel	985-4201
Jim Bennett	City Manager	Biddeford	284-9313
Jeff Demers	Public Works Director	Biddeford	282-1579
Matt Sturgis, Chair	Town Manager	Cape Elizabeth	619-6716
Bill Shane	Town Manager	Cumberland	829-2205
Hope Cahan, Vice Chair	Town Councilor	Falmouth	650-270-9596
Carlos Pena	Planning and Development Manager	Federal Highway Admin	512-4914
Leah Sirmin	Community Planner and Environmental Protection Specialist	Federal Transit Admin
Sarah Tracy	City Councilor	Freeport	615-7287
Ephrem Paraschak	Town Manager	Gorham	892-9062
Kristina Egan	Executive Director	GPCOG	774-9891
Erin Courtney	Public Relations Manager	Maine Turnpike Authority	871-7771
Jennifer Brickett	Planning Director	MaineDOT	624-3300
Rosemary Roy	Town Manager	North Yarmouth	829-3705
Larry Mead	Town Manager	Old Orchard Beach	934-5714
Alex Jaegerman	Director of Planning & Development	Planning Committee Chair	846-9036
Chris Branch	Public Works Director	Portland	874-8801
Kim Cook	City Councilor	Portland	874-8986
Nell Donaldson	Senior Planner	Portland	871-8723
Keith Gray	Engineering Manager	Portland	874-8834
Kate Snyder	Mayor	Portland	874-8941
Lena Geraghty	Director of Innovation & Performance Manager	Portland	874-8681
Nathan White	Public Works Director	Raymond	655-1012
Jessa Berna	Business Development Specialist	Saco	282-3487
Bryan Kaenrath	City Administrator	Saco	282-1032
Jay Chace	Planning Director	Scarborough
Tom Hall	Town Manager	Scarborough	730-4031
Stephanie Carver	Transportation Director	SMPDC	571-7065
Claude Morgan	City Councilor	South Portland	450-2583
Donna Tippett	Director of Transportation	South Portland	767-5556
VACANT		Standish
Adam Bliss	Town Engineer	Freeport	865-4461
Greg Jordan	METRO General Manager	Transit Committee Chair	774-0351
Eric Dudley	Public Works Director	Westbrook	854-0660
Barry Tibbetts	Interim Town Manager	Windham	892-1907
Rob Waeldner	Town Councilor	Yarmouth	232-1114

GPCOG Staff

Name	Title	Phone
Kristina Egan	Executive Director	774-9891, ext. 214
Ryan Neale	Transportation Program Manager	774-9891, ext. 229
Chris Chop	Transportation Director	774-9891

Committee Responsibilities

The Policy Committee is the policy-making body of PACTS, and as such:

Adopts the annual budget and work program
Establishes and modifies its structure and that of all standing committees
Fixes the salary of, and removes the Executive Director
Creates and disbands additional committees as deemed necessary

The Policy Committee also:

Develops and endorses a transportation plan for the region
Develops and endorses a Transportation Improvement Program and revisions and submits them to MaineDOT
Performs any other duties required by the Federal and State governments