Ogunquit Museum of American Art announces new executive committee
OGUNQUIT — The board of directors of the Ogunquit Museum of American Artwork (OMAA) has named a new executive committee, produced up of board associates who provide oversight and governance of the museum. The committee is:
- President: David J. Mallen, Ogunquit
- Vice President: Carol Leary, PhD, Ogunquit
- Secretary: Allyson M. Cavaretta, York
- Treasurer: Alan Shephard, Esq., Kennebunk
“With this new govt committee, we’re very well-positioned to steer OMAA by 2021 and over and above,” suggests OMAA board President David Mallen. “Each member is deeply included in the group and extremely committed to the museum’s success. I glance ahead to working with them.”
Committee profiles:
Mallen is a associate and founder of The Wilder Firms, a Boston-dependent industrial authentic estate and development company. A Licensed General public Accountant and Chartered International Management Accountant, Mallen is a member of the American Institute of Qualified Community Accountants, the Global Council of Searching Centers, The City Land Institute, the American Institute of Accredited General public Accountants, and the Massachusetts Modern society of CPAs.
Most just lately president of Bay Route College in Longmeadow, Mass., Leary oversaw Bay Path’s changeover from university to college standing. Her considerable volunteerism features serving as board president and chair of the Marginal Way Preservation Fund and as fast past chair of the Affiliation of Unbiased Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts. She also chaired the New Presidents Application below the auspices of the Council of Impartial Colleges. Leary is an emerita trustee and former chair of the Neighborhood Basis of Western Massachusetts, previous chair of the Board of Tribunes for WGBY/PBS, and has served on the boards of the Beveridge Relatives Foundation, Inc., and United Bank.
A third-era business enterprise owner in Maine, Cavaretta is founder of Lexington Capital and a principal in her family’s genuine estate investments. Earlier, she owned and operated an award-winning luxurious vacation resort in New England. A former candidate for the Maine Condition Legislature, Cavaretta is identified as a top voice for compact enterprise, entrepreneurship, and hospitality in Maine. She has testified before the U.S. Congress and has encouraged on labor, immigration, and technologies policy in the course of her profession. In addition to serving on OMAA’s board, she is on the board of directors for HospitalityMaine.
Shepard is an attorney with Shepard and Browse in Kennebunk, specializing in true estate, divorce, and small business litigation.
Opened in 1953, OMAA was launched by Lost Technology artist Henry Strater. Intently tied to one of the earliest artwork colonies of the American modernist art motion, OMAA today houses a long-lasting assortment of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, and photos from the late 1800s to the current. The museum showcases American artwork by mounting seasonal contemporary and present-day exhibition programs from Might by October. OMAA’s seaside landscape—a three-acre sculpture park containing 18 little gardens—complements its exhibitions and overlooks Narrow Cove and the Atlantic Ocean. The museum is open May perhaps 1 via Oct. 31. More information and facts is at www.ogunquitmuseum.org.
