Theodore 'Ted' S. Koffman (born October 28, 1944) is an American politician from

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. A

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from

Bar Harbor Bar Harbor is a resort town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 5,089. During the summer and fall seasons, it is a popular tourist destination and, until a catastrophic fire i ...

, Koffman served in the

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from 2000 to 2008. He was unable to seek re-election in 2008 due to term-limits. Koffman served as co-chair of the Natural Resources Committee from 2002 to 2008. Koffman worked as the Director of Government and Community Relations at

College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic (COA) is a private liberal arts college in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. Founded in 1969, it awards bachelors and masters (M.Phil.) degrees solely in the field of human ecology, an interdiscipli ...

from 1976 to 2008. In 2009, he joined the Maine Audubon Society. He retired from Maine Audubon, May 1, 2014.

Personal

Koffman was born in 1944 in

Morristown, New Jersey Morristown () is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...

. He earned an A.A. from

Franconia College Franconia College was a small experimental liberal arts college in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States. It opened in 1963 in Dow Academy and the site of the Forest Hills Hotel on Agassiz Road, and closed in 1978, after years of declining enr ...

in 1966 and with a B.A. from

Bloomfield College Bloomfield College is a private college in Bloomfield, New Jersey. It is chartered by the State of New Jersey and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) through ...

in 1968. He later earned a M.A. from

Goddard College Goddard College is a progressive education private liberal arts low-residency college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. The college offers undergraduate and gra ...

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1944 births Living people People from Bar Harbor, Maine People from Morristown, New Jersey Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives College of the Atlantic people Franconia College alumni Bloomfield College alumni Goddard College alumni {{Maine-politician-stub