Rockport Library Foundation Board of Directors

Denise Kennedy Munger,  President
Denise was a law partner at Denver’s Holland & Hart, LLP, for 30 years, where she practiced environmental law. She currently serves on the Rockport Select Board and is on the boards of Legacy Rockport and Midcoast Internet Development Corporation.  She is a member of the Rockport Garden Club and the Rockport Boat Club.

Mark Van Baalen,  Secretary
Mark has been a full time resident of Rockport since 2015 and a part time resident since 1996. During his long career at Harvard he has had extensive involvement with the University Library System. A geologist, he is also a research associate at the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the University. He has chaired the finance and audit committee of the Mineralogical Society of America since 2010. Mark is a member of the Rockport Library Building Committee and is Past Commodore of the Rockport Boat Club. He also serves on the boards of the Mt. Washington Observatory and the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Ingrid Van Steenberg,  Treasurer
Ingrid is a 37-year resident of Maine. She is a CPA, with her business based in Rockport since 1997. She grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor’s degree from George Mason University and a Masters in Taxation from Bentley College. She was a founder of the Pope Memorial Humane Society in 1989.

Anne Minnich Board member

Anne and her husband Todd moved to Rockport from New Jersey in 2015 after buying a house in 2007. She is a scientist recently retired from research and development in the pharmaceutical industry. She served as secretary on her neighborhood association board, is currently a member of the Rockport Boat Club, and volunteers at PAWS.

Helen Shaw, Liaison from the Library Committee Helen is a retired bio-medical research project manager. She has lived in Rockport since 2003. Helen is an elected member of the Budget Committee and Library Committee, where she serves as chair.  She has served on the Rockport Charter Commission, the RES Re-development Committee, the Pathways Committee and Cemetery Committee.

Nan Bow, Vice President After spending the prior 25 years in the Chicago area, Nan moved to Rockport with her husband Bill in December 2019. She owned and operated an interior design business, Compliments of the House, for over 20 years before retiring in 2018. She volunteered at the PenBay COVID-19 vaccine clinic and is a member of the Rockport Garden Club.

The Rockport Library Foundation is a non-profit corporation formed exclusively for the conduct of charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended and for the specific purpose to raise funds to support the public purpose of construction of the Town of Rockport Public Library, a public facility operated by the Town of Rockport, Maine, a State of Maine municipal entity/governmental unit which has section 170 ( c ) (1) tax exempt, tax deductible status under the Internal Revenue Code. 

After construction of the Rockport Public Library buildings and grounds, the purpose of the Rockport Library Foundation shall be to raise funds to support the physical facilities, operations, and programs of the Library.