Human Resources Committee

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!

Kirstin Shapiro is a board member who resides in Arundel. She has worked in many corporate settings from television to health care as an executive coordinator and brings a breadth of HR administration experience. Additionally, she has worked as a performance artist and fitness instructor. After graduating from Kennebunk High School, she attended Indiana University Jacobs School of Music on a full performance scholarship and in 2018 completed her Master in Music from her alma mater as well. In 2011, she became a certified Yoga instructor and has been teaching professionally for over a decade. Kirstin loves spending time with her family, going to the beach,snowboarding, and being a life-long learner.

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.

Patricia Berg is a community member who resides in Kennebunk. She spent 23 years working at Unum in South Portland in a variety of leadership and management roles, retiring in 2021 as a Senior Vice President at Willis Towers Watson after 15 years with the company. She was amember of the Society for Human Resource Management and a licensed Life and Health insurance broker in the State of Maine. Patricia earned her MBA from the University of Southern Maine with a specialization in accounting business degree specializing in accounting and an MBA from the University of Southern Maine. Moving to Kennebunk from Falmouth six years ago, Patricia wanted to be closer to her family; she loves to travel and is a skier and swimmer. When Patricia lived in Cumberland, she was also a member of a few School and Town Boards as well as the Portland YMCA and Portland Ovation.