Meg Taft Joshua Langlais photo
The Rural Youth Institute, headquartered in Yarmouth with programming in Unity/Thorndike, has announced that it has hired its first executive director, Megan Taft.
As the creator of KW Leads, an Aspirations Incubator model at Kieve-Wavus Education, Taft has firsthand knowledge of the strategies that work best to support rural youth, according to a news release from the institute. The newly launched institute will expand the youth mentoring model of the Aspirations Incubator to new sites while advancing advocacy, research, and professional training. Currently, nine communities across Maine are implementing the Aspirations Incubator model, with two more in the planning phase.
Taft most recently served as vice president of equity and impact at Good Shepherd Food Bank.
Taft, of Alna, began in her new role on Jan. 21.
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