Staff & Board of Directors
STAFF
Kathleen Miller
Kathy Miller is the Executive Director of Mount Desert 365. She has a long history of experience with nonprofits on MDI and beyond, as both professional staff and volunteer board member. She grew up in Connecticut, spent ten years in Washington D.C., and has since lived on MDI. What started as a one summer commitment on MDI has become a lifetime choice. After short stays in Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Bernard, she and her family have lived in the Mount Desert village of Somesville for nearly 30 years.
Mollie Seyffer
Mollie Seyffer is the Operations Manager of Mount Desert 365. A Maine native, she was born and raised on the coast of Hancock County. After moving out of state and spending a number of years living and working in central Virginia, she and her two sons returned to Maine in the fall of 2012 and have been residing in Hancock since. Prior to joining Mount Desert 365, she worked as Lead Accounts Manager for a third party warehousing and logistics company where she focused on the development and maintenance of client relationships.
Board of directors
Rodney Eason
Rodney Eason is the CEO of the Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve, which actively shares the beauty of certain historic gardens and lands on Mount Desert Island. A North Carolina native, with a background in public gardens and landscape architecture, his career has gradually brought him north, with positions at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. Rodney and his wife Carrie love raising their four kids in Mount Desert, Maine.
Dan Falt
Dan Falt is a sculptor who lives and works in Northeast Harbor, Maine. During the off season, he sculpts wooden animals, travels the world, and ice skates.
H. Winston Holt IV
Winston Holt serves as President and Partner of Electron Capital Partners, a New York-based investment management fund which focuses on global infrastructure and utilities investing. Prior to joining Electron, Winston was a Partner at Maverick Capital (2000-2016) and a Managing Director at Tiger Management (1991-2000). Prior to that he worked at Commonfund (1986-1991) where he managed endowment portfolios for a number of US educational institutions. Winston has served on several boards including Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA), Part of the Solution (Bronx, NY), The Connecticut Challenge (Fairfield, CT) and College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME). Additionally, Winston is a Registered Maine Guide. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three daughters and divide their time between Darien, CT and Seal Harbor, Maine.
Phil Moriarty
Phil Moriarty is founder of the executive search consulting firm, Moriarty/Fox, where he currently serves as CEO assisting companies and nonprofit organizations in identifying and evaluating senior talent. He also founded and manages the consulting firm, Communications Initiatives, providing senior executives with tools to better manage personal and corporate growth. Phil earned both B. A. and M. A. degrees from Yale, where he served as Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions. Prior to joining the Board of Mount Desert 365, Phil served as Board Chair for College of the Atlantic. A long-time summer resident of Mount Desert, he has also held positions on the Boards of the Summer Residents Association, the Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music, and as President of the Harbor Club. Phil and his wife, Meredith, have three children and eight grandchildren. They have summered in Maine for 55 years.
Mitchell Rales
Mitchell Rales is Chairman of the Executive Committee and a co-founder of Danaher Corporation, a global science and technology innovator committed to helping customers solve complex challenges and improving quality of life around the world. He is also a director of Fortive Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of precision instrumentation and industrial technology products, and Chairman of the Board of Directors and co-founder of Colfax Corporation, a leading global manufacturing and engineering company providing gas and fluid handling and fabrication technology products and solutions. Mr. Rales serves as a trustee of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Mr. Rales and his wife Emily Wei Rales have established Glenstone, a not for profit museum located in Potomac, MD. Glenstone offers its visitors an opportunity to experience modern and contemporary art in a setting that seamlessly integrates art, architecture and landscape. The family divides their time between Potomac, MD, New York City and Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Steven Rales
Steven Rales is Chairman of the Board of Directors and a co-founder of Danaher Corporation, a global science and technology innovator committed to helping customers solve complex challenges and improving quality of life around the world. He is also a director of Fortive Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of precision instrumentation and industrial technology products, and a co-founder of Colfax Corporation, a leading global manufacturing and engineering company providing gas and fluid handling and fabrication technology products and solutions. Mr. Rales also founded Indian Paintbrush Productions, an independent film production company based in Santa Monica, CA, which brought to life such films as Jeff Who Lives at Home, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Mr. Rales and his wife Lalage divide their time between Santa Barbara, CA, New York City and Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Nadia Rosenthal, who spent her childhood summers on Sutton Island, is a global leader in the use of targeted mutagenesis in mice to investigate heart and muscle development, disease and repair, having established research institutes in Rome, London, and Melbourne, Australia. With a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Harvard Medical School, faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and Imperial College London, and honorary degrees from the Curie Institute in Paris and University of Amsterdam, she has returned to Mount Desert Island to continue her work with The Jackson Lab as the Scientific Director. She and her husband live in Seal Harbor and still spend their summers on Sutton’s.