Melanie Israel

A Bangor native, Melanie holds a Master’s degree in Business from Husson University and a BA Independent Study in Women’s Studies from the University of Vermont. Melanie has extensive business experience in several sectors including: retail, financial, manufacturing, small business, and non-profit. Known for her planning skills, Melanie has been on committees to help plan Bangor Region Leadership Institute, Building Bridges program, and the 2008 SMBIZ4ME Governors Conference on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. She is also an avid outdoors adventurer, quilter, and reader.

Administrative Mgt/Exec Asst/
Exec-Legal/Business Mgt/
Office Mgt
Program Director/Advisor

Email Melanie @ misrael@bealcollege.edu

Joan Tukey

Joan is pleased to be part of Beal College because she strongly believes in its mission of improving students’ career opportunities.

Joan received a BA from the University of Miami and an MBA from Florida International University. The bulk of her 20+ year career was spent in Corporate Banking at Bank of America. She began as an analyst and rose to be a Senior Vice President managing a large department with 50 people and controlling approximately $1 Billion in assets.

Family ties brought Joan to Maine. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors. In her spare time, Joan is a trained crisis intervention and suicide prevention volunteer. She is also active in her local church. Together with her husband, Joan has enjoyed extensive world travel and has volunteered countless hours at animal shelters.

In March of 2009, Joan became the Program Director of Accounting.

Accounting Management
Program Advisor

Email Joan @ jtukey@bealcollege.edu

Allen Stehle

Allen Stehle, CFE – Allen is the Program Director/Advisor for the Conservation Law and the Law Enforcement Programs at the College. He holds the international certification of Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and is a financial crimes investigator for several law enforcement agencies. In addition to his academic teaching and investigative duties, he is a member of the Penobscot County Triad, a consortium of law enforcement officers and social services professionals. Allen provides executive leadership to the organization as well as investigative expertise in cases involving fraud against the elderly. Allen has over 30 years of law enforcement experience in the field and in the classroom.

Allen’s academic and managerial experience currently includes serving as President of Beal College; previously positions included President of Mid-State College, with former locations in Auburn and Augusta, Maine and assistant to the President of McIntosh College in Dover, New Hampshire. Allen has both field and teaching expertise in the areas of Accounting, Business Management, Conservation Law Enforcement and Law Enforcement.

Allen has held law enforcement positions with several federal law enforcement agencies, State law enforcement agencies, county sheriff’s office and municipal law enforcement agencies. In 2002, Allen assumed the duties of Chief Deputy of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office. Allen’s investigative expertise is centered on financial crimes and he is a forensic accountant and fraud examiner. Allen also has experience in hostage/crisis negotiation.

Allen has a deep passion for education and helping students achieve their professional goals. He is available to help his students and the joy in his work is watching students achieve success within their professional lives.

Criminal Justice: Law
Enforcement and
Conservation Law
Program Director/Advisor

Email Allen @ astehle@bealcollege.edu

Susan Xirinachs

The director/advisor for the Early Childhood Education program and the Hospitality/Tourism Mgt program is Susan Xirinachs. Susan has a two-year professional degree from Leland Powers in Boston. She studied television, radio, advertising and marketing. Susan also has a B.S. degree in education, and minored in English. She holds a K-8 teaching certificate. After working as a pre-school teacher in several local nursery schools, she opened her own school and operated it for ten years.

Susan was also the speech coach for Brewer High School for six years. She worked part-time at the Brewer Parks and Recreation Department for seventeen years, where she started a drama program for 6-12 year olds.

Early Childhood & Hospitality/
Tourism Mgt
Program Director/Advisor
Student Services Director

Email Susan @ sxirinachs@bealcollege.edu

Barbara Marchelletta

Barbara has an extensive background in the medical field. She has worked as a Transcriptionist for a military hospital in North Dakota where she gained knowledge in the different dialects and formats of medical documents. She graduated from Beal College with an Associates Degree in Administrative Medical Assisting and is a Certified Medical Assistant. Barbara also has worked in a medical reference laboratory as a client service supervisor (phone center, medical specimen processing), and phlebotomist. She is a certified phlebotomist, certified breath alcohol screener, Breath Alcohol Calibration Technician and Department of Transportation Drug Screen Collector and Trainer. She has worked on HIPAA compliance committees, has participated in Diabetes studies research, has written several reference laboratory training manuals and numerous procedure manuals for the reference laboratory. Barbara also has a Bachelors Degree in Business Management from Husson College.

Program Director/Advisor for
Allied Health,
Medical Assisting, Medical
Administrative Specialist, Medical
Coding and Medical Transcription
Health Information Technology Advisor

Email Barbara @ bmarchelletta@bealcollege.edu

Mike Andrick, M. Ed., LCPC-C

Mike Andrick is the Program Director /Advisor for the Social and Human Services Assisting Program. Mike has an extensive background in working with the homeless in the Bangor area, coupled with research in the Boston area where he conducted research involving outreach services as an “Evidenced Based Best Practice.” Mike has been a part of a study on discrimination against homeless individuals spear headed by former Attorney General Stephen Rowe that led to Maine’s Hate Crimes Bill that makes crimes against the homeless A Hate Crime.

Mike has been a part of two state wide task force’s that worked towards “Ending Homelessness in Maine.” Mike was a presenter at The Maine Counseling Association’s State Annual Conference in 2006, where he presented on Hate Crimes and Homelessness.

Mike was nominated for the prestigious “Dorothea Dix Award,” for his efforts in advocating for the homeless, along with being awarded the Hometown Hero Award. Mike has been part of countless advisory boards in the past affiliated with the homeless. Mike initiated and facilitated a macro solutions for homelessness meeting locally that strived for a best practice in services associated with homelessness.

He was the program manager at the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter for 14 years, and now is a Licensed Clinical Therapist at Penobscot Community Health Care’s Summer Street Homeless Health Clinic. Mike has been a faculty member at Beal College for the past year. Mike is and always will be an advocate for the homeless.

Mike has a masters degree from the University of Maine in Orono in Counseling and Education. Being a parent is the single most rewarding aspect of Mike’s life, along with being a husband to his wife Val. Mike enjoys huskies, and working out in his down time.

Social and Human Services
Assisting
Program Director/Advisor

Email Mike @ mandrick@bealcollege.edu

Connie Elliott, RHIA,CHP

I am currently the Director of Medical Records at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor Maine. I started working at St. Joseph back in 1993 while still attending school full time. One of the advantages I have in this profession is I started out as a part-time file clerk and over the years have worked in every position in the department. I accepted the position of Director in 2001.

I am the current President for MeHIMA (Maine Health Information Management Association). I became involved in MeHIMA when I started back to school for my associate degree in HIT in 1992. I was asked to serve on the Board of Directors as co-chair of the Data & Reimbursement Committee and was in this position for 6 years. In this position I was responsible for providing education for the coders in Maine with one day workshops twice a year. I was also elected by the members to serve a two year term as a Director on the Board. For the last two years I have served as one of our representatives at the national level.

I earned my Associates Degree in HIT in 1994 from the University of Maine in Orono and received my RHIT certification that September. Since then I have gone back to school and earned my Bachelors Degree in Health Information from the University of Cincinnati and passed my RHIA exam in May 2008. I have also earned the credential of CHP (Certified in Healthcare Privacy).

Health information Technology Director

Susan Polyot, M.Ed., LADC

Susan Polyot is a Bangor native who enjoys her involvement in a wide variety of community activities.

She has been a Licensed Alcohol and Drug counselor for 25 years, with work experience in both inpatient and outpatient programs. She has served as the Employee Assistance program coordinator at Pen Bay Healthcare in Rockport for 15 years, and has a private counseling practice in Bangor where she specializes in providing services to women who have been affected by their own or others substance abuse. Susan also coordinates and facilitates programs for divorcing parents and parents involved in high conflict divorce.

Susan provides training programs for substance abuse counselors on several topics including ethics, women’s treatment issues, and trauma services. Susan has a master's degree in Counselor Education, Community Agency Counseling from the University of Maine and holds certificates in clinical supervision (CCS).

Susan Polyot
Program Coordinator
Substance Abuse Counseling

Email Susan: spolyot@bealcollege.edu

LOOKING FOR A JOB!!

Donna Gillette, Career Services Coordinator

She will help you with resumes, cover letters, local job postings, connect you with various staffing agencies and other Career Services information.

Remember: Career Services is free service for Beal students!

dgillette@bealcollege.edu