Board of Directors
Officers
Julian Thomka-Gazdik, President
Anne Henshaw, Vice President
Anne Henshaw comes from a philanthropic and academic background with expertise in global climate change, social justice, and conservation issues. She has a passion for leveraging resources from public and private sectors in support of local communities and Indigenous Peoples. She served as the Director of the Coastal Studies Center and an Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Bowdoin College from 1998-2007 and has spent the last 15 years working as a Programme Officer with Oak Foundation in their Environment Programme. She is now leading a new fund focused on the Arctic. Anne started rowing with MCRA in 2017 and participates in the Masters program.
Genny Lemoine, Secretary
Bill Jackman, Treasurer
Board Members
Scott Bailey
Kristen Irvin
Meg McCroskey Blum
Doug Welling
Doug started rowing at Bates College in Lewiston, ME. He rowed for four years at Bates and the University of Otago, New Zealand prior to starting his coaching career. Doug has coached rowing at Middlebury College, the University of California Santa Barbara, and is currently the head coach at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME. During the summer months, Doug has coached with the US Junior National Team, Maine Coast Rowing Association, and the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. He was named Northeast Regional Coach of the Year in 2022 and National ACRA Coach of the Year in 2023. His personal endurance journey has twice included the Ironman World Championships and most recently, the 100-mile Crazy Mountain Ultra run in Montana. Doug loves the magic of rowing into Merrymeeting Bay, and all time spent outdoors, especially when shared with his family.
