Neil Rolde
Former 16 year member of the Maine State Legislature
Mr. Rolde served for 16 years as a member of the Maine House of Representative and 6 years as assistant to Governor Kenneth Curtis. In 1990, Neil was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine. Neil has served on the following governmental committees: Maine Health Care Reform Commission; Maine Children’s Health Care Task Force, Laptop Learning Task Force, Maine Arts Commission and the Maine Humanities Council.
He has also served with the following private, non-profit endeavors: former Trustee, University of New England (from which he received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters); Former Board Chair, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; Former Chair, SALT Institute; Former Chair, Maine Public Broadcasting Network; Trustee, York County Shelters; Trustee, National Tropical Botanical Garden (Hawaii); Former Trustee, Heller Graduate School of Social Work, Brandeis University; former Trustee Maine Audubon Society; former trustee, National Resources Council of Maine; Member President’s Circle; National Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.). He is the author of 11 published books and received an award from the Maine Historical Society for one of them, “The Baxters of Maine.”
Married for 47 years to the former Carlotta Florsheim of Kew Gardens, N.Y., the Roldes have 4 daughters and 8 grandchildren.