People - The Resilience Hub

The Resilience Hub is supported by one part-time staff, a Board of Directors, multiple democractic working groups, and a broader, more informal Advisory Circle of active program participants.

We are a lean, efficient organization and our team expands and contracts depending on the programs and projects we decide to take on. We maintain minimal overhead and infrastructure in order to stay as responsive and agile as possible in a rapidly changing world.

Meet Our Staff

Kate Wallace is our Programs Director. Her involvement with the Resilience Hub began in 2013 with a Permaculture Design Course. Since then she has facilitated educational experiences, permablitzes, and designed permaculture systems for clients both independently and through the Resilience Hub. Kate brings infectious enthusiasm and a passion for creative system design, cooperative models, and participatory learning.

Meet Our Board of Directors

Heather Foran is our Board President. She developed the Maine Permablitz Network at the Resilience Hub in 2011 and continued this program through the 2018 season. She is the co-founder and Program Director of the Field Academy, an academic traveling high school program that brings together diverse groups of students to explore the United States.

Joshua Haiss is just another Treatment Free Beekeeping-Permaculture Designing-Stone/Clay/Earth Sculpting-Glass Blowing-Seed Saving-Garden Dwelling Landscaper. He lives in Gorham where he is focusing on using permaculture design principles to create healthy, regenerative, outdoor living spaces that build true biodiversity for all life, especially his bees. Call him crazy, but he actually enjoys the little venomous creatures. Joshua is lead beekeeper at Pollinate Apiaries and founder of Landscape Revolution.

Eli Rubin was an organic farmer for 8 years, raising produce with the use draft horses for CSA and farmers markets in the Rochester N.Y. area. He is now a house carpenter, focusing on energy-efficient remodeling and new construction. In his spare time, he likes to build timberframes and play his mbira.

Mihku Paul is a Maliseet writer and activist engaged in community organizing and outreach for Gedakina. She facilitates a regular gathering for off-reservation urban Indigenous women in southern Maine and teaches gardening and other workshops through the Resilience Hub.

And More!

Jesse Watson of Midcoast Permaculture joins us on special projects and co-facilitates our Permaculture Design Course and Advanced Permaculture Design Course.

Aaron Parker operates Edgewood Nursery in Falmouth, Maine, which specializes in unusual edible plants. He gives talks and classes throughout Maine on edible landscaping, seed saving, perennial vegetables, and low-maintenance, low-input gardening.