Meet the Team

Christ has been a member of the Board of Directors for 20 years. He enjoys being involved with trail maintenance, fundraising for KCT’s many projects and working with the Alternative Education Program. He is especially excited about the new dog park at Meadow Woods Preserve. Christ has been a practicing veterinarian in our community for the last 40 years. He is constantly amazed by the vision of Tom Bradbury and the team at KCT because while most people would say “I’ll believe it when I see it,” the team at KCT says “We’ll see it when we believe it.” KCT believes in what is possible and then sees those projects to fruition. Christ looks forward to many more years of involvement at KCT.

Jerry has been a member of the KCT Board of Directors since 1993 and has served as Secretary since 2011. Jerry earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of New Hampshire and is currently Professor of Chemistry in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of New England. His research areas include the study of compounds having unusual fluorescence properties, the development of chemical sensors, and the determination of heavy metal distributions in environmental samples. In his free time, Jerry is likely to be found hiking in the mountains of western Maine or the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He is strongly committed to the Trust’s mission of preservation and stewardship of open spaces for habitat protection and recreation.

Tom grew up in Kennebunk and graduated from Kennebunk High School. After a career as an educator and director of two history museums (the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and the Concord Museum) he retired in 2022 and moved back home. He’s been involved with the Trust for many years and joined the board in 2023. He and his wife, Phyllis Wentworth, a native of Kennebunkport, live in Cape Porpoise. Their favorite properties are Emmons Preserve and the islands off Cape Porpoise which they explore via their kayaks.

Joan has been a KCT board member since 2017. She also serves as a joint member of both the KCT and the Arundel Conservation Trust (ACT) Boards of Directors. She has retired from a career in nursing and executive health care leadership, living in Arundel since 2007. She is also a Maine Master Naturalist and enjoys working with KCT on areas of governance and strategic planning. She is grateful for the mentorship KCT has shown ACT as it has grown and appreciates the collaborative values and commitment to community she has found as a board member. In her free time, she is most happy building trails and relationships.

Jacqui is a 2013 graduate of Bates College and is currently working at Kennebunk High School as an Alternative Education teacher. In fact, Jacqui and her colleague, Ed Sharood, were recently named “Maine High School Alternative Educators of the Year” for their work in that capacity.  Over the past eight years Jacqui has partnered with KCT through her role as a teacher in the Alt. Ed. program. “Watching the students find a sense of belonging through their work at the Trust has brought me immense joy and a sense of pride. I am grateful for the opportunity to work with an organization that preserves land and places to be accessible for everyone, forever. To me, the Trust exemplifies the Maine motto ‘The way life should be’” In addition to teaching, Jacqui coaches the tennis and cross-country teams at KHS. She loves birds, puzzles, the morning, and being outside.

Charlie and his family moved to Kennebunkport full time in 2019 after spending many summers here throughout the years. After a 25 year career in banking, Charlie and his wife Robin recently opened Kennebunk Outfitters, a specialty outdoor apparel and footwear store. When not working, Charlie can often be found coaching local youth sports teams, running, hiking and fishing the beautiful lands of southern Maine and the trust. He is a passionate supporter of the trust’s mission and its unique role in encouraging an active outdoor lifestyle. 

Native Mainer Rick Boutilier and his wife Sharon have been married for 41 years and are the parents of four grown sons and grandparents to one granddaughter with another granddaughter on the way.

He spent his career in finance becoming Chief Financial Officer at three companies before becoming CEO and Chairman at Intermatic Incorporated in Libertyville, IL where he worked for 21 years before retiring and moving to Cape Porpoise.

“I’ve been visiting family in Kennebunk since the early 1970’s (my great aunt and uncle, Ruth and Ross Stahl, owned the farm on Route 1 in Kennebunk where the Hannaford store sits today), and our sons all learned to sail and swim at KBIA in the early 1990’s," he said.

“Living here permanently has exposed Sharon and I to the wonderful trails and work of KCT.  When I was made aware of the potential opening for a board seat, I thought it might present a great opportunity to contribute.  After meeting many of the staff and board members, I became convinced that the people involved were as impressive as the organization and its body of work,” he said.