SpeakersĀ & InterlocutorsĀ 

Interested in the lineup of speakers?

Join us for the sessions:

Jock Herron
Jock Herron
Design Critic
Harvard Graduate School of Design
MDI Modernists

Darren Ranco
Darren Ranco
Professor of Anthropology, Chair of Native American Programs, and executive director of the Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship
University of Maine
Dawnland Return: Wabanaki and conservation collaboration to return land and more

Caroline Bicks
Caroline Bicks
Stephen E. King Chair in Literature
University of Maine
Monsters in the Archives

Laura Miller
Laura Miller
Books & Culture Columnist
Slate
Monsters in the Archives

Eliza Newlin Carney
Eliza Newlin Carney
Founder & President
The Civic Circle
The Civic Circle

Patrick MacRae
Patrick MacRae
CEO
Mount Desert Island Land & Garden Pereserve
Gardens as Cultural Landscapes: Mount Desert Island and Beyond

Barton Seaver
Barton Seaver
Chef, author, and ocean stewardship advocate
Cooking Blue: Seafood and Sustainability

Will Thorndike
Will Thorndike
Founder and Managing Partner
The Cromwell Harbor Partnership
MDI Modernists

Cynthia Baker
Cynthia Baker
Chair of the Board
College of the Atlantic
The Foursome

Lynn Boulger
Lynn Boulger
Interim President and Vice President for Institutional Advancement
College of the Atlantic
Going Deep: Inside the Coast and Islands of Maine

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