COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
45 Commerce Drive
104 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
Main line - (207) 626-3803    FAX line - (207) 287-3042     TTY line - (207) 287-3659

**The Administrative Offices of the Department of Public Safety will be closed on Thursday, December24, 2009 due to the 2010-2011 Biennial State Budget Shutdown Mandate. This is the first of 10 closure days between 7/1/09 and 6/30/10. Other offices in the Department have varying schedules as it relates to shutdown days and services. Please refer to each Division's website for more details.

Commissioner - Anne H. Jordan, 626-3803                                                                                                            

Anne.H.Jordan@maine.gov

Anne H. Jordan of South Portland was appointed Commissioner of Public Safety in March 2007 by Governor Baldacci.  

She succeeded Michael P. Cantara, who served as Commissioner from 2003 to 2007. Commissioner Jordan is a former partner at a Portland law firm and previously served as an Assistant DA and Deputy DA with the York County District Attorney's Office. She is a former member of the Governor's Board of Executive Clemency, Maine Harness Racing Commission and the state's Animal Welfare Advisory Council.

Assistant to the Commissioner - Janet Joyeux, 626-3809

janet.d.Joyeux@maine.gov

Janet Joyeux has served as the Assistant to the Commissioner for Public Safety since 2005. She works on policy development and

budgetary issues for Public Safety and is a 25-year state employee.

Public Information Officer - Stephen H. McCausland - w: 626-3811 hm: 725-8082-home
stephen.mccausland@maine.gov

Steve McCausland has served as the spokesman for the department and its bureaus since 1988. He is available to answer news media inquiries and advises members of the department on media relations and public policy.

Criminal Justice Grants - Mary Lucia, 626-3831

mary.a.lucia@maine.gov

Mary Lucia is responsible for the criminal justice grants administered by Public Safety, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Program, local law enforcement block grants, STOP violence against women grants and project Safe neighborhoods.

Administrative Services - Kathy Chamberlain, 626-3803

kathy.chamberlain@maine.gov

Kathy Chamberlain is administrative support to the Commissioner's Office and the Gambling Control Unit. Kathy is secretary for the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Commission, Technical BuildingCodes and Standards Board, the Justice Assistance Council and the Gambling Control Board. She has been with state government for 25 years.

Personnel Director - Susan Bell, 623-6733

susan.bell@maine.gov

Susan Bell oversees all DPS recruitment, internal placement, job classification, worker's compensation, labor relations and employee relations activities. She has been with state government in Human Resources for 36 years..

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