The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight 

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Marcy Carsey, an Emmy-winning television producer, donated $20 million to the University of NH in Durham, her alma mater. The donation will be used to support the creation of the Carsey School for Public Policy. The donation is the second largest in UNH's history. 

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The Fells Historic Estate and Gardens in Newbury hired Susan Warren as executive director. Warren was most recently board chair of the Darien Domestic Abuse Partnership in Darien, Conn.

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Centrix Bank in Bedford promoted Jimmie Ray Denwiddie, Jr. to assistant VP, loan servicing officer. Denwiddie joined Centrix in 2007.

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Conductive Compounds in Hudson has appointed a new management team: Janice Banfield, president; Samuel Pollard, general manager; and Ryan Banfield, VP of technical services.

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Catherine Blake, president and founder of Sales Protocol International in Durham, was appointed by the Dean of Graduate School of Education to the Harvard Alumni Association board of directors for a three year appointment as the HAA graduate school director for the Harvard Extension School.

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Members First Credit Union in Manchester hired Karl Betz, former senior VP of enterprise risk management at GFA Federal Union in Gardner, Mass., as CFO.

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Rebecca Perkins, associate at Orr & Reno in Concord, was appointed to the board of directors of the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast in Portsmouth.

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North Branch Construction of Concord began its rennovation of the SIG SAUER manufacturing plant and office building in Exeter.

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CENTURY 21 Century 21 Advantage Realty in Manchester hired Nicole Garrity as a sales associate.

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WWPass, a global, cloud-based authentication provider, opened its corporate headquarters in Manchester. 

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The Mary & John Elliot Charitable Foundation in Manchester raised almost $77,000 for the NH Hospital for Children in Manchester.

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St. Mary's Bank in Manchester donated $2,000 to the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester in Manchester.

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The NH Community Loan Fund in Concord elected four people to its board of directors: Janet Ackerman, VP of commercial lending at Optima Bank & Trust in Bedford; Brigid Murray, managing partner/CEO of Sweet Scoops, LLC in Portsmouth; Anthony Poore, senior community development analyst at Federal Reserve Bank in Boston; and Dean Lizotte, CPA in Bedford. 

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The NH Association of Insurance Agents in Concord elected its board of directors officers and new members: Bryan Bernier, senior account executive at Eaton & Berube Insurance Agency in Nashua, chairman; Christopher Worcester, agent at Hometown Insurance Agency in Milford, chairman-elect; William Infantine, president of Aspen Insurance Agency in Manchester, vice chair; Charles Hamlin of Infantine/Cross Insurance Agency in Bedford, immediate past chairman; Dean Merrill, president and sales agent of Tobey & Merrill Insurance in Hampton, NH's national director to the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America: Kathy Batchelder, CFO at Clark-Mortenson Agency in Keene, new member; April McBriarty-Weismann, VP of business development and communications at HPM Insurance in Milford, new member; Steven Wainwright, regional manager at Cross Insurance in Manchester, new member; and Randall Wentworth, agency manager at Chalmers Insurance Group in North Conway, new member.