Gordon joined our Board in 2021, exactly 30 years after he and Sheila purchased their home on Seal Cove in South Bristol. But their roots in Maine go deeper. As a child, Sheila visited her grandparents’ property on North Haven Island so she always has had a sense of the area’s beauty. After Gordon graduated with a Ph.D. in Education from the University of California in 1976, they moved first to Kennebunk and later to Cape Elizabeth where he taught at Nasson College and then the University of Southern Maine in Gorham.
Gordon retired in 2021 after 31 years as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of a software company, which during that time grew from 25 to 7,500 employees. He continues to advise Executive Officers of nonprofit organizations and chairs the board of KCLU, a public radio station. Sheila and Gordon divide their time between Maine and California, where they can be 2700 miles closer to their two daughters and their partners, and four grandchildren.
