Leadership NH (LNH), a statewide leadership development program based in Concord, selected 38 individuals from across NH as its Class of 2018. The group will participate in a 10-month program, starting with an opening retreat at Camp Merrowvista in Tuftonboro.
For the last 25 years, LNH has had nearly 900 participants who hold leadership positions in the private, nonprofit and public sectors across the Granite State. Each year’s class attend 11 workshops held around the state that cover various aspects of NH, including demographic changes, the economy, families, criminal justice, education, culture and arts, community leadership, government and politics, and health care.
This year's participants are listed alphabetically by current residence:
Bedford
Matthew Dayno, Associate Director of Emergency Medicine, Elliot Health System
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
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, University of New Hampshire
James Potter, Executive Vice President/CEO, New Hampshire Medical Society
Philip Sletten, Policy Analyst, New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
Contoocook
Sarah Palermo, Communications Manager/Campaign Director, New Hampshire Legal Assistance
Center Tuftonboro
Stephanie Buttrick, Vice President & 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
Gilford
Cindy Hemeon-Plessner, Senior Vice President & Marketing Officer, New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp
Goffstown
Eulalie Paris, VP Wealth Management Business Solutions, People's United Bank
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
Steve Couture, Coastal Program Administrator, NH Department of Environmental Services
Hopkinton
Jonathan Eck, Shareholder / Attorney, Devine, Millimet & Branch, Professional Association
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
Gene Martin, Director of Development, Future In Sight
Milford
JerriAnne Boggis, Executive Director, Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire
Michael Tule, Director, McLane Middleton
Newbury
Marc Jacques, Senior Political and Economic Attaché, Government of Canada
North Conway
Courtney Wrigley, Project Coordinator, NH Listens
Ossipee
Molly Messenger, Director, Pittsfield Listens
Portsmouth
Joseph Harrison, Director of Clean Energy Finance, NH Community Development Finance Authority
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