Three months after becoming interim leader of Maine Children’s Home, Daniel Booth has been named executive director of the Waterville-based nonprofit.
Booth, a former board president and longtime board member with the organization, succeeds Candace Marriner in the role.
“Dan continues to bring stability, clarity and strong mission alignment during an important transition for our organization,” said Steve Doyon, the group’s board president. “His leadership and operational experience make him exceptionally well-positioned to lead this next phase of our work.”
Booth assumes the leadership role as the organization prepares to open the Maine Children’s Home Center for Families, which will bring mental health counseling and therapy, adoption services, targeted case management and young parent services together in a more coordinated support system.
“For many families, navigating multiple systems can be overwhelming,” Booth said. “The Center for Families allows our teams to work more closely together so support feels connected, responsive and centered around the needs of each individual and family.”
The center will be located at 93 Silver St. in the 7,600-square-foot Lunder Building on the organization’s Waterville campus.
Supported in large part by $525,000 in federal funding, the renovation modernized the 60-year-old facility with trauma-informed spaces for counseling and family support services.
The project is expected to allow the organization to serve more clients and add clinical staff. Clinicians will begin seeing clients in the center by late July, ahead of a planned September 2026 grand opening.
Founded in 1899, Maine Children’s Home aims to build and strengthen families and children across the state through support, adoption, counseling and youth services. In a typical year, the organization reaches close to 3,000 individuals.
Maine Children’s Home, formerly known as Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers, is listed in the 2025 Mainebiz Giving Guide with an annual revenue of $1,858,492, based on GuideStar data.
