Snow Pond Executive Director, ext. 204

For 80 years, John’s family has had the privilege of being the stewards of this magical place known as Snow Pond Center for the Arts. As the Director of Snow Pond for the last 8 years, John is the visionary and entrepreneur that has turned Snow Pond from a summer camp to a year-round arts education facility. He has successfully produced notable improvements to learning and education in central Maine by working with local organizations, businesses and civic/community leaders.

Prior to 2007, John spent 30 years in-group disability insurance making revolutionary improvements in how the disability insurance companies provided benefits and services to employers and their employees. From 1985-1996, John worked for Hartford Life, growing the annual premiums from $40 million to almost $1 billion. In 1996 John founded a full service disability reinsurance company and grew premiums to $350 million and managed claim revenues of over $1 billion.