Leadership

President Levi Ladd

Levi Ladd is Senior Lead Surveyor and Newport Office Manager for Main-Land Development Consultants. He has over eighteen years of geospatial engineering consulting experience working for several of Maine's more prominent engineering firms including Sewall, Haley Ward, and Kleinschmidt Associates. He earned his BA in Geography from the University of Maine at Farmington in 2006 and earned his graduate certificate in Surveying Engineering from the University of Maine in early 2023. Mr. Ladd grew up in central Maine, being a Milo native who now resides in Dexter. Levi is also a Registered Maine Guide  who operates his own part-time guide service. He has five children, including two foster daughters, and coaches girls varsity basketball at Foxcroft Academy. Levi's past and present professional affiliations include MSLS, NSPS, Maine GIS  Users Group, and the Maine Professional Guides Association.

Vice President Johnathan Stewart

Jonathan M. Stewart has been a Maine Professional Land Surveyor since 2001 and has been with the firm Plisga & Day full time since 1998, currently as President. Prior and expertise roles include Operations Manager, Project Management, GPS Surveys, Site Development, Subdivisions, Geographic Information Systems, Hydrographic Surveys, laser scanning, drone deployment and point cloud processing. His education includes a Master of Science, Spatial Information Science and Engineering (Surveying Engineering), University of Maine (1997) and a Bachelor of Science, Bio-Resource Engineering, University of Maine (1993). Mr. Stewart is Past-Director and Past President of the Penobscot-Hancock Chapter of MSLS and is currently an MSLS Director at Large. Jon enjoys hiking, camping and canoeing with family, cross-country skiing and old man tennis.

Secretary Kevin Farrar

Kevin Farrar began his career in land surveying with Technical Services, Inc. in 1986 upon receiving his Associates Degree in Architectural and Civil Engineering Technology from Central Maine Community College in Auburn. He earned his professional surveyors license in 1991 and he currently works for Summit Geoengineering Services in Lewiston. He has been a member of the Maine Society of Land Surveyors from 1987-present and has served as Secretary for MSLS Executive Committee, 2000 - present and was Androscoggin Chapter President in 1992. Kevin resides in Lewiston with his wife, Eve. Children include Matthew, Megan, Kelly, Gabriella and Victoria. Hobbies include traveling and cooking.

Treasurer Jimmy Courbron

Jimmy received his B.S. degree in Survey Engineering Technology for the University of Maine in 2009. He is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Maine and Massachusetts and is a partner at Terradyn Consultants, LLC where he directs their survey department out of his Auburn, Maine office. Jimmy is the current Treasurer of MSLS and is also an active member of MALSE and NSPS. He lives in Brunswick with his wife and daughter (and in-laws, God bless him) from where they like to explore the various parks and trails along MidCoast. Jimmy also recently developed an affinity for golf, and, despite what you may have seen, his game is improving.


Executive Committee (ExCom) Members

Ellen Brewer, Director - At Large
Spencer Caron, Director - Crown of Maine Chapter
Jimmy Courbron, Treasurer
Matt Ek, NSPS Director
Kevin Farrar, Secretary
Stephen Gould, Director Somerset Chapter
Levi Ladd, President
Keith Morse, Director - Androscoggin Chapter
Karl Olson, Director - MidCoast Chapter
Cassandra Quintal, Immediate Past President
Jon Stewart, Director - At Large
Rich Vannozzi, Director - Hancock/Penobscot Chapter
Judd Vear, Director - At Large
Wayne Wood, Director - Narragansett Chapter


Members are welcome to attend ExCom meetings. Check the our calendar scheduled upcoming meeting times and places or contact any ExCom member. Meetings which are generally held monthly except for a combined one in July/August.