Carrie Ward
Administrative Associate
581-3743

Carrie Ward is the Administrative Associate for University Relations. She oversees matters pertaining to department activities, and serves as an intermediary to the Director on matters affecting the department. She has worked at UMaine since 1979, and in University Relations since 1988.

Kristen Andresen
Writer/Editor
581-3742

Kristen Andresen is a writer and editor for University Relations, where she is responsible for content in UMaine Today magazine and admissions publications. A Massachusetts native who grew up in southern Maine, Andresen graduated from the University of Maine journalism program in 1997. Before joining University Relations, Andresen spent 11 years at the Bangor Daily News, where she was an award-winning features writer and columnist. Since 2006, she has also worked as assistant editor of Inside Arts, a Washington, D.C.-based trade magazine for performing arts presenters. In her spare time, she serves on the executive board of the University of Maine Alumni Association, and she is a member of the President’s Task Force on Alumni Engagement.

Jessica Bloch
581-3777

Jessica Bloch is a News Writer in the Department of University Relations, where she produces news releases and content for UMaine Today magazine. A native of Reston, Va., Jessica has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Barnard College and a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to joining the University Relations staff, Jessica spent 13 years at the Bangor Daily News, where she won awards for her coverage of high school sports, news and visual art. Jessica volunteers with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and is also a Barnard College alumnae interviewer.

Jeannine Hashey
Administrative Assistant I
581-3758

Jeannine Hashey is the Administrative Assistant for University Relations. She came to the department in July 2000, after working in the Athletics Department from 1993-2000. Before that, she was a stay-at-home mom, raising eight children. As department secretary, Hashey creates and maintains an enormous catalogue of photographic images used in various print and Web publications university-wide. She also is responsible for photography scheduling, departmental billing and invoicing, retrieving and saving images in different formats, as well as greeting and directing callers and visitors.

Val Ireland
Manager of Creative Services
581-3754

Val Ireland is the Manager of Creative Services in University Relations. Ireland’s focus is on the creative implementation of visual identity for the university. Design projects range from print, multimedia and television to Web, display signage and a wide variety of miscellaneous projects involving visual communication. Ireland works closely with University Relations staff and the campus community to meet the institutional needs of the university. She also is a resource for outside vendors and licensees who need to meet the style guidelines maintained by the department. Ireland is one of three designers for UMaine Today, a magazine published every other month featuring creativity and achievement at the University of Maine. A Montana native, Ireland moved to Maine at the age of five and grew up in Deer Isle. After college, she and her family settled in Hampden. She has a bachelor’s degree in art from UMaine, and has worked for her alma mater since 1981.

Ron Lisnet
Manager of News Operations/Media Producer
581-3779

Ron Lisnet is the Manager of News Operations/Media Producer for University Relations. He is responsible for all aspects of video, audio and multimedia production for faculty, staff and student groups, as well as UMaine as a whole. Ron also is involved in planning, shooting and editing a variety of productions that are distributed to clients across campus, and the university’s website. In addition, he helps to coordinate the technical aspects of news conferences and events that happen on campus. Lisnet grew up in Westport, Conn. He has a forestry degree from the University of Maine and worked as sports director at WVII-TV in Bangor before coming to the university.

George Manlove
University Relations Writer
581-3756

George Manlove is the News Writer for University Relations, and contributes articles and news releases to UMaine Today Online, the Inside UMaine employee newsletter and other university-based publications. His areas of concentration include noteworthy activities and accomplishments of faculty, staff and students in the colleges of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Business, Public Policy & Health. An Old Town native, Manlove holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of New Hampshire. He is a former daily newspaper reporter and editor, has maintained a public relations practice, and was founder, editor and publisher of the Augusta, Maine-based Kennebec Business Monthly newspaper until joining the UMaine community in January 2004.

Mike Mardosa
Senior Designer
581-3752

Michael Mardosa is a Senior Designer in University Relations. In his position, he works on the visual aspects of communications media (mostly print). He is a Maine native—raised and educated—and he considers himself a Maine chauvinist. Prior work experience includes freelance advertising, Public Television production, and installing gravestones.

Caroline Moore
Web Specialist
581-3721

Caroline Moore is responsible for the design and maintenance of multiple University of Maine websites, and is the primary tech support contact at the campus Web Office. She has worked at UMaine as a student employee since 2001, and in a professional capacity at University Relations since May 2006. A native of northern Maine, she graduated from UMaine in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in New Media.

Margaret Nagle
Managing Editor
581-3745

Margaret Nagle is Managing Editor of UMaine Today, a quarterly magazine distributed nationwide that highlights creativity and achievement at the University of Maine. Nagle has overall responsibility for the magazine’s content, both in print and online. A New York native, Nagle has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in education from the University of Maine. A former newspaper reporter, Nagle has been a member of the staff since 1985.

Carol Nichols
Senior Designer
581-3753

Carol Nichols is a Senior Designer in University Relations. Responsibilities include publication design, display design, and PowerPoint presentations. Nichols grew up in Old Town and graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle. She worked as an art teacher in Aroostook County, and a publication/broadcast designer for Maine Public Broadcasting and WLBZ in Bangor before coming to UMaine in 1979.

Christopher Smith
Manager of Electronic Communications
581-3744

Christopher Smith is UMaine’s Manager of Electronic Communications. He oversees the management of UMaine’s websites, including the university’s top-level site, UMaine.edu, and he also contributes to the content and publication of a number of department websites–the University Relations websites, the President’s website, UMaine Today Online, UMaine Today magazine and Inside UMaine.  A Maine native with degrees from UMaine in English and business, Smith has worked in UMaine’s Department of University Relations since 1993. For 15 years, he was the film critic for the Bangor Daily News.