Town Council Members

Frank Governali was elected to the Town Council in November 2009. He is a retired partner and managing director at Goldman, Sachs and Co. and worked as a securities analyst for over 20 years. Frank earned a B.A. in history from Dartmouth and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University.

He is a board member of the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation. He is on the Vestry and is Treasurer of St. Alban’s Church and is Treasurer of the Great Schools Partnership of Maine. Frank currently serves as the chair of the Town Council Finance Committee. Frank and his wife Dr. Terry Ann Scriven have three children and live on Old Ocean House Road.

Caitlin Jordan was first elected in November 2010. She received her B.A. in psychology from New England College; and a J.D. from the University Of New Hampshire School Of Law and has opened a law practice here in Cape Elizabeth. She also serves as the business manager of Alewives Brook Farm. She has been an active member of the Cape Farm Alliance.

Caitlin serves on the Appointments Committee and is a Town Council representative to the ad hoc Future Open Space Preservation committee. She is part of the twelfth generation of Jordan from the Rev. Robert and Sarah Jordan who founded Cape Elizabeth. She resides on Old Ocean House Road.

Jim Walsh was elected to the Cape Elizabeth Town Council in November 2009. He is a broker and realty with Weichert Realtors-Waterglen Group and works for LL Bean. Previously, he was an executive in regional and nationwide retail businesses and was a school teacher and administrator. He received his B.A. from UMass-Amherst in education and government, an M.A from Boston College in administration and supervision and an MBA from Suffolk University.

He chairs the Ordinance Committee and is the Town Council representative to the Greater Portland Council of Governments. Jim and his wife Kathy have had four children graduate from Cape Elizabeth schools. Jim and Kathy reside on Rock Crest Drive.

Sara Lennon was elected to the Town Council in 2006 and was reelected in 2009. She is the current chair of the Finance Committee. Sara taught English at Choate-Rosemary Hall and served as director of publications at Concord Academy before establishing her own business offering writing and graphic design to educational and non-profit organizations. 

Sara earned a B.A. in English from Wesleyan University and an M.A. in English from the University of Virginia.

She lives with her husband Paul and three children on Cranbrook Drive.

Jessica Sullivan was elected to the Town Council in November 2009. Jessica grew up in South Portland, Maine and graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in Physical Therapy. She has practiced physical therapy in Massachusetts, Texas and Maine. She has managed medical practices in Portland and South Portland.

Prior to her Town Council service, she was a Trustee of the Thomas Memorial Library. Jessica is the current chair of the Town Council Appointments Committee and represents the Town Council on the Open Space and Greenbelt Management Committee, the Future Open Space Preservation Committee and the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation.

She is part of the fifth generation of her family to live in Cape Elizabeth and currently resides on Mitchell Road. Jessica’s two grown children attended Cape Elizabeth schools. Her son graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School, and her daughter from Catherine McAuley High School.

Dave Sherman was elected to the Town Council in November 2008. He was appointed to the Cape Elizabeth Planning Board in 2000 and served until 2006, including two years as chairman. He served as president of the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation and has been a board member and volunteer with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Portland. 

Dave earned a B.A. from the University of Texas and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He is a principal at a Portland law firm.

Kathy Ray was elected to the Town Council in 2011 after serving eight years on the Cape Elizabeth School Board. She has a B.A. in communications from the University of Maine, and is retired from a career in banking.

She is a member of the council's Ordinance Committee and has been assigned to the Maine Municipal Association as convention delegate and Legislative Policy Committee representative.

A life-long resident of Cape Elizabeth, Kathy has also served as president of the local Rotary Club and as a director of the Iris Network.