Board of Directors
President
Anna Phillips
Anna Phillips is the coordinator for the Greater Bangor Area Street Pastors, does pet sitting and house help for a few people in the Bangor area, and helps homeschool her two nephews. Her undergraduate degree was in Forensic Archaeology (a combination of chemistry and classics), and she has a graduate degree in Bible History and Geography. She is adjunct faculty at New England Bible College & Grace Evangelical Seminary for a Biblical Context class. Her hobbies include keeping backyard poultry and traveling, but mostly being still at home and reading.
Secretary
Emilie Bronson Blair
Growing up in Bangor, Emilie was raised with a pride for our city and state. Her family roots of community service run deep in Bangor. Emilie has worked with the Bangor Y and served as volunteer staff for their Leaders School summer camp program for many years. While in college, she participated in numerous community service efforts including Habitat for Humanity.
Emilie's professional background is extensive in marketing and customer service. She obtained her B.S. in Music Industry and Business Administration from Northeastern University. After several years as an Events Manager, she became a Marketing Specialist at a well-known Maine outdoors company. She now works as a REALTOR®️ in the Bangor market while currently serving the Greater Bangor Association of Realtors as Vice President, a member of the steering committee for the groups Young Professionals Network, chairperson for both the education and DEI committees.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, crocheting, walking and listening to podcasts. She is also a licensed Zumba Instructor. Emilie, her husband, and their children reside in Bangor.
Treasurer
Kim Boucher
Kim has passion for expanding the common good throughout the greater Bangor area. She avidly shows her commitment to serving her community through volunteering, board service, and even spearheading and managing a local Gifting with Gratitude group. Kim worked with local nonprofits for more than a decade prior to becoming the philanthropy officer at Northern Light where she puts her eye for financial detail to use. As a busy professional, mother, wife, and volunteer, she works hard to be a force for change to ensure everyone has the resources they need to thrive.
Board Member
Janet Jonas
Janet returned to Bangor in 2022 and immediately connected with local nonprofits dedicated to improving opportunity in the City. Janet’s a UMaine grad with three decades of experience in pulp and paper manufacturing, public education, disaster recovery, planning, and community development. Janet joined Dignity First as a volunteer feeding Bangor’s neediest neighbors. Her passion and skills aligned with our mission and she joined our Board in 2025. She brings strong project and construction management, grant writing, and federal grant management skills to our team. Concurrently, Janet serves Bangor residents as Vice-Chair of the City’s Planning Board and as Secretary for the Penobscot Valley Senior College. Janet’s extended family, including her spouse, aged parents, adult children, grandlittle, and ginger beast Lilly split time between their home in the Bangor ‘teenth streets, Virginia and North Carolina, and a couple of camps in Nowhere, Maine.
Board Member
Sarah Kincaid
Sarah has been studying solutions to homelessness for several years. While pursuing a Masters of Social Work degree at the University of New England, she has researched effective ways to provide stable housing that not only improves the lives of individuals, but also strengthens the whole community. Before pursuing her MSW, she was an elementary school teacher. She also has several years of experience working in the mental health field with children, teens, and adults who have experienced trauma, substance use disorders, and homelessness. She provided volunteer reading and math tutoring in schools and ran an inner-city volunteer program to provide after-school tutoring and snacks to children in an impoverished area. She spent time living and working in indigenous communities in Alaska before returning to her home state of Maine. She loves backpacking, growing food, kayaking, sharing adventures with her family, and trying to knit recognizable things. She believes that everyone should have a home.
Board Member
Joyce Mallory
Throughout her life, Joyce has found ways to work for social justice and democracy. She has
participated in community service wherever she has lived, including organizing, and
volunteering.
Recently, Joyce has worked for the Democratic party, the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership
Institute, Hope for the Homeless, and Dignity First. Last year, she and her husband volunteered in schools in the small fishing village of Chacala, Mexico. Joyce continues to find ways to connect and learn from others, and explore ways that people can thrive.
Joyce lives in Bangor and writes educational materials; her professional endeavors have also
included teaching in public schools, opening a Montessori school, a restaurant, and a women’s
clothing store, Sea of Cotton, in Bar Harbor and Bangor. She is a person with diverse interests and welcomes the opportunity to use her background and skill set.
In her spare time, Joyce enjoys spending time with her eight grandchildren, camping, reading,
knitting, and taking care of her horse, Sweet William, with her oldest granddaughter.
Board Member
Joe Simpson
Joe is a Maine native with a deep commitment to community service and advocacy for vulnerable populations. He has been actively involved in volunteer work for many years, including serving as a wish granter with Make-A-Wish Maine and as a founding board member of Bangor Area Street Pastors, where he helped support outreach efforts to individuals experiencing hardship in the Bangor region.
Joe regularly participates in local and international mission work through his church community at All Souls Church, reflecting his strong belief in service, compassion, and hands-on engagement.
He is especially passionate about addressing homelessness in the Bangor area. Joe is dedicated to helping create safe, stable communities that provide individuals experiencing homelessness with pathways to permanent housing, dignity, and the opportunity to build meaningful, self-sustaining lives.
Professionally, Joe is a licensed real estate agent in both Maine and Florida, bringing practical expertise in housing, property, and community development to his volunteer and
board work. He divides his time between Bangor, Maine, and The Villages, Florida, with his wife, Tracy, and their Maltipoo, Murphy.