Leadership NH Celebrates Class of 2018

Leadership New Hampshire (LNH) celebrated the graduation of its 2018 class on May 24th at LaBelle Winery in Amherst. The cohort of 36 associates included men and women from across the state who participated in an intensive 10-month program. LNH, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017, has nearly 1,000 alumni—individuals who are working to strengthen New Hampshire communities and increase civic engagement. Graduates hold leadership positions in the private, nonprofit, and governmental sectors across the state. The graduates are listed alphabetically by hometown.

• Bedford : Matthew Dayno, Associate Director of Emergency Medicine, Elliot Health System and Sean Doherty, Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis, Dyn / Oracle
• Berlin : Christy Langlois, Academic Affairs Officer, White Mtns Community College, Berlin
• Bow : Matthew Fossum, Senior Counsel, Eversource Energy, Michael Griffin, Sr. Account Executive, Cross Insurance and Gareth Orsmond, Partner, Pierce Atwood LLP.
• Brentwood : Brian Duffy, Associate General Counsel, Northeast Delta Dental.
• Brookline : Barbara Lafrance, Director, Home Health & Hospice Care
• Concord : Nathan Fennessy, director, Preti Flaherty PLLP; Rachel Goldwasser, executive director, New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners; Amy Ouellette, Associate Director of UNH Cooperative Extension; James Potter, executive VP/CEO, NH Medical Society; and Philip Sletten, policy analyst, NH Fiscal Policy Institute.
• Contoocook : Sarah Palermo, Communications Manager/Campaign Director, New Hampshire Legal Assistance.
• Center Tuftonboro : Stephanie Buttrick, VP & chief program officer, Granite State Management & Resources.
• Derry : Nicole Drouin, communications manager, Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
• Exeter : Nathan Harris, Senior Vice President of S&M, ZOLL Medical.
• Goffstown : Eulalie Paris
• Groveton : Tina Lunderville, VP-northern market manager, Bank of New Hampshire
• Hampton Falls : Eric Cimon, director of marketing and business development, Jewett Construction Company.
• Hanover : Sally Kraft, VP community health, Dartmouth Hitchcock.
• Henniker : Zach Lawson, chief information officer, The Lawson Group.
• Hooksett : Mark Blanchard, Director of Substation Operations, Eversource and Steve Couture, coastal program administrator, NH Department of Environmental Services.
• Hopkinton : Jonathan Eck, Shareholder / Attorney, Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA and Courtney Herz, Shareholder, Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green.
• Keene : Karrie Kalich, dean, Keene State College.
• Litchfield : Jeff McPherson, chief digital officer, SilverTech, Inc.
• Londonderry : Debra Miller, VP external relations, NH Community Loan Fund.
• Manchester : Newton Kershaw III, CEO, Elm Grove Companies and Gene Martin, annual giving officer, Plymouth State University.
• Milford : JerriAnne Boggis, executive director, Black Heritage Trail of NH and Michael Tule, director, McLane Middleton.
• Newbury : Marc Jacques, senior political and economic affaché, Government of Canada.
• North Conway: Courtney Wrigley, Project Coordinator, NH Listens.
• Ossipee : Molly Messenger, director, Pittsfield Listens.

Each year’s class of LNH associates attend 11 required and one optional seminar days held around the state. These provide an in-depth exploration of a topic of timely importance to New Hampshire, including demographic changes, the economy, criminal justice, environment, education, culture and arts, community leadership, government and politics, and health care.