Laurie Osher

Laurie Osher was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lives in Orono, Maine. Osher earned a B.S. from Cornell University in 1982, an M.S. in soils and geomorphology from North Carolina State University in 1985, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997.[1][2][3] Her career experience includes owning Osher Environment Systems and working as a soil and watershed scientist with the USDA Forest Service.[2][4]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a Town Councilor in Orono, Maine, serving in that capacity since 2017. I am President of Osher Environment Systems, LLC, a building energy efficiency consulting and general contracting company based in Orono. Since 2010, OES scientists have advised hundreds of residential and commercial building owners on the most cost-effective upgrades to lower their energy use. The OES team has upgraded hundreds of buildings, increasing comfort and cutting energy costs and carbon footprints by an average of 35% per building. From 1999-2008 I was a research and teaching faculty member at the University of Maine. The courses I taught includes Soil & Water Quality; Soil Genesis, Morphology & Classification; & Estuary Ecosystem Studies. My research identified the important role of Maine's estuary ecosystems in storing carbon. I served as treasurer of Orono Schools Coalition for the Arts (OSCAr) from 2015 to 2017. OSCAr is a non-profit organization that raises funds to improve arts programing and award scholarships for students' arts activities.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Economic recovery post COVID19 will be achieved by investing in Maine citizens and communities.Maine's future is tied to how we care for people and the environment.Maine can lead the nation in upgrading buildings to reduce CO2 flux to the atmopshere and managing forest and agricultural lands to reduce atmospheric CO2.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Climate change mitigation; creation of land use policy that incentivizes storing carbon in soils.

Clearing the waitlists: Provide full services for adults with disabilities

Create a Public Health Insurance Option

Maine Equal rights Amendment

Restore Local Ownership and Control of Maine's Power Delivery Systems

Remove statute of limitations for sex crimes

Establish the Commission To Research the Economic Disparities of Racial and Ethnic Populations

Provide for the Sealing of Records of Convictions for Marijuana-related Violations That Are No Longer Crimes

Require Public Health Impact Statements for Certain Legislation

Establish Task Force to Coordinate Protection of Vulnerable Population

Increase Rural Maine's Access to Broadband Internet Service