Preti Flaherty attorney Deirdre M. O’Callaghan has been elected to serve a
three-year term on the University of Maine’s Board of Visitors. The Board of
Visitors serves as an advisory board to the University President and to the
Chancellor on issues affecting the Orono campus. O’Callaghan is graduated
summa cum laude of the University of Maine and a partner at Preti
Flaherty, practicing in the firm’s Environmental, Energy and Utilities and
Business Law practice groups.
The University of Maine Board of
Visitors reviews matters such as tuition and academic program proposals, and
long range fiscal and operating plans, prior to review by the University of
Maine System Board of Trustees. The Board of Visitors is also an advocate for
the University in promoting support from the Trustees, the state legislature and
agencies, the governor, the media and the public.
O’Callaghan has also
served on numerous boards, including the boards of directors of the Maine
Lawyers for the Arts and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce. She currently
serves on the Board of Directors of the University of Maine Alumni Association,
York-Cumberland Housing Development Corporation and the Maine Women’s Network.
Preti Flaherty has offices in Portland, Bath and Augusta, Maine, Concord, NH and Boston, MA. With more than 80 attorneys, the firm counsels clients in the areas of business law, energy, environmental, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory, litigation, technology and telecommunications.
