Dr. Glenn Cummings

In 2010, Dr. Glenn Cummings became President and Executive Director of Good Will-Hinckley, the historic 121-year-old parent organization of the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, Maine first charter school. Cummings simultaneously received appointment to a full-time, tenure-track post of Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at University of Southern Maine. Before returning home to Maine, Cummings served in President Obama’s administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education. Cummings also is former Speaker of the House in the Maine House of Representatives, Majority Leader, and Chairman of the state’s Joint Committee of Education and Cultural Affairs, where he sponsored the bill to create the state community college system.