Born on March 1, 1969, in Boston, he prepared for college at Bangor High School and attended Bowdoin from 1987 to 1989. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Maine and coached the Bangor High School girls’ swimming team and the YMCA Barracudas. Surviving are his parents, David M. Carlisle ’61 and Susan Aldrich Carlisle of Bangor; three brothers, Jonathan M. Carlisle of Brookline, MA, Benjamin D. Carlisle of Newton, MA, and Nicholas S. Carlisle of Cambridge, MA; and his grandfather, George D. Carlisle of Bangor.