Devin Beliveau is an American politician and schoolteacher from
Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...
. In 2010, he was elected to the
Maine House of Representatives
The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via ...
from District 151 when he defeated
Republican John Carson and unenrolled Gary Beers, replacing
Walter Wheeler, who was unable to run again due to term-limits.
He was a history teacher at
Thornton Academy
Thornton Academy (often abbreviated as TA) is a co-educational, independent boarding and day school serving grades 9–12 located in Saco, Maine. Thornton Academy also opened a full-time, private junior high school on its campus, named Thornton A ...
. In 2009, Beliveau was appointed the Board of Trustees of the
Maine Community College System
The Maine Community College System is Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of M ...
by Governor
John Baldacci
John Elias Baldacci (born January 30, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 73rd governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he also served in the United States House of Representatives from 199 ...
.
In 2012, Beliveau did not seek re-election.
Devin is currently a high school teacher at Samueli Academy, located in Santa Ana, California.
Personal
Beliveau, a fourth generation Mainer, attended
Hall-Dale High School in
Farmingdale and
Colby College
Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine, United States. Founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, it was renamed Waterville College in 1821. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner ...
in
Waterville.
He spent a year after graduating from Colby as an
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps ( ; officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in ...
volunteer with the
I Have a Dream Foundation. His then began working in public schools in Massachusetts and California, where he earned a master's in education from
Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
.
References
External links
Campaign Website
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Kittery, Maine
Politicians from York County, Maine
Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
Colby College alumni
Stanford Graduate School of Education alumni
Educators from Maine
21st-century members of the Maine Legislature
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