Rachel Talbot Ross ’78 becomes Maine’s first Black House Speaker

Congratulations to Rachel Talbot Ross ’78, who yesterday was nominated by her Democratic colleagues to become Maine’s first Black House speaker. The nomination comes 50 years after Talbot Ross’s father, Gerald Talbot, became Maine’s first Black legislator.

Rachel Talbot Ross was the 2021 recipient of Waynflete’s Klingenstein Alumni Award.