Ted Guastello' 02, Counselor

Ted Guastello is a behavioral healthcare executive and counselor who currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer for AMFM Healthcare. Previously Ted was Vice President of Operations for Newport Healthcare, the nation’s largest provider of adolescent mental health treatment. Ted has had the opportunity to present on behavioral health issues on CNN, CBS, HLN, and ABC as well as conferences nationally.

Ted studied at Boston University and received his counseling credential (CATC) from the Institute of Chemical Dependency Studies in Los Angeles, CA. Ted is passionate about the helping professions and about spreading the word that you can ‘do well by doing Good’. The beauty of behavioral healthcare is that it transforms lives, patients and staff alike.

Ted lives in Southern California with his wife, Abigail (who is a nurse and healthcare executive), their infant daughter, Grace and their dog, Tyson. Though he identifies as a ‘Mainer’, Ted has proudly forgotten how to shovel snow after 11 years of living in California.”

Allie Smith '07, Non-Profit Executive

Allie Smith has been designing, delivering, and managing nonprofit programs for 7 years; she currently works for two nonprofits in Lewiston, ME. At New Beginnings, she runs the Educational Support Program, where she helps homeless and at-risk youth reconnect to and succeed in educational environments. At Healthy Homeworks, an organization focused on safe housing that she helped her mother found in 2016, she serves as Director of Education, creating and delivering educational programs focused on home ownership and home maintenance skills. In this role, she designed the curriculum for the award-winning “Build a Bed” program, which teaches participants carpentry skills while they build free new beds for themselves and others; she is currently co-designing a new program that helps Lewiston residents purchase their first home while improving the safety and quality of housing in the downtown. She was named one of Lewiston/Auburn’s “40 Under 40” in 2018 and was appointed to the City of Lewiston’s Housing Committee in 2020, where she advises the City Council on issues related to housing in Lewiston. In 2017, she purchased and rehabilitated a condemned three-unit apartment building in Lewiston’s downtown, where she now lives and provides affordable housing to two other families. She graduated from Yarmouth High School in 2007 and from Dickinson College in 2011 with a degree in English Literature.

Alex Brewer '08, TV Producer

Alex Brewer began his career in media attending Syracuse University ('12) after high school. His focus entering college was to work in sports media, majoring in Communication and Rhetorical Studies. After stops in Albany (radio sales) and New York City (Nickelodeon), his lifelong dream to work for ESPN came true in December of 2013. He was hired as a Production Assistant and worked on shows such as College Gameday and SportsCenter. Alex shifted his career from production after realizing he had a passion for business, negotiation, and operations. He currently supports the ESPN+ original content operation as an Associate Manager working within a Business Affairs group.