Alexa started the Dirigo Sea Farm three years after first learning about kelp farming. She’s passionate about contributing to her home state’s thriving sea agriculture community, creative problem solving to address environmental issues, and supporting other female sea farmers and innovators.

Her background is in CPG manufacturing, brand marketing, and e-commerce software.

She thanks motherhood for giving her a new perspective on how the environment impacts our bodies and the burst of creativity and energy that inspired Dirigo Sea Farm.

Dennis brings a wealth of manufacturing knowledge to Dirigo Sea Farm. He has an extensive background in manufacturing after founding and operating a family owned beverage company in Lewiston, Maine. Operations scaled to 2 million cases and $200 million in sales over the course of 35 years. He retired in 2008 and focused his efforts on a partnership with the Passamaquoddy tribe in Northern Maine to establish a 120,000 square foot bottling facility to sell aquifer sourced water.

He also sits as a board member and investor in a start-up robotics company developing high speed, quick swap lithium battery equipment. He has been with this company from drawing board to customer installation and it has completed thousands of successful cycles.

Jana Lapoint, MS

Advisory Board Member

Jana brings an extensive background in manufacturing, secondary education, and workforce development to Dirigo Sea Farm.

She has a BD in history and an MS in business education, as well as more than a decade of experience teaching high school students. She served as the VP Corporate Affairs for the Maine based company, Lapoint Industries. In 1995, Jana was appointed by former governor Angus King to the board of trustees of the Maine Community College System. She also served on the Maine State Charter Commission, with two of those years as chair, during which time she proudly signed the documents that established the Vocational College as a community college of Maine. From 2010–2021, Jana served as vice chair on the Maine State Board of Education. In addition, she acted as trustee at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, and Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine. Jana has four children, 13 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.