Board of Directors

Bob Dunfey
Executive Director

Prior to ITNPortland, Bob owned and/or operated hotels, real estate development projects and a property management company. He served in the Clinton/Gore administration as Regional Administrator of General Services Administration for New England. He started his career in his family's company, Dunfey Hotels, now known as Omni Hotels.

Bob serves on the boards of directors for America's Charities in Chantilly, VA, Earth Share of New England in Boston, Avesta Housing in Portland, ME and Learning Works in Portland, ME. He also volunteers for several other community organizations or committees.

Bob is an endurance runner having completed over 100 marathons including 21 consecutive Boston Marathons as well as many ultra trail marathons with distances up to 100 miles.

Andrew J. Bernstein
Board Chair

Andy is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the University of Maine School of Law. During his 31 years as an attorney, he has worked for Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, at UNUM where he held numerous positions, including ChiefLlitigation Counsel, General Counsel to the Disability Benefits Organization, head of the anti-fraud department, and Vice President and head of the Disability Claim Appeals, Litigation Support, Training, and Audit Department. Following his departure from UNUM, he also was the General Counsel of Disability Reinsurance Management Services, Inc, a reinsurance intermediary. Andy's primary areas of expertise are litigation and trial practice, legal advisor to claims, appeals, underwriting, and management operations of insurance reinsurance companies, and social security disability claims. He has spoken at numerous insurance industry forums on a wide range of topics, including insurance litigation, fraud detection and prosecution, effective and fair claims practices, and social security disability claims. He currently represents claimants in Social Security disability cases.

In addition to his involvement with ITNPortland, Andy is a member of the Alumni Board at the University of Maine School of Law, and the Class Agent for his law school class of 1980. He is also a past president of the Board of Directors of Congregation Bet Ha'am.

Andy lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine with his wife Karla.

Rick Beaulieu
Board Member

Rick is the president of Springer's Jewelers; a retail jewelry store now in its fourth generation of family ownership. Springer's Jewelers was established in 1870 by George T. Springer. In 1925 Rick' s grandfather Edmond Beaulieu, Sr. took over the well established company. Today the business continues to thrive having added locations in Bath, Maine and Portsmouth NH. Springer's is a proud member of the American Gem Society an exclusive not for profit association that ensures its members adhere to ethical standards that not only comply with governing laws, but go beyond that, to ensure that you are buying from jewelers who have the knowledge and skill to help you make the most informed buying decision.

Rick is a graduate of Cheverus High School in Portland and was further educated at Sophia College in Japan, Regis College, Denver, CO. and received he's BA in Business Administration from Babson College. Rick is a member of the MS Society, The Cumberland Club, and The Woodlands Country Club.

Rick, his wife Nancy and his three children live in Portland and are avid supporters of many local charities including The Maine Chapter of the National MS Society, The Children's Museum of Maine, The Make a Wish Foundation and the local chapters of the Salvation Army.

Katherine Freund
Board Member

Katherine is the founder of the Independent Transportation Network®(ITN), and founder and President of ITNAmerica®. Katherine has a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy from the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She served on the Advisory Committee for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, as a National Transit Institute Fellow and has served for eleven years on the Transportation Research Board's Committee on the Safe Mobility of Seniors. She Chairs TRB's Joint Subcommittee on Transportation Options for Seniors. Recently, she became a member of the Maine Senior Driver Safety Coalition.

In February 2008, Katherine was featured in the Wall Street Journal as one of the "12 People Who Are Changing Your Retirement," and in September 2011 CNN featured Katherine in the "Breakthrough Women" series. In 2009 she was named as an AARP Inspire Award Honoree. Katherine received the 2006 Maxwell Pollack Award from the Gerontological Society of America, a 2006 award for Leadership in Innovative Enterprise Ideas from the Social Enterprise Alliance, the 2004 Archstone Award for Excellence in Program Innovation from the American Public Health Association, and the Giraffe Award for sticking her neck out for the common good.

Katherine has participated in more than 80 national and international panels and conference sessions on alternative transportation for older people. Katherine has been an invited speaker in Canada, Australia, Germany, Ireland, England, Switzerland and Taiwan. Katherine lives in Portland, Maine, and has two adult children.

Nan Sawyer
Board Member

Nan has been around a while so she has had the opportunity for a few experiences; After college lived in N.Y., raised 4 children, went back to school for a Masters in Ed. and taught elementary school children for a number of years. Returned to University for 2 more years and then moved to rural Maine. Began and directed the Special Services Dept. for a 6 town school district. Moved to Portland 20+ years ago. Developed several residential subdivisions and started work as a residential real estate broker. Still at it. Have been active in the community in several ways: helped to start a rural health center and later helped to create and support a cultural arts venue. Currently on the Board of Greater Portland Landmarks as well as I.T.N. Portland is a fine city that is experiencing many of the challenges of the times. . It's a privilege to live here, participate in the present and work towards next steps. I'm also incredibly fortunate to have 4 adult children and 7 grandkids all of whom - both generations - are healthy, involved, caring people.

Nathan Stewart
Board Member

Nathan Stewart has lived in Portland since January of 2010 and is eager to become part of the Community of Greater Portland. Nate was raised in Littleton, NH and Studied Business Management at Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont. After graduating from Johnson State, Nate began working for Fidelity Investments in Boston where he held a variety of positions and roles focusing on Financial Planning with a focus on Retirement Planning and Income Planning. Nate left Fidelity in the Fall of 2009 to move to Portland. He accepted a job at Merrill Lynch as a Financial Advisor which he did for about a year and a half. Recently, Nate joined the Team at KeyBank as a relationship manager in the Millcreek office in South Portland. Nate currently resides in Portland with his girlfriend Christina Gillies and their Black Lab Puppy, Piper.