Sen. Grohoski is a cartographer and geographic information system (GIS) specialist from Ellsworth. Raised by her mother, a school nurse, and father, a Vietnam veteran and electrician, Sen. Grohoski shares her parents’ commitment to public service and the health and well-being of her community. She is a driver for the local Meals on Wheels program, volunteers with Green Ellsworth and serves on the Board of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.
Sen. Grohoski joined the Senate after serving two terms in the House of Representatives, where she was a member of the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee. She is a graduate of Middlebury College and currently works for a small, Maine-based mapping company.
Her district currently includes the towns of Bar Harbor, Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Cranberry Isles, Deer Isle, Ellsworth, Frenchboro, Isle au Haut, Lamoine, Mount Desert, Orland, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Surry, Swan’s Island, Tremont, Trenton, and Verona Island.