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Maine Sports Commission names board member as group's next chair

By Alexis Wells

The Maine Sports Commission has appointed Linsey MacDougall as its new board chair.

MacDougall has served on the Maine Sports Commission’s board of directors since 2021. She will succeed, Russell Walters, who has chaired the group for 13 years and will maintain a seat on the board of directors.

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Linsey MacDougall

“Linsey’s service on our board, along with the incredible breadth and depth of her experience in marketing, tourism and the nonprofit community, makes her an ideal candidate to help steer Maine Sports Commission into the future,” said Sheila Brennan Nee, strategic director for Maine Sports Commission.

“Russell Walters has done an outstanding job of guiding our team to where we are today. It’s exciting to have Linsey at the helm, helping chart our future course in sports tourism," she added.

MacDougall is the director of development and operations at the Maine Justice Foundation, an Augusta-based nonprofit dedicated to ensuring access to civil justice for low-income and vulnerable Mainers.

She previously served as director of group marketing at Visit Portland, which boosts the region as a destination for tourism, meetings, conventions and events.

In addition, she served as the inaugural director of sales for the Maine Mariners hockey team.

MacDougall earned her bachelor's degree in technical theater, theater design and technology from Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire and her master's in arts administration from Boston University.

“Sports have a unique power to connect people, strengthen communities, and create significant economic impact. That’s clear in Maine, where year-round settings and passionate communities make our state a standout destination,” said MacDougall. “I am honored to help guide the Maine Sports Commission to build on its success and continue to position our state as a premier destination for world-class events, which fuel our local economy.”

The Maine Sports Commission is a nonprofit that promotes sports tourism and active lifestyles.

Sporting events contributed an estimated $155.6 million to the Maine economy and attracted over 253,000 out-of-state visitors in 2019, according to a study by the University of Southern Maine’s Center for Business and Economic Research.

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