Libra Foundation

Established 1989

  • Libra Foundation
  • Mission Statement
  • Application Procedures
  • Governance
    • Board of Trustees and Officers
    • Biographies
      • Pendred E. Noyce
      • Rhianon R. Liu
      • Christopher W. Emmons
      • Craig N. Denekas
      • Jere G. Michelson
      • Erik K. Hayward
      • Paul D. Pietropaoli
      • Owen W. Wells
  • Governing Documents
  • Grant Lists
  • Grant Details

Biography

Craig N. Denekas served from 2012-2025 as the Chief Executive Officer of Libra Foundation after first being named a Trustee in 2010. Mr. Denekas joined the Foundation in 2001 serving in various roles and currently is the Chairman.

Prior to joining Libra Foundation, Mr. Denekas was a director and shareholder at the law firm of Perkins Thompson in Portland with particular focus on corporate acquisitions, business law, real estate and commercial lending.

Mr. Denekas has served as a Trustee of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, is a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Maine Public and is a former Board President of the Park Danforth. He has been a Director of the Portland Public Library, is a Corporator of MaineHealth and was an appointee to the Governor's Task Force on Passenger Rail Funding. He is admitted to the Bars (inactive) of the State of Maine and the United States District Court for the District of Maine.

Mr. Denekas currently serves as a Director of Camden National Corporation (NASDAQ: CAC), the parent company of Camden National Bank and was a Director of MEMIC (Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company), a leading workers' compensation specialty insurer. He is also on the Board of Directors for Pineland Farms Dairy Company, Inc., a closely-held food company.

Other charitable foundation board work within the community has included service as a Trustee of the Fisher Charitable Foundation and other organizations.

Mr. Denekas received his bachelor's degree cum laude in Economics from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He went on to earn a law degree cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Mr. Denekas resides in Falmouth with his wife, Betsy.


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