Officers
President: Wayne Harvey
Recruiter II for Northern Light Health with a primary focus at Acadia Hospital
Wayne is one of the original founders of River City Athletics established in 2014, and has served as Board President since 2016. Wayne worked in the Bangor media market in both television and radio for 29 years before moving to Talent Acquisition at NLH, also served nearly 8 years as the North District Director for Soccer Maine, and served a three year term on the Maine Harness Racing Promotion Board, he has also been a licensed National Federation of High Schools soccer official for the last 5 years.
Vice-President: Ben Poland:
Chief Master Sergeant Maine Air National Guard – 101st Operations Group Senior Enlisted Leader.
Ben serves as the River City Vice President and is also the boys varsity soccer coach at Brewer High School, a coach and member of the Board of Directors of Brewer Soccer Club.
Secretary: Phil Turmelle
Teacher at Brewer High School
Phil is the Secretary of the RCA Board of Directors and is also the girls varsity soccer coach at Brewer High School and coaches with the Brewer travel soccer program on the youth level as well as coaches at RCA.
Treasurer: Kyla Harrison
Manager of Accounting – University of Maine Foundation
Kyla is the current Treasurer of River City Athletics and is a CPA with an MBA from the University of Maine and is a veteran of the US Marine Corps. Kyla is a licensed real estate agent with Realty of Maine.
Members
Registrar – Shelly Tennett
Chair of Teacher Education, Assistant Professor at Husson University
Shelly is the registrar for River City Athletics. Shelly has her doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of New England and spent 10 yeas as an elementary classroom teacher before becoming an adjunct instructor at both Husson University and the University of Maine.
Risk Management – Mark Faulkner
Director of Facilities at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, Bangor
Mark is the RCA Risk Manager and has spent his professional career caring for the vulnerable populations in our state and helping to care for those who can’t care for themselves and has been a foster parent and coach in the community.
Director At Large – Jessica Hosford
Development Officer at Husson University
Jessy came to our Board with the specific purpose of aiding in the fundraising efforts after spending more than 20 years in fundraising roles in higher education in Maine
Director At Large – Candy Grover
Accountant with Dysarts Service
Candy is the newest member of the RCA Board of Directors expected to assume the role of Board Treasurer in the future.
Non Voting Member
Executive Director / Director of Coaching – MJ Ball