Ben Carlisle
President
Having served on the company’s board of directors since 2003, Ben joined the company as vice president in 2010 and was elected president in 2013. A native of Bangor, Ben returned to Maine after working in the Boston region for 13 years, where he consulted for regulated utility companies such as Verizon, Waste Management, CSX Transportation, and Exelon Energy. In addition to his role at P&C, Ben currently serves on the Board of Directors of Katahdin Bankshares Corp, is the President of the Maine Forest Products Council, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Forest Society of Maine, North Maine Woods, and the Maine Forest & Logging Museum. He is a graduate of Hamilton College and holds an M.B.A. with high distinction from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.
Robert Chandler
Vice President – Forest Management
Bob started his career with Prentiss & Carlisle in 2005 as an Operations Forester. Since that time he has worked across P&C managed lands planning and overseeing harvest operations. He also has worked for P&C on utility line projects across the state of Maine. Bob currently is responsible for P&C’s forest management operations. Bob holds B.S. degrees in Forestry and Wildlife Ecology as well as an M.B.A. from the University of Maine.
John (Jack) Kelly
Vice President – Consulting Services
Jack joined Prentiss & Carlisle as a summer intern in May 2011. Following his graduation with a Master of Forestry degree from the University of Maine in August 2011, Jack took the role of special projects forester, offering consulting services such as real property appraisals, real estate brokerage, and land use consulting, specializing in large commercially-managed timberland tracts. Jack now leads the Consulting Services Division of Prentiss & Carlisle, which offers a wide range of technical forestry services to timberland owners in the northern United States and Canada. Jack is a Certified General Appraiser in Maine and several other northern states as far west as Minnesota, a licensed professional forester in Maine, and is P&C’s licensed Designated Broker.
David Maddocks
Vice President – Forest Products
After a diverse career in forest products — forest technician, operations forester, woodlands operations manager, sawmill production manager, and mill manager for a variety of companies—Dave joined Prentiss & Carlisle in 2001. Dave oversees and coordinates the marketing and quality control of P&C’s forest products. Dave graduated from the University of Maine with a B.S. in forest management in 1984.
Kevin McGlauflin
Vice President – Harvest Operations
Having worked in the forest products industry for the past 34 years, Kevin has held various positions for several different companies, including forest technician, operations forester, procurement forester, and project manager. Kevin joined Prentiss and Carlisle in 2001 as a procurement forester for the Newport Manufacturing Division. Since that time, he has worked for the managed lands division as an operations forester, and as a harvest operations supervisor. Kevin is currently the manager for the Harvest Operations division which provides timber harvesting, road and bridge construction, and trucking services. He is a 1989 graduate of the university of Maine, with a B.S. in Forest Management.
Scott Barnes
Vice President – Woodlot Management Services
Scott graduated from the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in forestry in 1998. Following graduation, Scott worked as a private contractor before he went to work for the Maine Forest Service. After 6 years with the MFS, he joined Prentiss & Carlisle’s small woodlot division in the fall of 2007. During his time with P&C, he has assisted well over 350 private landowners in achieving a diverse range of goals and objectives for their lands. Scott took over as Vice President of Woodlot Management Services in 2025. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting, fishing, cooking, and spending time with his wife and daughter.