A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Boston University School of Law, he represented Maine environmental groups as an advocate for the Coastal Action Resources Committee before serving two terms in the Maine House of Representatives. Mr. Livesay is a former chair of the Board of Environmental Protection and former Trustee of the Maine Audubon Society. He is also a former member of the Inland Fish and Wildlife Commissioner's Non-Game Advisory Council. He is presently a Trustee of both the Maine Historical Society and Parkview Memorial Hospital.