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

Erik K. Hayward is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Libra Foundation where he started as a Financial Assistant in 2004. Mr. Hayward's primary responsibilities include oversight of all financial aspects of the Foundation's activities and management of Pineland Farms, a diverse business and agricultural campus in New Gloucester, Maine.

Mr. Hayward serves as a Director of Pineland Farms Dairy Company, Inc. a closely-held corporation and program-related investment of Libra Foundation. He was a Director of Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc. leading up to that company's sale to Bob Evans Farms, Inc. Mr. Hayward is the Vice Chairman of Bath Savings Institution, a mutual savings bank serving Midcoast and Southern Maine. Mr. Hayward serves as President of the Board of Trustees of the Portland Museum of Art, and he is a former Trustee of the Maine Maritime Museum, located in Bath, Maine, and The Park Danforth, a nonprofit senior living facility located in Portland, Maine.

Mr. Hayward graduated in 2004 with a B.A. in economics from Yale University, where he was a four-year member of the Yale Varsity Sailing Team. Mr. Hayward holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Since 2006 he has been a member of the Portland Yacht Club.

Mr. Hayward is married to Carrie D. Hayward and resides in Falmouth, Maine.


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