Cyndi Clayton
Meeting & Event Manager
Cyndi manages the strategy and planning of meetings and special events for the organization. She coordinates amenities, accommodations, budgets and contracts; leads and directs the work of others.
"What I like best about my job is the freedom to be creative and the challenge of taking an event from the planning stage to an elegant finale while keeping costs at a minimum. For me, my work at Pen Bay Healthcare isn't really just a 40-hour a week job, but a "passion" I have for memorable entertaining and something I share with my family who are also in the arts and hospitality industry."
Penney E. Read
Vice President of Development, Marketing & Communication
Penney is responsible for the overall management aspects of the Pen Bay Healthcare Foundation, and the marketing and communications activities of Pen Bay Healthcare and its member entities.
Sherry A. H. Gagne
Individual & Major Gifts
Maine Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology, 1974.
Sherry began working for the Pen Bay Health Care System in 1978 at the Camden Community Hospital as a Radiologic Technologist. In 1991 part time hours were a better fit for her family and she began working at Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice in Development and Municipal Fundraising merging in 1998 to the current Pen Bay Healthcare Foundation.
Working with Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice and Mid Coast Mental Health Care, Sherry coordinates municipal fundraising efforts involving more than 130 communities. She enjoys the challenge of the work and the organization required.
She adds: “The appropriations from the towns help when there is no insurance or gaps in insurance for care or equipment. My work touches many people when there is a real need and that is rewarding both professionally and personally.” Kay Henderson
Director of Government Funding
BA, Psychology; MS, Human Development, University of Texas; MS, Counseling Psychology, Southwestern University
Kay has been with Pen Bay Healthcare for two years. Previously, she was coordinator of the Midcoast Integrated Health Collaborative and joined the Development team in September 2006.
As part of the development team, Kay is responsible for researching, matching and writing federal and state grant funds to meet the needs of Pen Bay Healthcare. She is also responsible for providing oversight for these grant funds after they have been received and meeting all reporting and evaluation guidelines for the grants. In addition, she works closely with the other development team staff to develop and secure foundation and individual donor grants.
What doe she like best about her job? "I enjoy the teamwork atmosphere of the development office-working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve our funding initiative goals. I also enjoy working in a coordinated manner with PBH partner organizations help develop, plan, and secure needed funded for their initiatives. The work is ever changing, interesting, and rewarding."
Philip F. McKean, PhD, CFRE
Director of Planned Giving
BA, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; Mdiv, Yale Divinity School; PhD, Brown University, Cultural Anthropology
Phil works with people who would like to plan how their resources would best be used to benefit their families and other community interests through charitable gift annuities, trusts, bequests, or other gifts such as life insurance policies, real estate, and retirement plans such as IRAs.
"I meet the greatest people, who want to express their philanthropic spirit by good planning, and they, like me, value our hospital and its partners: the doctors and nurses who saved my life when I had a very serious staph pneumonia in 2005, the Kno-Wal-Lin personnel who cared for me during two months of recovery at my home in Cushing. I am a grateful patient!"
Holly Miller
Director, Foundation and Corporate Gifts
BA, Psychology and English, Pennsylvania State University; JD, Indiana University School of Law
Holly researches foundations and corporations to find those that might be interested in funding Pen Bay Healthcare projects. She works with departments and organizations within PBH to develop those projects; she prepares proposals that describe the projects and submits them to the appropriate funders. Once PBH receives a grant, Holly follows up with the department or organization to make sure their newly-funded project is carried through as planned. Then she reports back to the funder so they know their money has been wisely spent.
"I enjoy my job at Pen Bay Healthcare because it is varied, independent and flexible and because I work with a great group of people. It is also a position that can bring significant outside support to our local hospital and supporting healthcare organizations. "
Bonnie Wescott
Development Information Specialist
Independent Study BA program at UMaine, Cultural Development
Bonnie manages the donor database and produces reports; she also handles all aspects of gift processing.
"The best part of my job is working with a terrific group of people every day, both in my department at all around Pen Bay Healthcare."
Updated: 8/28/08
Updated: 5/12/08