Carol S. Rancourt
Directors Emeriti
Carol Rancourt served at Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA) for more than 30 years, retiring in June 2018. As manager of SMAA’s Volunteer Services, she oversaw more than 600 volunteers a year and ran the RSVP program, a federal initiative that recruits older volunteers. While at SMAA, she developed the Senior Medicare Patrol Program and State Health Insurance Program, which serves some 4,000 seniors annually, and the Advance Healthcare program, among other projects. Carol originated the idea behind the Vet to Vet program and guided its development at SMAA. She also instituted Vet to Vet’s Shared Leadership Team, which served as an informal board to the program while it operated at SMAA. She held a BSW, MSED, and did graduate work at the Ethel Percy Andrus School of Gerontology at USC, Penn State, and Syracuse University. She served three years on the Scarborough School Board, including two years as chair, and nine years on the Town Council, also serving as chair. She served as vice chair of the Scarborough Seniors Program Advisory Board. Carol was on Vet to Vet Maine’s first Board of Directors, serving as secretary, and was named Director Emerita in 2019.