BRUNSWICK

Trendy Stanchfield is the new executive director for the Coastal Humane Society and Lincoln County Animal Shelter.

She was named to the position by the shelter system’s board of directors. The former executive director, Joe Montisano, left the organization in August to become director of the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota.

Since Montisano’s departure, board Vice President Dorothy Wentworth has volunteered as interim director and assisted with the search for a permanent leader.

“We are delighted to welcome Trendy,” Wentworth said, “and we know that she is just the right person to lead Coastal Humane and Lincoln County as we grow and provide even better services to the animals in our communities.

“I have worked closely with Trendy on special events through Goodwill,” she added, “so I can attest to her collaborative leader- ship style, her impressive energy and enthusiasm.”

Stanchfield has recently served Goodwill Northern New England as senior director of mission investment and communication, where she oversaw donor cultivation and stewardship, managed a three-state volunteer program, developed a major gifts program, directed special events and created the Goodwill Veterans’ Fund. Prior to moving to Maine, she held regional director positions with the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Minneapolis, where she managed fundraising offices in a multi-state area, developing community programs and serving as media liaison in a vast market area.

Stanchfield is a graduate of the University of North Dakota, and lives in Brunswick with her husband, Phil, and two young sons.

In early December, she adopted Ermie, a 9-year-old tuxedo cat, at the shelter’s Range Road facility.

“I’m excited to join the Coastal Humane Society and Lincoln County Animal Shelter as executive director,” Stanchfield said. “This organization has a great reputation, does important work in a part of the state that I love, and recently introduced my family to a spunky 9-year-old tuxedo cat named Ermie, whom we adopted.”

She added that she looks forward to helping lead the organization into the future.

“The board of directors, staff and volunteers have created strong programming that we can all be proud of,” she said.

Stanchfield assumes her new role on Jan. 2, 2018.

A little background

• TRENDY STANCHFIELD recently served with Goodwill Northern New England as senior director of mission investment and communication.

• SHE IS A GRADUATE of the University of North Dakota, and lives in Brunswick with her husband, Phil, and two young sons.