Board of Trustees

Michael Malloy

Michael Malloy

Board of Trustees President
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Michael is the managing attorney at The Malloy Firm, an Auburn law practice. He is proud to give back to APL and committed to increasing literacy and civic engagement. When he retires from law, Michael’s ambition is to spend his days as a librarian and his nights driving a ski trail groomer while blasting blues guitar riffs and drinking good coffee.

Lisa Cesare

Lisa Cesare

Board of Trustees Vice President

Lisa has been a Minot resident for over 30 years and served the community on the board of selectman for the past eight years. She is proud to serve on the APL board of trustees. She has fond memories of hanging out in the kids room at the Lewiston Library reading Nancy Drew on a Saturday morning with the neighborhood kids.

Sharon Bergeron

Sharon Bergeron

Board of Trustees Treasurer

Sharon, from Auburn, is a lifelong member of APL bringing a background of non-profit finance in support of the Library’s mission.

Patricia Gautier

Patricia Gautier

Board of Trustees Secretary

Books and libraries have always been an important part of her life! Pat retired after 25 years of working with students as the librarian at Edward Little High School. She is still reading and learning! Being on the APL Board of Trustees has been an honor. She thanks the APL staff for their work and customers for your continued support of APL.

Rick Whiting

Rick Whiting

City of Auburn Mayor's Appointee

Rick's mother, Phyllis Newton Whiting, taught him the value of this library through weekly visits beginning at a young age, and he has been a regular user ever since. He has been a BookReach reader for 20+ years and has previously served on the Board in multiple capacities.

Heidi McCurdy

Heidi McCurdy

Superintendent of Schools Appointee

Heidi has been a librarian at Edward Little High School for 25 years.
When she doesn't have her nose in a book, she enjoys traveling, playing golf, and spending time with her family and friends.

Nicole Rancourt

Nicole Rancourt

Minot Selectboard's Appointee

Nicole (she/her), a recovering public educator, grew up in Auburn and now resides in Minot. She works for the Maine Humanities Council, loves dogs, enjoys all vegetables, believes books have the power to unite us and libraries are for everyone.

Liza Dimitri

Liza Dimitri

Trustee

After being a stay-at-home mom for many years, Liza recently returned to teaching science at Oxford Hills Middle School. Outside of teaching, she loves to spend time with her husband, three sons, and English setter, Daisy, at the beach or playing board games at home.

Ralph Harder

Ralph Harder

Trustee

From Ralph's first encounter with the Hardy Boys detective series in the Milford Public Library growing up in 1950s New Jersey, books, libraries, and librarians have guided him and been a refuge on his life’s journey. Since moving here in 1986, his family feels fortunate to have this important resource.

John Cleveland

John Cleveland

Trustee
Chris Foster

Christopher Foster

Trustee

Chris is a leader at TD Bank and has been with TD since 2011.  He grew up in Portland Maine going to the library with his mother. He moved to Auburn in 2005 before his daughter being born. His daughter is a 2024 graduate of Edward Little and was a frequent visitor to APL with Chris and his wife while growing up. Chris caught the reading bug later in life when his wife Teresa bought him a Stephen King book for Christmas. Years later he remains a Stephen King fan and always has a book to read close by. Chris is a Boston Celtics fan, enjoys cooking, and spending time with his family.