With years of experience in boatbuilding, seamanship, education and business, our staff brings a passion for maritime trades and heritage to the organization. We can be reached in the offices and the Shop, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For general queries and information, please send emails to info@apprenticeshop.org or call 207-594-1800. Thank you!
Executive Director
Eric Stockinger
Eric joined The Apprenticeshop in June 2007. His background includes a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Management from Michigan State University and seven years of business/personnel management with REI. Eric is a graduate of the Apprenticeshop and a long-time cabinetry and furniture maker. After two years as our Apprenticeshop Director, Eric accepted the role of Executive Director in September 2009.
Lead Instructor, Apprenticeshop
Kevin Carney
Kevin has been teaching boat building since 1987. After graduating from VA Tech with a degree in design, Kevin moved to Maine to pursue an education in traditional boat building — at the Apprenticeshop in Bath, Maine. He also studied at Yacht Design, Inc. and worked for nine years as a professional boat builder before returning to The Apprenticeshop as lead instructor.
Instructor, Apprenticeshop
Brian McClellan
Brian joined the Shop in January 2008. A 2002 Shop graduate, he has spent the last 6 years building boats internationally. Most recently, Brian worked in Indonesia conducting boat building training and overseeing the production of fishing boats for the victims of the 2005 tsunami. The first 24 years of his life was spent far from the sea in Kansas where he studied math, computer science and physics as an undergraduate at Mid-America Nazarene University and began graduate work in architecture at the University of Kansas.
Apprenticeshop Manager
Isabella Pierson
Isabella enrolled in the Apprenticeshop and moved to Maine in 2005 to learn how to build things with her hands. Her apprenticeship lead to three rewarding years working as a boat carpenter at Rockport Marine, Inc. The desire to explore and build things of her own design took her to the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, for a three month intensive course in furniture building. When the opportunity arose for her to return to the Apprenticeshop, where her passion for building had been nurtured, she jumped. Isabella holds a Master of Urban Planning from New York University. In her spare time she dreams of building useful and beautiful things.
Waterfront Programs Director
Kevin (KC) Heyniger
kch@apprenticeshop.org
KC was The Apprenticeshop’s Waterfront Programs Coordinator from 2001-2005 and rejoined us in May 2009. He brings an extensive background in youth and adult sailing, knowledge and experience with traditional and modern sailboats, teaching, ocean voyaging, boat maintenance and boatyard operations. KC is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, holding a MS degree in Science Writing. KC, his wife Gretchen Kuhn, and their twins, Audrey and Carver make their home in Rockland.
Development Director
Margaret L. Macleod
Margaret came to The Apprenticeshop in September of 2009. A graduate of Skidmore College, Margaret brings with her a strong background in nonprofit management. For seven years, she worked for Maine’s largest environmental organization, Maine Audubon, as Director of Field Trips, and then went on to head the fundraising efforts at Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport. A Maine native, Margaret grew up in Yarmouth, learned to sail at the Portland Yacht Club, and has fond memories of summers cruising the Maine coast with her family in their Concordia Yawl. Currently she lives in Rockport with her daughter Kate.
Administrative Assistant
Mary Ellen Kelleher
Mary Ellen joined The Apprenticeshop in April of 2008. A graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, Mary Ellen brings extensive office experience working in small non-profits and similar education institutions on Cape Cod.
Bookkeeper
Sheryl Parker
Sheryl graduated from Husson College in 1991 with a degree in Business Education. After teaching math and business subjects to middle level and high school students she started a small accounting business out of her home in 1997. She began her work as bookkeeper for The Apprenticeshop in March of 2000. Sheryl lives in Tenants Harbor with her three children, Christopher, Mary and Greta.
