Speakers

Committees will work on current initiatives.

Bob Stone is a resident of Auburn.  Stone is a former Auburn City Councilor and currently is serving his 2nd six-year term as a Trustee of the Maine Turnpike Authority where he is Vice Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee.  He has served on the Auburn-Lewiston Airport Board of Directors and the Project Committee studying the expansion of passenger rail service to Lewiston and Auburn. Bob is a retired career banker, with over four decades of bank senior management experience.

Slim Andrews, born Leonard Andrews Huntington, Jr. on June 14, 1931, is a Maine country music artist with seven decades of performing at the local and regional levels. He began his music career in 1942 at the age of eleven when he won a talent contest at the Community Theater in New Auburn, ME. He got his first guitar at this time and spent 75 years of his life entertaining throughout the South and Northeast.

In 2017 at the age of 86, Slim Andrews set an all time airplay record for a Maine country music artist. In addition to that, he also set a record for chart appearances by a Maine country music artist on the International Mainstream Country Music Charts.

Slim is, and continues to be, the Chairman of the Induction Committee for the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame. He also serves on the Board of Directors for this organization. He continues to be a major spokesperson for the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame Museum which he helped to establish. The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame Museum is one of only a few museums of this nature in the entire country.

Committees will work on current initiatives.

Our club will get to learn a little something about new member Heritier Nosso.

Erin Pendexter Stone is a registered nurse caring for Maine’s older adult,
chronically ill population with a vision to create a culture where talking about dying
is a shared value and end of life care honors individual’s preferences, goals and
values. She is a recipient of a Pollination Project seed grant and is a certified
advance care planning facilitator.
Erin is the founder of NursingWise, a tiny nurse led non-profit with a mission to
bring nursing wisdom to our communities by providing advance care planning
sessions in public venues to facilitate open, honest discussions and assist in
completing advance care documents.
Erin graduated in 2000 from Central Maine Medical Center’s School of Nursing,
2003 from the University of Southern Maine with her BSN and in December 2018
from University of Maine with her MSN. She is employed by Central Maine
Medical Center and the University of Southern Maine and is the Coordinator of the
New Gloucester Food Pantry.

Scott Boucher resides in Bangor, Maine with his wife Dena and their daughter Claire.  He graduated Cum Laude of the University of Maine at Presque Isle with a degree in Business Management.  He is the owner of Barresi Financial, Inc., a financial service firm that focuses on retirement planning, personal insurance, and employee benefits.  Scott works with over 200 employers throughout Maine developing employee benefit packages for their businesses.

Scott joined the Rotary Club of Bangor, Maine back in 2006.  He has served as the Foundation Chair, Club Secretary and was the Club President during the 2012-2013 club year.  Following his presidency, Scott assumed the role of Assistant Governor for Area 9 for three years.  Currently Scott serves as District 7790 Assistant Governor Coordinator for the Maine clubs.  He also currently sits on the District Foundation Committee as the Polio Plus Chair for the Maine side of District 7790.  Over the past several years Scott has also served as part of the District Training Team helping President Elects across Maine prepare for their upcoming club years.

Outside of Rotary, Scott is also an active member in the Masons and the Anah Shrine.  As a former patient of the Shrine Hospitals, Scott grew an appreciation for the amazing work the Shriners provide to children in need.  He serves as Scooter the Clown, visiting hospitals and fundraisers to support the mission of the Shriners.