Staff

Katie Mae Simpson, Executive Director

Katie Mae spent her formative years in Washington County, Maine, where she attended high school at Narraguagus in Harrington.  She received her B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont.  After college, she spent a year in a grassroots organizing training program called Green Corps and then worked for Howard Dean’s presidential primary campaign in 2004.  From 2004-2009 Katie Mae was based in Boston where she worked on a variety of progressive issues – including defending gay marriage, women’s health, and workplace safety, as well as with a number of local and state-wide political campaigns.  In the 2008 cycle, she helped put eight progressive Dems in the Massachusetts State House, doing polling and field consulting.

Hired by Emerge Maine in late 2009, Katie Mae is thrilled to combine her love of politics with her desire to see more women in leadership.

When she’s not engaged in progressive activism or working on political campaigns, Katie Mae spends time growing her own food, doing yoga, and watching old episodes of West Wing.