Seeking Common Ground,
Working for the Common Good

 

  156 High Street, Portland, ME  04101   207-772-1918 

Staff

Executive Director, Rev. Jill Job Saxby

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 As Executive Director of the Maine Council of Churches, Rev. Saxby directs the work of the Council and serves as the primary liaison with community groups, local and government officials, the media, and national organizations with whom the Council works on a wide range of projects and programs.  A Unitarian Universalist minister and formerly an attorney, Rev. Saxby also served for three years as Associate Minister of the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in South Portland, Maine. Prior to that, she served as Associate Minister for six years at The First Parish, Unitarian Universalist in Portland and as the first minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast, Maine. She is a graduate of  Bangor Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1995), The Washington College of Law at the American University (J.D., 1985) and James Madison College, Michigan State University (B.A., International Relations, 1982).

Rev. Saxby can be reached at jsaxby@mainecouncilofchurches.org

Development Director, Martha Stein

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Consultant, Andy Burt

Environmental Justice

 Martha Stein joined the Maine Council of Churches in the spring of 2008 shortly after relocating to Maine. Martha is responsible for planning and executing all of the Council's fundraising activities, working with the staff, board members and volunteers.

Martha's backgroup includes over 15 years in large corporations, where she worked in a variety of functions such as operations, systems, marketing, customer service and business planning.  Martha has worked as a volunteer and staff member for a local chapter of the American Red Cross, a community arts organization, and a low-income women's health group.  A Master Gardener Volunteer, Martha is the Secretary of the Board of the Cumberland County Master Gardener Volunteer Association, and she is working with other community volunteers on a food pantry vegetable garden in Cumberland.  Martha also serves on the Board of Caring Resources for Living, a non-profit organization serving critically ill Maine children. 

Martha received her undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Martha can be reached at mstein@mainecouncilofchurches.org

For ten years, Andy has worked with the Maine Council of Churches on our environmental justice programs, including the Climate Change Initiative, creating Earth Care Teams in congregations in Maine, representing the Council in the Environmental Priorities Coalition, leading our environmental health and toxics initiative in 2008 and many other projects.  Andy led and organized a three year project with MOFGA under MCC's Food and Faith Program, called "Be a Good Apple" which worked to connect local congregations with Community-Supported Agriculture and Fisheries.  Andy recently created MCC's "Fishes and Loaves" program, a 4 week study for churches that looks at the impact of climate change and the economy on Maine's fishing community.  Andy is a leader of the "Green Sneakers Project, a door-to-door neighborhood campaign created to motivate local, personal actions that address the global challenge of climate change and deteriorating air quality. She is known throughout Maine and beyond as a passionate and compassionate advocate for eco-justice.

Andy can be reached at adburt@gwi.net or 882-6848


 
 
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