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Chair
40 Belfield Road
Term expires 12/2024
Timothy Reiniger serves as Director of Reiniger LLC in Portland, Maine where he provides advisory services relating to information law and policy (digital identity, privacy, information security, and notarial law). Previously, he served as the third Executive Director of the National Notary Association of the United States. Tim has authored and spearheaded first in the nation laws for remote/online notarization (2011) and digital identity issuance and management (2015), both in Virginia. As a result of these efforts, he was appointed as an ABA Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission's drafting committee to amend the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (2018). In addition, Tim has served on the Advisory Board of the European Union's LIGHTest Project and as a Vice-Chair of the Information Security Committee of the ABA's Science & Technology Law Section. He is a member of the California, District of Columbia, Maine, and New Hampshire Bars.
Prior to moving to Cape in 2017, Tim and his wife Alice lived in Richmond, Virginia, Pasadena, California, and Manchester, New Hampshire. Tim and Alice have two sons, Charles is now a senior at Cheverus and Robert is a junior at CEHS. All four are musicians.
Tim's previous political experience included service as an intern in the office of Sen. Edward Kennedy, a volunteer on the US Senate campaign of Elliot Richardson (MA), and a three-term Alderman in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Stephanie P. Anderson
24 Merrimac Place
Term expires 12/2026
Stephanie was elected to the Town Council in November 2023 and is serving on the Ordinance Committee and the School Building Advisory Committee.
Stephanie grew up in Eliot Maine, and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono, and the University of Maine School of Law. She practiced law for 38 years, with 28 of those as Cumberland County District Attorney. Her many achievements there included establishing programs to divert offenders away from traditional criminal case processing into programs of rehabilitation, restitution, and community service. She also held several leadership positions Maine and in the National District Attorney’s Association.
Stephanie relocated from Portland to Cape Elizabeth in 2001. In addition to her service on the Cape Elizabeth Housing Diversity Study Committee, she currently sits on the Maine State Parole Board, the Board of Bar Overseers Grievance Commission, and the Portland Recovery Community Center fundraising committee.Jeremy A. Gabrielson
5 Rocky Knoll Road
Term expires 12/2024
Jeremy Gabrielson was elected in November 2018 and was re-elected to his second term on the council on November 2, 2021.
Prior to serving as Chair, Jeremy represented the council on the Fort Williams Master Plan Update Committee, on the Greater Portland Council of Governments General Assembly and Metro Coalition, Thomas Memorial Library Foundation, and Appointments Committee.
Jeremy has a background in community planning and economic development, having worked for the Island Institute and Washington County Council of Governments in eastern Maine. He currently works as a Conservation and Community Planner at Maine Coastal Heritage Trust. A graduate of Cape Elizabeth High School, Jeremy and his wife, Sarah, moved back to Cape Elizabeth in 2014. They have two children, who both attend Cape schools.
Susan A. Gillis
2 Elmwood Road
Term expires 12/2024
Susan was elected to the Town Council in November 2021. She is serving on the Appointments Committee and is a member of the Thomas Jordan Grants subcommittee.
Susan grew up and was educated in the Cape Elizabeth school system. Wanting her children to enjoy living in a small coastal community she, with her husband, Peter and two daughters, moved back to Cape Elizabeth in 1997. Susan has enjoyed a lifelong career in sales and continues to travel throughout the State helping her clients grow their businesses and offering solutions to their problems. In addition, she and her husband are property managers with buildings in Portland and Saco.
Caitlin Jordan Harriman
83 Old Ocean House Road
Term expires 12/2025
Caitlin Jordan was re-elected to a rare fourth term on the Town Council in 2019. She was first elected in November 2010, and to second and third terms in 2013 and 2016.
This council year, Caitlin is a member of the Appointments Committee, the Thomas Jordan Grants subcommittee, and represents the council on the ad hoc state of Maine Bicentennial Celebration Committee. She is part of the 13th generation descended from the Rev. Robert and Sarah Jordan, who founded Cape Elizabeth. She resides on Old Ocean House Road.
She received her B.A. in psychology from New England College; and a J.D. from the University Of New Hampshire School Of Law and has opened a law practice here in Cape Elizabeth. She also serves as the business manager of Alewives Brook Farm. She has been an active member of the Cape Farm Alliance.
Penelope A. Jordan
21 Wells Road
Term expires 12/2025
Penny Jordan was re-elected to her second consecutive term on the council in 2019. She was first elected to fill an unexpired term in 2009, and elected again for a non-consecutive term in 2016.
Penny is heading the Ordinance Committee for a third time this council year, as well as serving as a member of the Thomas Jordan Grants subcommittee. She is also in her third consecutive year as Cape Elizabeth's representative on the regional Portland Jetport Noise Abatement Committee.
Penny has over 30 years experience in project management and business planning. She holds a master's degree in social work from Boston University, focusing on Community Organizing and Program Design. She is a lifelong resident of Cape Elizabeth.
In 1999 she rejoined the family business at Jordan's Farm on Wells Road. Penny and her siblings are the fourth generation to maintain Jordan's as a working farm.
Penny was instrumental in starting Cape Farm Alliance. She is on the board of Cumberland County Farm Bureau and Maine Farm Bureau. Penny is a member of the Maine Sustainable Agriculture Society (MESAS), is active in hunger prevention programs in Southern Maine and is currently leading an initiative to identify ways to end hunger in Maine by 2030.
Timothy L. Thompson
6 Pine Ridge Road
Term expires 12/2026
Tim was elected to the Town Council in November, 2023. He moved to Cape Elizabeth in 1986 with his wife, Nancy, and feels very fortunate that all 5 of his children attended our excellent school system.
Tim has served on several committees in Cape Elizabeth over the past 10 years. He served on the 2019 Comprehensive Plan Committee, serving as a member and chair. He also served on the School Building Committee for 5 years and recently served on the Housing & Diversity Committee as a member and vice-chair. He served on the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation for 6 years, serving 2 years as chair.
Tim is a small business owner in Cape town center and has over 50 years’ experience in the Insurance and Financial Services Industry. He has also served on the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority Board for 10 years, serving 5 years as chair.
In 2019, Tim and Nancy Thompson were awarded the Ralph T. Gould Award for Outstanding Citizenship. Tim is passionate about improving our town ordinances and making Cape Elizabeth an easier place to do business.