Lisa Pohlmann, deputy director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, has been named executive director of the organization.

Pohlmann is replacing longtime executive director Brownie Carson, who is retiring at the end of the month after 26 years at the council.

Pohlmann served as the council’s board president before taking the deputy director’s job in 2008 to manage the 23-person staff. Before moving to the council, Pohlmann was an associate director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy.

The council is one of the oldest and largest environmental advocacy groups in the state. Founded in 1959, it has about 12,000 supporters.


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