Paul D. Pietropaoli is Executive Vice President and General Counsel with Libra Foundation, where he oversees the Foundation's real estate holdings and a wide range of its other interests. Prior to joining Libra Foundation, Mr. Pietropaoli was in private law practice for 25 years and was a shareholder and director of the Portland law firm of Perkins Thompson. During that time, he handled a broad spectrum of real estate and business transactions, having worked extensively with the Foundation, as well as with a significant number of owners, real estate agents and their brokerage agencies, property managers, commercial lenders, and other organizations in the successful purchase, financing, development, leasing, and sale of commercial, industrial, and residential properties in Maine and throughout northern New England.

Mr. Pietropaoli received his J.D., summa cum laude, in 1993 from the University of Maine School of Law, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Maine Law Review. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Boston College. He is a member of the bar in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York.  Mr. Pietropaoli is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, a member of the Maine State Bar Association and its Real Estate and Title Standards Section, and a member of the Cumberland Bar Association. He is a former trustee of Pineland Farms, Inc. and currently serves as a director of Pineland Farms Dairy Company, Inc., a director of Pineland Farms Natural Meats, Inc., and a member Maine Medical Center's Finance Committee.