Our Team
Meet Our Staff
Bre Kidman
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Executive Director
Bre Danvers-Kidman (they/them) is a white, queer, disabled artist, activist, attorney, and survivor who became the first openly nonbinary person in history to run for US Senate in 2020. Bre joined MTN in 2023, bringing years of local organizing and advocacy experience with them. They enjoy performance art, boogie boarding, making friends with unexpected people, and spending time with their spouse (Andie) and cat (Andy).
Maya Williams
Community Care Program Coordinator
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Maya Williams is a religious Black multiracial non-binary writer and suicide survivor based out of Portland, Maine. She moved to Maine from North Carolina in 2017 to get her Masters in Social Work with a Certificate in Applied Arts and Social Justice from the University of New England. They have worked in social justice/educational programming, poetry, storytelling, literature, and theater with organizations such as Maine Inside Out, EqualityMaine, Speak About It, Maine Humanities Council, Indigo Arts Alliance, and more.
Kai Cardinal
Thrift Store Manager—Safe Combinations
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Kai Cardinal is a white, queer, polyamorous, agender, chef, butcher, and mental health advocate. Kai joins the MTN staff after years of dedicated support group facilitation and participation in our community. Kai spent most of the last decade working in food service in the Greater Portland Area as a cook and chef, and for the last five years, as a butcher and manager at their family's store, Legion Square Market, in South Portland. Kai brings a love of community building and a knack for hospitality (and feeding people) to our thrift shop. They are especially excited about working in an anti-capitalist environment, where they get to support the broader work of MTN and break down financial barriers to queer joy. They currently reside in Central Maine with their spouse, Hazel—another familiar face at MTN.
Kris Pitts
Community Outreach and Operations
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Kris is a white, queer, genderqueer advocate and community builder currently residing on unceded Wabanaki territory. Kris is an educator and social worker by training and has served nonprofits advancing work across spaces including those focused on LGBTQIA2S+ causes, social justice movements, supporting young leaders, primary prevention and crisis intervention efforts related to all forms of human trafficking, exploitation, and interpersonal violence, and experiences of being underhoused or unhoused. Kris loves reading, cosplay, dinosaurs, coffee, kayaking, gaming, hiking, and especially the two best pups in the world, Moxie and Cricket!
Micaela Cassily
Special Projects Manager
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Micaela has worked most of her career, over 30 years, as a software engineer. She led project teams in the development of software products, winning awards at trade shows. She has worked for large companies, and she has been a principle in the formation of new startup companies. Micaela also has an extensive training background, having been a high school teacher for 3 years and an adjunct professor at an engineering university. She has also worked for several years as an instructor in tax law. Micaela has been a facilitator at MTN since 2019, and lives with her spouse on the southern seacoast.
Sedum Jackson
Youth Programs Coordinator and Training Program Assistant
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Sedum Jackson is a 20 something year old white queer forager, gardener, oversharer, and big fan of winter squash. They were raised on potlucks and knitting circles in central Maine. Sedum spent two semesters teaching with and learning about self directed nature based education through White Ash Learning Cooperative's mentor in training program. They started MaineTransNet's youth program in fall of 2020 as an organized yet chaotic volunteer. They utilize that chaos as our Youth Programs Coordinator and the organization as our Training Program Assistant. They reside on unceded Wabanaki territory otherwise known as Bangor, Maine with their two tortoises Nettle and Isabella.
Meet Our Steering Committee
Tyler Duval
Chair
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April Duval
Secretary
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April Duval is the Secretary for MTN, has served four years in this role and began another two year term September of 2022. Activism through service is a core component of her life, and she spent multiple years before and during her time at MTN volunteering with Planned Parenthood, working to reduce the stigmas affecting access to reproductive healthcare. She is a member of MTN's Rural Caucus and Chair of the the Capacity Team. Outside of attending college in Vermont to study Psychology with a focus in the Neurobiology of PTSD, she has lived in Maine her entire life and currently lives in the foothills of the Western mountains with her husband Tyler. Her free time is largely spent honing her gardening skills, playing guitar and singing, or hanging out with her pets and chickens but she is also always ready to catch up with a friend over coffee or go explore a fun waterfall together. Spending so much of her life as a queer person in rural communities has deeply informed the passion, importance, purpose, respect and drive to contribute to the life saving and life changing work that MTN does, and she is honored and grateful to be able to serve and support the trans community in this work.
Jem Hodsdon
Work Team Coordinator
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Jem Hodsdon is a civil servant who loves being outdoors, gluten free baking, houseplants, and competitive arm wrestling in a glam metal costume. They were once called “an essential member of your zombie apocalypse survival team.” They live in Central Maine.
Christine
Treasurer
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Christine grew up in the military, and lived in Germany for eight years. Attended UMass Amherst and USM. Served in the Marines for eight years. After ten years in business management, switched careers to teaching history and government in high school, for 24 years. Love hiking, gardening, LOTS of reading, TTRPG and historical simulations. Volunteer at MaineTransNet.
Aspen
At-Large: MQH & Reproductive Freedom
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Aspen is a Community Engagement Coordinator. In their work, they are particularly passionate about LGBTQIA+ health, sexual and reproductive health, abortion access, and the intersection of all three. Aspen is an avid gardener.