Scholars Speak: A Podcast of the Mitchell Institute

Scholars Speak Podcast with Mitchell Scholar Adam Fortier-Brown

In the latest episode of the Scholars Speak podcast, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Adam Fortier-Brown, the 2015 Mitchell Scholar from Gardiner Area High School. Listen up as Fortier-Brown, who graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Economics and Political Science, shares insights on how his internships in the Office of U.S. Senator Susan Collins and with the Cohen Group led to serving as Government Relations Manager for the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas (where he helped pass the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020, the largest U.S. conservation project since the Eisenhower era) and now as a Senior Consultant for Deloitte (where his clients include the U.S. Department of the Navy at the Secretary level). Throughout his career, Fortier-Brown says he has been guided by answering a single question he asks himself: “How can my work improve the place I love, which is Maine?”

 

Scholars Speak Podcast with Mitchell Scholar Henry Beck

In the latest episode of the Scholars Speak podcast, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Henry Beck, the 2005 Scholar from Waterville High School and now Treasurer for the State of Maine. Listen up as Beck, who graduated from Colby College with a degree in Government, shares insights on how he was elected to the Waterville City Council during his first year of college and the Maine Legislature during his senior year of college, as well as why he earned a J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law and why he chose to return to a career in public service after years in private practice. 

 

Scholars Speak Podcast with Mitchell Scholar Amarinda Keys

The Mitchell Institute podcast, “Scholars Speak,” is back in 2023! In the first episode of the new year, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Amarinda Keys, the 2010 Scholar from Noble High School, Executive Director of the Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine — and, at the time of her appointment — the youngest executive director of a children’s museum in the world! Listen up as Keys, who graduated from Colby with a degree in Sociology, shares insights on how she leveraged internships at children’s museums in New Hampshire and Pittsburg into a career and why it’s important to “take the time when you’re in school to explore what’s of interest to you outside the classroom.” Learn more about the Children's Discovery Museum of Central Maine: https://www.childrensdiscoverymuseum.org/

Scholars Speak Podcast with Mitchell Scholar Keri Lyle

In this next installment of the Mitchell Institute podcast Scholars Speak, Host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Keri Lyle, the 2002 Scholar from Massabesic High School. Listen up as Lyle, a UMaine graduate with a degree in Communications, shares insights on running the executive coaching program at Google, founding the Maine-based career and leadership coaching firm Birch Collaborative (https://birchcollaborative.com/), and why it’s important to “have a plan, hold it loosely, and let yourself pivot when it feels right.”

Scholars Speak Podcast with Mitchell Scholar Charis Loveland

In this next installment of the Mitchell Institute podcast Scholars Speak, Host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Charis Loveland, the 1998 Scholar from Bonny Eagle High School. Listen up as Loveland, a 2002 graduate of Bates College with a degree in English, shares insights on her path to becoming the Global Program Manager at Amazon Web Services (specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning), why she believes emotional intelligence is the key to gaining personal and professional success, and why doing “hard things” is essential to developing confidence. And for those seeking more information on Daniel Goleman’s book “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ,” here’s the link: https://www.danielgoleman.info/

Scholars Speak Podcast with Mitchell Scholar Emma Kemp

In this next installment of the Mitchell Institute podcast Scholars Speak, Host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Emma Kemp, the 2016 Scholar from Traip Academy in Kittery. Listen up as Kemp, a 2020 graduate of Smith College, shares insights on how she came to attend a historically women’s college, how the Mitchell Scholars there helped her realize a strong sense of community, how a Fellowship from the Mitchell Institute helped support a study-abroad experience in Ireland, and how she landed her dream job as an Account Executive at Pace Public Relations in New York City.

Scholars Speak Podcast with Mitchell Scholar Andy Estrada

In this next installment of the Mitchell Institute podcast Scholars Speak, Host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Andrew Estrada, the 2008 Scholar from Hall-Dale High School. Listen up as Estrada, a 2012 Government and Religious Studies graduate of Colby College, shares insights from a career path that includes interning at the White House, working on a Presidential campaign, serving as Deputy Press Secretary for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, and supporting the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle as Senior Communications Officer.

Scholars Speak Podcast with Mitchell Scholar Christina Lemieux

In this next installment of the Mitchell Institute podcast Scholars Speak, Host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Christina Lemieux, the 1995 Scholar from Washington Academy. Listen up as Lemieux, the author of “How to Catch a Lobster in Down East Maine” and London-based Planning Director at the global advertising agency Leo Burnett Worldwide, shares insights from growing up in Cutler, Maine, working as a sternman on a lobster boat at the age of 10, finding her path at Colby College, and “believing in the beauty of your dreams even if they are a bit different from those of people around you.”