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AUBURN — Auburn schools Superintendent Katy Grondin will be the guest speaker at the L-A Rotary Lunch Club Thursday, March 8, at The Village Inn, 165 High St.
Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director of Museum L-A, will be the group’s featured speaker Thursday, March 15.
Both lunches are from noon to 1 p.m. Reservations are not required for the March 8 talk, but are for the March 15 talk, which will be catered by Grant’s Bakery.
Grondin graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn in 1982 and attended the University of Southern Maine as an education major. She accepted a teaching position with Auburn in 1988, since then serving in several leadership roles before becoming superintendent in 2011. She was honored in 2007 as the National Distinguished Principal of the Year and represented the state of Maine in Washington D.C.
Understanding well the importance of engaging with the community to garner support for education, Grondin is member of the LA Metro Chamber Board and serves on the Education and Workforce Development Committee. She facilitates a business roundtable, connecting educators and business leaders, in order to collaborate about how to best educate students to be career and college ready after graduation.
Currently, the Auburn School Department is focused on its Vision 2020 goals and building a new Edward Little High School.
Desgrosseilliers earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from New Hampshire College and a master’s in hospital and health care administration from St. Louis University in St. Louis, Mo.
She is a co-founder of the Great Falls Balloon Festival; for the past 13 years, she has overseen the growth of Museum L-A, a museum of work and community that has received several awards from the museum field.
Museum L-A recently turned the corner from the economic downturn and is moving forward with new staff, new programs, new board members and new momentum. After updating the L-A Rotary Lunch Club on happenings and future direction for the museum, a special behind the scenes tour will be conducted. Desgrosseilliers serves on many local committees and task forces and has received numerous awards, including Auburn Citizen of the Year. She was inducted into the Franco Hall of Fame for the state for her work to preserve and enhance the history of Franco-Americans.
For reservations to the museum luncheon or more information on future Rotary speakers, contact Millhime at 207-713-7045 or email millhime@myfairpoint.net.
TOP PHOTO: Katy Grondin, Auburn schools superintendent. (Submitted photo)
