PAIGE STEELE

Acadia for All Director

As the Acadia for All Director, Paige leads the cross-organizational work of Acadia for All (AFA), a suite of initiatives with a goal to help make Acadia National Park welcoming to all visitors through partnerships, projects, programs, and collaboration with the communities surrounding Acadia National Park. One program that Paige facilitates is the Outdoor Classroom grants, which are designed to create outdoor learning spaces on Maine’s public school campuses so that all students benefit from time spent in nature, leading to higher academic outcomes, improved emotional regulation, and curriculum connections to Acadia National Park.

Paige joined the Friends of Acadia staff as the Conservation Projects Manager in 2014 after serving as the Interpretive Education Associate at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wells, Maine. Paige began working in Acadia National Park in 2004 as a Registered Maine Guide leading sea kayak, hiking, and biking tours, and is now a Master Maine Sea Kayak Guide after 10+ years of commercial guiding and training new guides. Her significant trip leadership in the park greatly contributes to helping curate meaningful experiences for groups visiting Acadia for the first time.

Paige grew up in Owasso, Oklahoma, where her love for the outdoors was inspired by climbing trees and gardening at home, as well as vacations to national parks. Her conservation career began as a Volunteer Naturalist at Oxley Nature Center before attending College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, bringing her to the Acadia region. Paige currently lives in Ellsworth with her family, who love skiing down Maine’s mountains in the winter and splashing in the ocean, lakes, and ponds during the summer.  

Contact: paige@friendsofacadia.org
Phone: 207-370-7955