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Induction of New Officers and BOD Members
 

December Speaker
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Link to:  Luncheon Reservations Form
Link to: Annual Dues Form

President’s Page

Hi everyone!

    What a beautiful Fall we’ve had! Hoping the warmer temperatures continue and Winter is kind!  It was so nice to see many of you at our September 7th luncheon at the Brunswick Naval Museum. The museum, speaker and food were all wonderful, but for me, as always, my favorite part is the camaraderie. We also were able to recognize our past Treasurer Mark Patrick for his 17 years of service to our chapter.

    Our next meeting will be on Friday, December 6th at the Maine Military Museum in South Portland. We have a wonderful program planned – we will feast on a delicious Italian smorgasbord, install our officers for 2025 and hear from Navy Capt. (Ret) Mark Winter, the program director for the newly formed Maine Defense Industry Alliance (MDIA). We will also be presenting the annual Ann LePage Service to Veterans Award to Staff Sergeant Travis Mills.  Save your spot by completing the reservation form at this  link:  Luncheon Reservations Form

    Please take a few minutes to fill out the Membership Dues letter at the following link:  Annual Dues Form   Also, please note a couple of changes. 

• We have pushed the deadline back to February 1st so that we are not competing with other activities around the holidays. You are always welcome to submit early. Also, please continue to make the checks ($20.00) payable to Southern Maine Chapter MOAA.
• The new mailing address for dues (and the luncheon) is directly to our new Treasurer: Col Steve Broughall, PO Box 113, Orr’s Island, ME 04066.

Hope to see you all on the 6th !

Yours in Service,
Brenda Pennels, President, Southern Maine Chapter

HOLD THE DATE: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 for our Chapter’s Golf Tournament fundraiser again at Dunegrass Country Club in Saco.

FMI: Jack Fey 207.883.6447 or Mike Dalia 207.409.2772

December 6, 2024 Southern Maine Chapter, MOAA Luncheon Speaker Mark J. Winter, Program Director, Maine Defense Industry Alliance

Mark Winter is a New London, New Hampshire area native, graduating from Kearsarge Regional High School in 1984, Maine Maritime Academy in 1988, and the University of Maine, School of Law in 1998.

Mark was recently named as the Program Director for the Maine Defense Industry Alliance (MDIA). He most recently served as Commandant of Midshipmen and Vice President of Student Affairs at Maine Maritime Academy.

Mark served 30 years in the U.S. Navy, both on active duty and in the reserves, retiring as a Captain in 2018. One of his last assignments was as Chief of Staff, Joint Task Force – Guantanamo, the organization responsible for detention operations in Cuba. Mark was previously the General Counsel at the National Maritime Intelligence Center and served on the Joints Chiefs of Staff in the Detainee Affairs branch. Prior to that, Mark held several different positions, including working for American President Lines, a large U.S. shipping company, both on the docks working cargo and on the sales team.

He has been in private practice as an attorney, first in New York as an admiralty lawyer and then in Portland, Maine, working on commercial transactions. He was the Intelligence Specialist at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine, handling counterintelligence and terrorism issues. Mark served as the Assistant Inspector General at the Office of Naval Intelligence, conducting command inspections at various Navy intelligence units around the world.

He previously served as Counsel for U.S. Senator Susan Collins from Maine in Washington D.C., serving as Professional Staff on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee and then as a State Office Representative for Senator Collins in Augusta and Portland, Maine, retiring from Federal Service in 2022.

Mark and his wife Meredeth reside in South Freeport, Maine and have two children; daughter Eleanor (19) and son William (22).

Read more about MDIA at this link:  MDIA