The WLA Board

Interested in joining the board or attending a meeting? We are looking for new members. To learn more about what we do, or how to become a member, please use our Contact Us page.

The WLA board is an all volunteer group… meeting and working in our spare time. If you have an interest in joining the board, attending a meeting to discuss a specific topic, or helping on any our projects, please contact us via our Contact Us page.

Board members and officers as of July 6, 2024:

  • Stephanie Parker, President
    • Stephanie grew up on Watchic Lake as a year-round resident, now spends winters in Colorado, and loves to sail and waterski. She has a masters and PhD in freshwater ecology and studies lakes and rivers for a national ecological observatory, working with aquatic plant, algae, invertebrate, fish, and environmental data. She is a Lake Stewards of Maine Certified Plant Patroller and Water Quality Monitor, a Maine LakeSmart evaluator, and chairs the WLA Environmental and LakeSmart committees. Board member since 2023.
  • Travis Roney, Vice President
    • Travis was born in Standish and raised on Watchic Lake. Travis’s family has been here since the late 60s when his father built his grandparents’ house. Travis’s father then built their house in the early 70s. Travis has been a national water ski competitor and is an avid fisherman. His love of the water led to his career in the marine industry. When Travis was a child, he helped with the Watchic Lake watershed surveys. Board member since 2023
  • Agnes Wiggin, Treasurer
    • Board member since 2016
  • Chris Martino, Secretary
    • Chris has been visiting Maine since he was a kid at his family’s camp in the Mid-Coast region. He and his wife purchased their place on Watchic Lake in 2019 and immediately feel in love with the area. He currently works in the computer software industry. He enjoys boating, fishing, cooking, scuba diving, and travel (among other things). Board member since 2021.
  • Rob Brisk, Historian (shared)
    • Board member since 2022
  • Rick Wiggin, Historian (shared)
    • Board member since 2022
  • Cathy Austin
    • Board member since 2024
  • Bob Babcock
    • Board member since 2024
  • David Burnell
    • David began his affiliation with Watchic Lake in the very early 70’s when he started dating his wife Eileen who has been on the lake since 1954. In 1977 David and Eileen started monitoring Watchic every two weeks for the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP) until 2003 when they moved to NH and resumed monitoring in 2016. Over the years they have received several awards and recognitions relating to their work. David has been educating the residents around Watchic Lake for many years about runoff remediation and effects on water quality. He was involved in the first watershed survey and has been very concerned about invasive plants since the early 2000’s. Board member since 2023
  • Rick Green
    • Board member since 2024
  • Stacey Kane
    • Board member since 2019
  • Don Marean
    • Board member since 2024
  • Debby Oddy
    • Board member since 2024

Recent WLA Board Meeting Notes

The WLA Board meets nine to ten times per year to review work completed and planned in such areas as water quality testing, the state of the dam, progress on remediation projects, events, etc. We generally meet at one of the board members’ home, at Standish Town Hall, or via Zoom. We include a summary of recent board meetings here:

Click or touch here for The Watchic Lake Association Bylaws, adopted by our members in 2010.