Bruce Lindberg received a B.S. degree in secondary education from the University of Maine at Farmington, and an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from the University of Maine in Orono. He has been a part of Maine high school education for more than three decades, initially as an English teacher, Athletic Director and Assistant Principal, then as Principal at Bucksport, Sumner, Mt. Blue, Mt. Valley, and Piscataquis CHS where his school was one of seven in the nation to be recognized by the National Educational Conference on School Improvement.