Lisa Landry of Norridgewock is the newest member of the Maine Community Foundation’s Western Mountains Committee.

MaineCF’s county committees are made up of community members who live or work in Franklin and Somerset counties and serve as local ambassadors for the foundation, sharing their knowledge and providing on-the-ground local leadership for the foundation, according to a news release from Taylor Mace, senior communications and marketing specialist.

The Western Mountains Committee’s volunteer county advisors review grant proposals for MaineCF’s Community Building Grant Program and recommend grant awards from the Western Mountains Fund. Community building supports a broad range of projects and organizations across the state, including arts, education, environment, economic development and human services.

Landry, the human resources director at Redington-Fairview General Hospital, serves on the board of directors of Main Street Skowhegan and Kennebec Behavioral Health.

Other committee members include Flint Christie of Farmington, Ann Dorney of Norridgewock, Ernest Hilton of Starks, William Pierce of New Vineyard, Saskia Haugen-Reinholt of Phillips, Jos Thalheimer of Avon, and Vaughn Woodruff of Pittsfield.

The Western Mountains Fund awarded 11 grants this year totaling $77,630, with two additional grant proposals totaling $20,000 funded by donors with advised funds at MaineCF.

To learn more, visit mainecf.org.

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