House District 147
Email: Holly.Sargent@legislature.maine.gov
Representing: York (part)
Committee(s): Education and Cultural Affairs
Legislative Service:
House: 132nd, 131st
Rep. Holly T. Sargent is serving her second term in the Maine House of Representatives.
Sargent is the founder and CEO of Doing Good While Doing Well, a consulting firm focused on building bridges among nonprofits, social entrepreneurs and philanthropists. She is also the founding director of the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board. Previously, Sargent served for nearly 20 years as the senior associate dean for strategy and external affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. She has also served as the executive director for development of the Rhodes Trust, the global NGO overseeing the Rhodes Scholars.
An active member of her community, Sargent served as the president of the York Rotary Club, vice chair of the Community Auditorium Building Committee and founder of the York Chapter of Together Women Rise. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum of Maine, serves on the board of the Maine Recovery Fund and is an honorary board member of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.
Sargent and her husband live in York and have two grown children.