Emerge Maine

Rep. Maeghan Maloney is serving her first term in the State House of Representatives and has been appointed to the Judiciary Committee. She represents part of Augusta.
Rep. Maloney grew up in Maine and her grandfather farmed potatoes in Aroostook County. As a child her family received assistance from food stamps and Tall Pines low-income housing in Lewiston. Maeghan graduated from Leavitt High School in Turner and attended Swarthmore College on a full scholarship.

I am a retired educator, current producer of organic beef, Co owner of Orchard Hill Farms with my husband of 50 years. I have one adult son and two married grandchildren; one a heterosexual marriage and one lesbian marriage. I have been a life-long Democratic activist and passionate about healthcare, sustainable agriculture and people.

Erin attended the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico, where she was a Political Science major with a focus in Women’s and Economic issues.During college she worked for Governor Bill Richardson, the New Mexico Office of International Trade and U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman. Erin took a leave of absence while in school to help village women build small businesses and teach English in Mammallapuram, India.After graduating she worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign, but only shortly before joining Chellie Pingree’s 2008 campaign for Congress.

Willow grew up in Winterport where she spent her youth in the woods enjoying all of the outdoor activities that Maine has to offer.  Her interest in politics began at an early age where discussion of politics was commonplace at family gatherings and at the dinner table.
Willow graduated from the University of Vermont in 2002 with a B.A.

I am a Maine native, born in Portland, Maine.  I grew up in Gray and Cundy’s Harbor.  I graduated from Mt. Ararat High School, the University of Maine at Orono, and received a Masters in Education from the University of New England. I have been married for 18 years to Kert Brown and we are the proud parents of two sons:  Jonathan(15), and Patrick (9).  We reside in Cundy’s Harbor. I have been a public school teacher for the past 20 years, and currently teach fifth grade at the Lisbon Community School.

I grew up in a large extended family in the lobstering and fishing village of Cundy’s Harbor, Maine.  I went to college in Dallas, TX to get a taste of big city life and learned that I am definitely a New England kind of gal! Over the years I have worked in hotel/restaurant management and Executive Administrative Assistant positions in the fields of Naval Architect & Engineering, Residential and Commercial Architecture, and Aviation.

After working as an advocate for students at the University Maine system, realized her passion for motivating others and working for change. Always excited for any progressive excuse to protest, march, or rally and a dorky enjoyment of governance documents and budget processes; it seems the only life possible is one that centers on activism. With a love for social media, NPR, and the weekly issue of “The New Yorker”, Ashley can think of no better program than Emerge Maine to grow as an individual, a woman, and an activist.