Ron Bonnevie, M.Ed
Instructor
UMF Ski Industries Program
Head of Coaches Education,
Department of Community Health and Recreation

(207) 778-7386
ron.bonnevie@maine.edu

Master of Science
Physical Education with a minor in French
State University of New York, Cortland.

Bachelor of Arts
Interdisciplinary Health, Physical Education and French
University of Maine Farmington

Internationally Certified Coach
United States Ski and Snowboard Association.

Level II Alpine Certified
Professional Ski Instructors of America

Ron has more than 20 years of coaching experience from across New England to California. Prior to coming to UMF in 1999, Ron coached for nine years at the Green Mountain Valley School in Sugarbush, VT. Ron, is a FIS Technical Delegate, fluent in French, runs a junior summer ski camp in France, and is heavily involved in junior ski racing development around the State of Maine and New England. In his spare time, Mr. Bonnevie enjoys outdoor recreation, street and off road motorcycling, racket sports (squash), traveling, and playing the drums.

Denise Boothby, RN
Instructor
Department of Community Health and Recreation

(207) 778-7110
denise.higgins@maine.edu

Bachelor of Science
Nursing
University of Massachusetts, Boston

Denise Boothby is a registered nurse. She is currently an instructor for Health Promotion and Wellness, Individualized Exercise and Introductory Nutrition. She has a BSN from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and has had a wide variety of healthcare experiences in her 12-year nursing career, including medical/surgical and ICU nursing, healthcare administration, health promotion program development, and most recently worksite wellness. She is currently working on a Master's Degree in Nursing at University of Maine Orono. In her spare time Denise enjoys reading and playing outside with her two young children.

Leigh Breidenbach is a UMF alumni. After leaving Farmington, she continued to work in the ski industries as a full-time ski teacher and technical trainer; volunteer staff trainer for Maine Handicapped Skiing; contributing writer for a wide range of snowsports publication and as an associate rep in New England for several skiwear companies. In 1985 while working for Rik Dow and the Mt. Abram ski school, she developed A Woman's Turn program which moved to Sunday River and Sugarloaf USA, where it still continues to this day. She returned to UMF and the Ski Industries Program in 1990 and took over as program director in 1999. Leigh teaches classes in theory and methods of ski teaching and coaching, snowsports business and athletic management. Her areas of expertise include movement analysis, ski boot fitting and alignment, women's equipment, programming for children, adult learning, learning preferences and multiple intelligences. In her spare time Leigh enjoys windsurfing, kayaking, hiking, gardening, cooking and providing daycare for her many canine friends.

Areas of expertise: Emergency medicine; instructor certification in emergency medical services; national ski patrol; national safety council

Dr. Bryant's academic areas of expertise include application of service learning projects in program planning, teaching human sexuality, and curriculum planning for the BS Degree in Community Health. In her spare time, Dr. Bryant enjoys training horses, physical fitness, and spending time with her husband, Ken and her children, Kenny and Sarita.

Dr. J. Dennis Kamholtz
Professor of Health Education
Chairperson of the Department of Community Health and Recreation

(207) 778-7098
kamholtz@maine.edu

Doctor of Education
University of BuffaloMaster of Science
State University of New York, Brockport

Bachelor of Science
State University of New York, Brockport

In addition to serving as department chair, Dr. Kamholtz administers the field component of the B.S. Degree in Community Health including the required practicum and internship. His research interests are in the areas of the mind/body relationship and fitness and health promotion. In his spare time Dr. Kamholtz enjoys golf, working out, reading and riding his motorcycle.

Dr. Martin aka “Bud” teaches courses in Exercise, Nutrition, Physiology, Grant Writing and Resource Management, Men's Health and a variety of community health education/promotion classes. As well as teaching community/public health courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in Kentucky, South Carolina, and Georgia Dr. Martin served as Associate Director of the Office of School Health Education at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Martin is married with three wonderful children; two young adults and a preschooler. He has "come home" to Farmington after 14 years away to help continue the tradition of world class education for students of Maine who attend UMF.

 Stephanie Swan, CHES
Instructor
Department of Community Health and Recreation

(207) 778-7571
stephanie.swan@maine.edu

Masters of Health Education,
Plymouth State College

Bachelor of Science,
Community Health Education, with a school health concentration
University of Maine Farmington

Stephanie is a former Health Education Coordinator in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment with the Maine Department of Education. She was a Coordinated School Health Program consultant, providing technical assistance for School Health Coordinators in School/Community Partnerships participating in the Healthy Maine Partnership initiative from 2000-2006. She served on the Healthy Maine Partnership management team for two years. Currently, she serves on the Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Program, the Comprehensive Health Education Planning Committee, the Coordinated School Health Program Key Advisory Group, the Coordinated School Health Program Schools of Excellence Committee, the Comprehensive Sexuality Education Planning Group, and the Maine Learning Results Review Committee for health and physical education. Stephanie began teaching as an Instructor in the Department of Community Health and Recreation in the Fall of 2006

Margaret Farmer
Professor Nutrition

(207) 778-7390
margaret.farmer@maine.edu

Ph D Union Graduate School
MS University of Maine
BS University of Maine

Areas of expertise: Nutrition across the lifespan with special expertise in the nutrition of children and adolescents weight management and eating disorders