Human Resources Committee

Dawn Therrien, SHRM-SCP is Chair of our HR Committee and she and her family live in Kennebunk, Maine.  Dawn loves HR! From local nonprofits to multinational defense companies, her experience spans many areas of human resources including strategic planning, talent acquisition, employee engagement and retention, total rewards, technology management, employee and labor relations, risk management, and U.S. employment law and regulations. During her time on the school board, she has also served on the Finance Committee (2020-2021, 2022-present), the Board Negotiations Team (2020-2022), and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ad hoc Committee (2020-2021).  She was also the School Board's Chief Negotiator from 2020-2022 ensuring the successful ratification of eight agreements. Her undergraduate degree is in Psychology and she earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Bowie State University. Dawn was also awarded a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion certificate from the University of South Florida.  She is a professional member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and earned her SHRM Senior Certified Professional designation. In her spare time, Dawn enjoys walking her dog at the beautiful Kennebunk Land Trust Preserves. She and her family enjoy spending time in Rangeley where they love alpine skiing at Saddleback and swimming in Rangeley Lake. 

Erin Nadeau is an HR Committee member, she and her family reside in Arundel. As the Director of Licensing and Compliance with her previous employer in the mental health field, Erin was constantly in partnership with HR to ensure the organization was in compliance with state and federal regulations. Often, this work involved highly sensitive HR issues that impacted licensing so understanding both mental health and employment regulations was a critical piece of her work.

Erin recently completed her Master of Public Health degree at the University of New England. She is also a graduate of University of Southern Maine where she earned a degree in business administration.  

When Erin is not working, she likes to get outside and photograph landscapes and wildlife. Recently, she has grown to enjoy gardens, and has grand plans for her flower gardens for the upcoming spring. We’ll check back with her in May!

Jameson Davis is an HR Committee member, she and her family reside in Kennebunkport. As General Manager of Spang Builders and Hazelwood Handyman, Jameson wears many hats, but the largest is managing people and the issues that arise, whether customer, employee or vendor related. Given the size of both of their companies, the effective management of people is essential to success.

A 2009 graduate of KHS, Jameson matriculated to Bowdoin College, but transferred to Babson College, where she was a four-year lacrosse starter and while majoring in Finance and Entrepreneurship.

Jameson loves spending time with her husband, son and Goldendoodle, as well as her parents and brother on their family farm in Kennebunkport.

Amanda Downing is an HR Committee member, she and her family reside in Kennebunk.  Amanda is a Modern Work Architect for Microsoft. She has worked in the IT space for 20 years helping business leaders to transform their processes and implement collaboration technology. For much of that time Amanda has been in a management position. She has experience with the complexity that HR departments handle on a daily basis and looks forward to contributing this experience to RSU 21.

Amanda has her MA in Digital Video and Photography from NYU and is a PMI certified Project Manager (PMP).

Outside of work Amanda enjoys spending time with her two teens and her husband. They enjoy traveling, exploring new foods, watching movies and musical theatre, family game night, and being in the beautiful outdoors of Maine. She is an avid reader of fantasy and sci-fi as well as a coffee lover. Amanda is also a Girl Scout troop leader and a member of the Girl Scout Service Unit leadership team.

Megan Michaud is an HR Committee member and she and her family reside in Kennebunkport.  She has nearly twenty years’ experience working in developing and advocating for public policy and hiring, managing, and guiding successful teams. She is currently serving as the Director of External Affairs at Maine Center for Economic Policy.  Megan is a graduate of Kennebunk High School and Colby College. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, walking in the woods with the family dog, and trying to keep up with her three kids.

Alison Riggieri, Ph.D. and her family are residents of Kennebunk and she is a Community Representative on our HR Committee.  Alison has spent the past 15 years of her career in the human resources field, both in consulting and corporate settings. As a consultant, she worked in the HR analytics and pay equity spaces, helping companies identify drivers of employee behavior and satisfaction. In addition, she implemented pay equity studies for companies across sectors, including financial services and healthcare.  After consulting, Alison joined State Street where she currently serves as Managing Director of Organizational Design.  In this role, she leads projects to drive workforce transformations and to improve HR processes through the use of technology and process optimization. Alison earned her Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Doctorate degree in public policy from Georgia Institute of Technology. In her spare time, Alison enjoys skiing with her children and catching up on reading. 

Louise Sandmeyer and her family are residents of Kennebunk and she is a Community Representative on our HR Committee.  Louise is a former manager of Penn State’s Human Resource Development Center, where she was responsible for faculty and staff training and development. Louise has also worked as a career development and placement counselor. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education Administration.  Louise enjoys being a community volunteer and in addition to her work supporting our HR team, she volunteers her time on the Kennebunk Free Library Board of Trustees. Her professional career has been in higher education in various administrative positions. Before retiring she was executive director of the Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment at Penn State and a founding member of the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement.