Betsy Sweet

Betsy Sweet is the founder and Principal of Moose Ridge Associates, which since 1990 has promoted state legislation supporting the interests of women, elderly, people with disabilities, mental health services, victims of abuse and discrimination, and the environment.   She is known as a long-time advocate and spokesperson for civil rights. Betsy was a pioneer in women’s advocacy in Maine as Director of the Maine Women's Lobby and the Maine Commission for Women under two Governors in the 1980s. She did the research that led to and then helped write Maine’s first Clean Election law and the first Family Medical Leave Act in the country.  She has worked on every state budget for the last 35 years to insure funding for crucial services for Maine people.

She has helped found numerous legislative coalitions over the years, knowing that we are smarter together than we are alone.  She has run numerous state level legislative races, organized referendum campaigns, and was both a gubernatorial and US Senate candidate.

Betsy also serves as a hate crime and sexual harassment prevention trainer, facilitator and organizational development consultant.  In 2007, Betsy went back to school to get her Master's Degree in Psychology and has an integrative counseling and healing practice, Sweet Spirit.

She has 3 spectacular daughters, one adorable dog, and lives in Hallowell, Maine.