Area of expertise: Management, Organization, Leadership
Lorne Gibson
Executive Director of Academic Development & Compliance; Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
- Department: Academic and Student Affairs, College of Professional Programs, Criminal Justice
- Campus Address: 202 South Hall
- Phone: (207) 768-9598
- Email: lorne.gibson@maine.edu
Bio
Native to Canton, South Dakota, Dr. Dr. Gibson studied sociology and criminal justice at Dakota Wesleyan, U. of South Dakota, and South Dakota State U. He worked at McCrossans Boys Ranch, a juvenile facility, during his doctoral studies. He joined AFROTC during doctoral studies at South Dakota State and later served as an AF officer from 2003 to 2011. As an officer, he served in the AF Occupational Measurement Squadron, then the USAF Academy before resigning and taking a new professorship at U. of Wisconsin-Platteville. He left UWP for UMPI in 2015 remaining in the criminal justice field. Dr. Gibson is married with 4 adult children.
Areas of Expertise
Management, Organization, Leadership Social Movements and Change Courtship and Gender
Community Involvement
- Civil Air Patrol, Squadron Commander, Presque Isle
Reed E Nonken (He/Him/His)
Assistant Professor of Project and Supply Chain Management
- Department: College of Professional Programs, Business Administration
- Campus Address: South Hall 102
- Phone: (207) 768-9445
- Email: reed.nonken@maine.edu
Education
B.S., University of Connecticut, 1998
M.A., North Carolina State University, 2007
M.B.A., Husson, 2017
M.S.C.J.A., Husson, 2018
Bio
Mr. Nonken has been teaching within the business and criminal justice fields for over a decade, capitalizing on his experiences of over 15 years of leadership in a variety of multinational companies ranging in the areas of aerospace, animal, and human health, to retail and manufacturing. He has held multiple senior management positions in the areas of information technology (in both the biotech and retail industries), manufacturing and supply chain management (biotech, aerospace, and others) as well as operating his own consulting business.
Mr. Nonken has three master’s degrees, receiving his Master of Business Administration and Master of Criminal Justice Administration from Husson University, and his Master of Ethics from North Carolina State University.
In addition, Mr. Nonken has maintained his law enforcement officer certificate (including advanced standings) with the state of Maine and has served in a variety of communities in Maine for over 20 years as an officer and certified instructor for the academy. Mr. Nonken has lived in northern Maine for over 20 years with his family and will begin his PhD in Education program in the fall of 2022.
Areas of Expertise
Management, Organization, Leadership Operations Process Improvement Criminal Justice
Community Involvement
- Maine Criminal Justice Academy Instructor
- Advisory Board Member – Presque Isle Regional Technology Center
- Former Board Member – Hope and Justice Project
