Ethan Strimling
| Ethan Strimling | |
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| 88th Mayor of Portland | |
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Assumed office December 7, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Brennan |
| Member of the Maine Senate from the 8th district |
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In office January 2003 – January 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Anne Rand |
| Succeeded by | Justin Alfond |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 19, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Beeaker |
| Alma mater |
Juilliard School University of Maine, Orono Harvard University |
| Website | Campaign website |
Ethan King Strimling (born October 19, 1967) is the mayor of Portland, Maine, who served as a Democratic state senator from 2002 to 2009. He was replaced by Justin Alfond. He is Executive Director of LearningWorks, a West End non-profit organization, and has served as a political columnist and commentator for the Portland Press Herald.
Ethan Strimling was born and raised in New York City, and attended the Juilliard School for Theater from 1985 to 1987. Later, he attended the University of Maine and received his B.A. in History. He then pursued a Masters in Education degree from Harvard University, and received it in 1994.
After school, he went to Washington, D.C., to work as a legislative aide for then-First District Congressman Tom Andrews. He then came back to Maine to serve as State Senator Dale McCormick's Campaign Manager for her 1996 Congressional race.
Strimling began serving as the Executive Director of Portland West [1], a non-profit social-service agency that works with at-risk kids and low-income families in Portland's West End, in 1997. Strimling has also served on the boards of several political and non-profit committees, including Maine Won't Discriminate, Casinos NO!, and the Maine NAACP.
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