The New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association (NHLRA) in Concored hired Karen Moynihan as its new membership and sponsorships sales manager.

Moynihan is charged with all facets of membership including; managing the current membership, creating and implementing a membership recruitment strategy and elevating the current member benefits to the next level. Additionally, her role in the association will be to work closely with all NHLRA corporate sponsors to integrate them into the different strategic and communication channels.

Moynihan has been in the visual and performing arts fundraising arena for the past six years stewarding, managing and growing the membership and sponsorship base. Prior to fundraising she was an account executive with Business NH Magazine and she has served as HR director for a large Manchester law firm.

"We greatly look forward to the addition of Karen to our team," said Mike Somers, president and CEO of the NHLRA. "[We] feel that her superior fundraising skills are well matched by her enthusiasm and energy."

Founded in 1914, the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association is a statewide, non-partisan trade association. Their mission is to promote, protect and educate the foodservice and lodging industries of the state and to ensure positive business growth for our members.

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