Lisa Pohlmann brings to her leadership role a deep passion for the environment and a strong history of advocacy for the people of Maine. Lisa joined the NRCM team in 2000 as a member of the Board of Directors, later serving as board president. She has been the CEO since 2011. She has a Doctorate from the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. Lisa enjoys big-picture thinking and has a knack for engaging NRCM’s staff, board, and others in exploring opportunities and innovative ideas for protecting Maine’s beautiful environment. A resident of Jefferson, Lisa has had a lifelong love of the outdoors, and regularly kayaks, hikes, skis, and camps across Maine. Her favorite way to enjoy Maine is in a kayak or canoe on a river and has paddled the Allagash, Moose, Narraguagus, Kennebec, Penobscot, Sheepscot, Cobboseecontee Stream, St George, and East and West Branches of the Penobscot, and the lovely, marshy outlet streams of many Maine lakes.