Board of Directors - The Iris Network

The Iris Network Board is committed to helping people with vision impairment and blindness

Pauline Lamontagne, Vice Chair

Pauline, a retired public service attorney, is The Iris Network Board Vice Chair and serves as a member of our Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Governance Committee and Program Services Committee. She graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington where she majored in rehabilitation work and graduated magna cum laude. She was the first legally blind student to graduate from the University of Maine’s School of Law in 1984. She became a licensed Maine attorney in 1985. Now retired from the State of Maine, she is an active volunteer. She isn’t new to The Iris Network as she previously served on its board from 1985-1994. At present, she is a member of the Guide Dog Users Inc.’s (GDUI’s) Advocacy and Legislative subcommittee, as well as Vice President of Pine Tree Guide Dog Users (PTGDU). She is a community member of the Maine’s Assistive Technology Advisory Committee, and a community member of Maine’s Information Technology Accessibility Committee. She also serves on the Our Lady of Hope’s Social Justice and Peace Committee. Pauline was born legally blind due to ROP (Retinopathy of prematurity), and in her mid-sixties lost the remainder of her eyesight. She joined The Iris Network because she wanted to voice the needs of people of all ages with vision impairment or blindness and have services provided not only in their homes but also in the community so that they have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of life.

Andrew B. MacLean, Secretary

Andy was born in Portland, raised in Bridgton, and has been a resident of the state’s capital district since 1998. He serves as CEO of the Maine Medical Association, a professional organization of physicians where he has worked since 1999. He has been involved in health care law and policy for most of his career.

Andy has cone-rod dystrophy, a hereditary retinal disease, and began experiencing vision loss in his late 40’s. He has received services at the Low Vision Clinic of The Iris Network and wanted to join the board to give back to the organization and contribute to others in our community with vision loss. Andy is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Maine School of Law. He went to Duke on a Navy ROTC scholarship and served four years on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps before law school. Andy served six years as Mayor of the City of Gardiner. He is a director of MaineGeneral Community Care and has been a volunteer with the American Cancer Society for many years. Among his leisure activities are cooking, walking/hiking, golf, and snowboarding.

Terri Grijalva

Terri, a retired executive from a global insurance company, graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara, majoring in Law & Society with a concentration in criminal Justice; and the Southern New Hampshire University, with a masters degree in business management and a concentration in marketing. In her prior role, she gained experience leading multiple business and technology programs, ranging in size and complexity. She currently serves on the SNHU Alumni Board of Directors; the Seacoast Science Center (Rye, NH) Board of Directors; and is an elected Trustee for the Stratham (NH) Wiggin Memorial Library. She has lived on the seacoast of New Hampshire for over 27 years and; and after leaving her corporate role, has decided to focus on local, New England-based, non-profit organizations. She joined The Iris Network’s board of directors because she wants to make a difference in the community, help people live their best lives, and support the organization’s vision to “build a world where no person is limited by vision impairment or blindness and everyone is an advocate for eye health and the needs of people with vision impairment or blindness.”

Bob Wakefield

“Bob” Wakefield has served on the Make-A-Wish of Maine Board. Bob joined The Iris Network Board of Directors because he believes he can make a difference in the lives of those who are visually impaired.

Dr. Ed Bilotti

Dr. Bilotti has over 20 years of practice experience. He specializes in treating patients with mental health disorders and addictions. His particular clinical interests are in medication-assisted treatment of opiate use disorders, co-occurring disorders, and affective disorders. Dr. Bilotti is Clinical Asst. Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. He is Board-Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and is also Board Certified in Addiction Medicine.

Dr. Bilotti is a graduate of Tufts Medical School. He completed residency training in psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. In 1999, he launched Aroga Behavioral Health of Princeton (Aroga), which grew to become a multi-site, interdisciplinary group practice serving more than 3,000 patients.

He was one of the first to obtain a waiver and begin treating opiate use disorder patients with Suboxone, developing several opiate treatment programs within Aroga. In 2009, Dr. Bilotti founded the TMS Center of Princeton, becoming the first in New Jersey, and one of the first in the United States, to provide transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression.

In 2012, Dr. Bilotti left Aroga and the TMS Center of Princeton to relocate to Maine, his favorite place to vacation for many years. In Maine, Dr. Bilotti has served as the Medical Director of the Partial Hospital and Dual Diagnosis Intensive Outpatient programs at Maine Medical Center, Medical Director of Mercy Recovery Center. and, most recently, Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Southern Maine Healthcare, where he oversaw clinical services for inpatient, consultation-liaison, psychiatric emergency department, and partial hospital/intensive outpatient programs.

Echo Dixon

Dr. Echo Dixon is a seasoned therapist and assistant professor in the University of Southern Maine’s social work department. With a career in social work beginning in 1994, Dr. Dixon brings over three decades of experience to both clinical and academic settings. Since 1999, Dr. Dixon has been dedicated to working within Maine’s Deaf Community, leveraging fluency in American Sign Language to provide accessible, culturally competent care and advocacy. As a therapist since 2011, Dr. Dixon continues to integrate a deep commitment to social justice, inclusion, and evidence-based practice into both teaching and direct practice, preparing the next generation of social workers to serve diverse communities with compassion and expertise.