Our Team

CO-FOUNDER

Diana Dubea

FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR

Gervaise Flynn

DEMENTIA CONSULTANT

Susan Raychard,

MOTR/L, CDP, PAC Independent Trainer

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & FOUNDER

Sally Tartre

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Marie Marchitelli

LOSS & GRIEF THERAPIST

Elizabeth Straka, PhD

Our Board

Jackie comes to us as a retired Marketing and Development Executive.  She has been involved with A Place To Start for several years now and has been a very large helping hand to our previous fundraising events such as A Night To Remember (known in the past as “Big Night Out”)

We are happy to have her on our team!

Jackie Muse

Kristin has been a resident of Kennebunk for 32 years. She and her husband raised two children, both of whom are graduates of the Kennebunk school system. During that time, she volunteered with the Education Foundation of the Kennebunks and Arundel for 11 years. Kristin’s mother, Donna, passed from Alzheimer’s in 2013. Kristin is motivated to make meaningful contributions to A Place to Start in honor of her mom and other dear family members.

Kristin Brigham

Amy grew up in Northern New Hampshire and spent summers vacationing in Maine. She eventually moved to Maine for college and never left, raising her family right here in Kennebunk!  Amy currently works as a self-employed massage therapist but has spent the last 10 years in a caregiving role working as a caregiver and med tech at Huntington Common and later working as a private caregiver to a few local families.  She comes to us with experience and compassion for the aging population and especially those living with Alzheimer's.

When she is not working, she is usually found on the sidelines of a basketball court as both of her sons are basketball gym rats :)

Amy Cross

Sean Shambo

Shawn Shambo is a 30 year veteran Occupational Therapist who holds licenses in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.  Much of Shawn’s experience over the past 30 years has been in geriatrics and dementia.  Currently, Shawn holds the head chair position for Maine’s Alzheimer’s Association / Portland Walk Committee.  Shawn owns Assisted Living Locators and works as a specialized Senior Care Advisor helping seniors and their families find the best fit in Memory Care, Assisted and Independent living.