Heart, Health, Experience.
Dave Holman, MBA
Dave leads a team of experts in acquiring and managing residential and commercial properties that benefit residents, investors, and the planet.
Dave grew up in North Yarmouth, Maine before attending Carleton College. His Latin American Studies major took him to Bolivia where he co-founded The Spitting Llama Bookstore and Outfitter- a chain of retail stores. Dave has written three books: Youth Renewing the Countryside, Coffee Smuggler, and Cyber Fire. After earning his MBA at the University of Maine, Portland, he worked as Outreach and Communications Coordinator for Safe Passage and then as Assistant Director of Annual Giving for Bowdoin College. Dave has been a real estate investor since 2011 and is a broker for Remax Riverside specializing in commercial and investment property. He co-owns rental 94 units in Southern Maine and enjoys working with owners, residents and contractors to solve problems and improve communities. Dave has served on the board of the Ecology School in Saco and his local Budget Committee and Parks & Rec committee.
Brian Sprague, MBA
Property Manager
Brian and Dave co-founded Katahdin Property Management in 2019. Brian hails from beautiful Bangor, Maine and attended the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. He served as a Naval Officer for 20 years, retiring in 2017 as a Lieutenant Commander. He served in numerous locations at sea and ashore in the United States, the Middle East and Asia as an operations, logistics, and planning leader. Brian has also worked at LL Bean and Room & Board in operations roles. He is an active volunteer for Team Rubicon where he travels to provide post-disaster assistance to hard-hit communities. Brian holds an MBA from the University of Maine, Portland, where in 2009 he met Dave.
Jean Burr, PhD
Director of Investments
Jean was born and raised in a small town in Connecticut before heading to Vermont to earn her undergraduate degree from Middlebury College. Jean’s fascination with children’s thoughts and behaviors led her to the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, where she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in developmental psychology. Jean was a faculty member at Colby College and Hamilton College before stepping back from the grading and research projects to spend more time with her growing family. Jean currently lives in North Yarmouth with her husband, three sons, and a crazy yellow lab. She is a marathon runner and longtime friend of Dave’s from their Saturday morning running group.
Erin Matzen Mangalam, MSW
Construction Manager
Erin grew up in Auburn, Maine but headed south in high school to study vocal performance at North Carolina School of the Arts. She then moved on to study history and French, graduating from Brown University. After living in Paris, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and Humboldt County, she and her husband Kiran settled in Brunswick where they now live with their three children and two dogs. Along the way, Erin earned her MSW from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. In addition to working at Katahdin Property Management, Erin serves on the founding board of The Emergency Action Network (TEAN), a nonprofit dedicated to harnessing the generosity of the community to serve Brunswick's most vulnerable members. At TEAN she works most closely with the growing community of new arrivals from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.