Paula Benoit is a former Maine State Senator and a long time small business owner. As a well known community activist in the Mid Coast Maine area, Paula was, and remains, an innovator and leader among many non-profit communities.

As a first-term State Senator, Paula co-sponsored LD 1084, An Act to Allow Adult Adoptee Access to Original Birth Certificates. The bill was passed and signed into law on June 25, 2007. Paula's success in delivering bipartesen support among law makers has drawn both local and national media attention to the issue. Senator Benoit, an adoptee, is currently committing her time to educating Legislators in other states on the legal imperative for all adult adoptees to have access to original identity.

Paula Benoit lives in Phippsburg, Maine.