Justin Strasburger, Executive Director
Justin Strasburger
Justin has deep roots in Maine’s outdoors, a profound love for the state’s pristine natural resources, and a fierce determination to protect the places we all love. He is passionate about advancing the unique role NRCM plays as a fearless watchdog for Maine’s environment and mobilizing the power of everyday people coming together to build a lasting legacy through policy and systems change.
A well-respected leader of impact-driven organizations, Justin has spent his career working to dismantle broken systems and structures, to ensure that opportunity exists for all, and not just the privileged.
Prior to NRCM, Justin served as the first Executive Director of Full Plates Full Potential, where he oversaw strategic growth in the organization’s mission and passage of a landmark food security law.
He received an AB in Government and Teaching from Bowdoin College and then spent nearly 15 years supporting students from low-income backgrounds to, and through, college first at Harlem Children’s Zone in New York City and then at Bottom Line in Boston. He is a graduate of the Institute for Nonprofit Practice program through Tufts University and earned an MS in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from Northeastern University. In late 2020, Justin followed his heart back to Maine, joining Full Plates in 2021 and then NRCM in 2026.
Justin’s commitment to NRCM’s mission is driven by deep personal roots in Maine’s outdoors. His years spent wilderness tripping at Camp Kieve in Nobleboro, time passed at his family’s remote camp near Jackman, and time as an Outing Club leader at Bowdoin helped shape the values he holds today.
Justin serves as Board President of the Maine Association of Nonprofits and previously was the Development Committee Chair at Teens to Trails.
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Doughing Me, Doughing You from Gelato Fiasco
