Amtrak Downeaster - Board of Directors

The seven member NNEPRA Board of Directors, appointed by the Governor of the State of Maine, is supported by the collective efforts of staff to develop the operating strategies, marketing programs, community relations, food service and service planning activities for the Downeaster. NNEPRA works in concert with the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) to achieve objectives set forth in their comprehensive passenger transportation plan.

Chairman - Martin Eisenstein
Senior Partner, Brann and Isaacson, Lewiston, Maine

Vice Chairman - Dana Connors
President, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Augusta, Maine

Treasurer - Brenda Garrand
President, Garrand and Company, Portland, Maine

Director - John D. Clifford IV
Clifford & Golden, Lisbon Falls, Maine

Director - John Bubier
City Manager, City of Biddeford, Maine

Director - David Cole
Commissioner, Maine Department of Transportation

Director - Patricia Eltman
Director, Maine Office of Tourism

MEETINGS:

Regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Directors are typically held the the NNEPRA office, 75 W. Commerical Street, Portland on the 4th Monday of the month beginning at 1:00pm. The Tentative 2008 Meeting Schedule is as follows:

January 28, February 25, March 24, April 28, May 19, June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22, October 27 and November 24, December 22.