There’s a new guy in town.

The Boothbay Region Community Television (BRCTV) team of two has now officially become a team of three. Channel 7 in Boothbay Harbor has a new director of development.

Randall Adams has accepted the position that BRCTV Board of Directors President Tony Heyl said is part of a fulfillment of a grant from an anonymous donor.

Until just a few weeks ago, BRCTV was being manned by two people, Station Manager Jonne Trees and Associate Producer Ryan Leighton, with help from Cody Mitchell and the board of directors, led by Heyl.

Adams, who comes to Maine from southern California, isn't new to the Boothbay region. His mother, Gladys Farmer, grew up off Back Narrows Road and his father, Frank Willard Adams, lived on School Street in East Boothbay, where the family owned Adams Shipyard.

Adams' father left the region to attend Annapolis, then worked on destroyers, so the family moved around the country, with stops in Connecticut, San Diego and Hawaii before ending up in Lakewood, California, where Adams was born.

The family divided time each summer in East Boothbay and Tenants Harbor, where Adams' mother's family had moved to.

After retiring from the Air Force, Adams began teaching in California. He quickly moved up to become a principal, then superintendent, and then headmaster of a private school in Orange County.

“It was a big school,” Adams said. “I did a ton of development work. In the smaller schools, as principal, I was the director of development. When I became a headmaster we had a $16 million (a) year budget and we did up to $2 million a year in development. I was responsible for that and I got a good feel for fundraising.”

Around six months ago, after Adams decided he wanted to do something different, he and his wife made a decision.

“We had always wanted to move to Boothbay,” he said. “We had owned a home here for eight years, and had summered here during that time. We committed to moving here full time.”

Adams said he started looking into working in the area, and in April he heard that Channel 7 was looking for a director of development.

“I reached out, and spoke with Anya (Heyl), who is the treasurer,” he said. “In my heart I felt the pull toward this type of work.”

Adams kept in touch with Trees and Anya Heyl, and it soon became apparent to all parties that he was the man for the job.

“After a couple of great remote interviews we met him when he came to work on his house,” Trees said. “He's going to give us a shot in the arm and take us to the next level. He's a genius administrator from schools in California where he fundraised millions of dollars. He loves Channel 7 and what we do, and he's ready to go for it with us.”

“His family is from this area and he played here as a kid,” Leighton said. “He was looking to settle down in Maine, and I think BRCTV is a good fit for him. We've made a lot of big changes, and we're in a whole new era now. We have a new board of directors and with Randall joining the team it's like a perfect storm of having me working with Jonne, and now getting this great director of development. He's down to earth. He's approachable. He makes you feel like you're talking with an old friend.”

Heyl said Adams will be doing more than what his job requires.

“He'll be wearing a lot of hats, including help with office management,” he said.

He'll also be taking on some responsibility with video producing and editing.

“We want to teach him the basics of storytelling,” Leighton said. “He's going to come in and learn all phases of what it takes to produce a video.”

Adams is already working toward producing his own video about the Adams Mill site, part of the Boothbay Region Land Trust and the original site of Adams Shipbuilding.

Trees said he is looking forward to working with his new team.

“Steve Jobs was surrounded by great people,” he said. “We're beginning to be surrounded by great people. It's a team that's growing. Everybody on the board is great. Ryan's great. Each person can do different things, and when we all collaborate together we're going to make better things happen. We want to bring great things to the region. We want the region to be seen better throughout Maine.”

Adams said he is feeling the love in his new (-ish) town.

“I truly feel blessed to be here, to be part of the community, and the relationships I've already developed and expanded upon with relatives and the new people I've met,” he said. “It's been a really good reception.

“I'm having a difficult time defining that blurred line between pleasure and work. I'm enjoying what I'm doing so much it's hard for me to separate the two. I feel that this job is for me. This nurtures my soul. It's a blessing to come back to Boothbay, where it all started, and give back to the community and provide a flushed out, fully vetted service to the town, and to be a part of it. I feel like I'm paying it back.”