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<\/a>\nMaine Politics
\nA discussion featuring Speaker of the Maine House, Sara Gideon (D-Freeport), and State Senator, Roger Katz (R-Augusta)
\nAn opportunity to ask questions on current social, economic, and political issues facing the State of Maine from representatives from both sides of the isle.<\/p>\n
Moderated by Jack Lucy ’17 and Marisa O’Toole ’17
\nSponsored by the Bowdoin Republicans and Bowdoin Democrats.<\/p>\n
This event is open to Bowdoin students, faculty and staff only.<\/p>\n
<\/b>Roger Katz (R-Augusta)\u00a0<\/u>
\nServes Augusta, China, Oakland, Sidney and Vassalboro in the Maine State Senate. Has served in the Senate since 2010 following two terms as the Mayor of Augusta. Katz serves on the Appropriations Committee and as Chair of the Government Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n
Katz is a longtime activist in his community serving in leadership capacities with such organizations as United Way, Kennebec Valley YMCA, Team Cony, the Augusta Charter Commission and the Augusta Bicentennial Celebration. Has received number awards for his work within the community including the \u00e2\u0080\u009cBusiness Person of the Year\u00e2\u0080\u009d award from the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n
A veteran attorney, Katz is a senior partner in the Augusta firm of Lipman & Katz, is a former president of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and has been named one of the \u00e2\u0080\u009cOutstanding Lawyers in America.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Katz resides in Augusta with his wife, Birdie Newman Katz, and they are the proud parents of two adult children, Jonathan and Shari.<\/p>\n
Sara Gideon (D-Freeport)<\/u>
\nIs serving her first term as Speaker of the House and third term in the Maine House of Representatives, representing the towns of Freeport and Pownal. As Speaker of the House, she is responsible for presiding over all actions of the House of Representatives.
\nHer community service, including hours in the RSU 5 schools, on the Town Council and on the boards of the Freeport Community Services and the Freeport Economic Development Corporation, is a major inspiration behind her public service career. Her desire to positively impact the lives of children and empower women and working families is why she ran for office.<\/p>\n
Speaker Gideon graduated from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She spent her professional career as an advertising account executive for a nationally renowned newspaper. Her father is a pediatrician who immigrated to America from India. Her mother is also a first-generation American, whose parents immigrated from Armenia.
\nShe lives in Freeport, with her husband Ben and their three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maine Politics: A discussion featuring Speaker of the Maine House, Sara Gideon (D-Freeport), and State Senator, Roger Katz (R-Augusta) April 3, 2017 | 7:30\u00a0PM\u00a0\u2013\u00a09:00\u00a0PM | Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium Maine Politics A discussion featuring Speaker of the Maine House, … Continue reading