Advisory Council
The Endowment for Health Advisory Council serves as community liaisons and advises the organization on existing service needs and community issues. They also serve as ambassadors for the Endowment, helping to educate community leaders about the foundation and its mission. The Council is composed of individuals who reflect the geographic and demographic diversity of the state. A majority of Council must be comprised of public members.*
Ann Peters - Chair
Rockingham County
Experience
Ann Peters is a founding Board member of the Endowment for Health and served on it for seven years. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Lamprey Health Care, a Community Health Center with locations in Nashua, Newmarket and Raymond, NH. Ms. Peters serves on several nonprofit Boards focused on the provision of health care. She received a Master of Science from Harvard University School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Hampshire.
Adele Woods - Secretary
Coos County
Experience
Adele Woods is Chief Executive Officer of Coos County Family Health Services. She has also served as Fiscal manager for White Mountains Center for the Arts in Bretton Woods, NH. Ms. Woods also serves on numerous boards and councils around the state. In 2004, she received the Androscoggin Valley Economic Recovery Corporation "Citizen of the Year" award. Ms. Woods holds an MS in Human Services Administration from Springfield College and degrees from the University of Delaware.
Betsy Andrews-Parker
Strafford County
Experience
Betsey Andrews Parker serves as the Endowment's Advisory Council Chair. She recently accepted a position with EG&G as a consultant on the federal and international pandemic influenza exercises with the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to that, Ms. Andrews Parker served as Executive Director of Northern Strafford County Health and Safety Council. She also acted as Executive Director of the American Red Cross-Great Bay Chapter in Portsmouth, NH. Earlier in her career, she served as Health Care Organizer for the New Hampshire Citizens Alliance and as a consultant to the Community Health Institute. Ms. Andrews Parker holds a Master of Public Health from Boston University.
Gina Balkus
Hillsborough County
Martha Bauman
Cheshire
Experience
Martha Bauman has had thirty years of administrative and program development experience, primarily in community mental health and substance abuse settings. Currently she writes a weekly column on issues of aging, which appears in the Keene Sentinel. She also writes about health and senior life for New Hampshire Magazine. Ms. Bauman is active in Monadnock Senior Advocates and the Council for A Healthy Community in the Monadnock Region. She has served on the Boards of NH Housing Finance Authority and Cheshire Homes, a local housing provider.
Randy Benthien
Hillsborough County
Jay Couture
Rockingham
Andrew Dillman
Hillsborough County
Experience
Andy Dillman is a Senior Account Executive for Landmark Benefits located in Hampstead, NH.
Mr. Dillman earned his Certified Employee Benefit Specialist degree from the Wharton School of Business.
He is currently President of the Board of Directors for the Nashua Boys and Girls Club. Mr. Dillman was also a member of the Producer’s Advisor Council for Anthem, Patriot Healthcare and Harvard Pilgrim; as well as the NH Insurance Department’s Advisor Board for Life Accident and Health. He also served as President of the New Hampshire Chapter of the Health Underwriters Association.
Mr. Dillman lives in Hudson with his wife and two children.
Harry Figueroa
Hillsborough County
Robert Fink
Coos County
Cynthia Giguere-Unrein
Strafford
Yvonne Goldsberry, PhD, MPH
Cheshire
Experience
Dr. Goldsberry is responsible for oversight of the Community Health Department, community benefit reporting process, and the "healthiest community" initiative at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene. She previously served as Administrator of the Community Public Health Development Unit for the State of New Hampshire, Division of Public Health Services. With an extensive background in community health planning, she helped guide the development of the New Hampshire Public Health Network. Dr. Goldsberry worked for several health policy organizations in Washington, DC, staffing projects focusing on substance abuse and primary care. Dr. Goldsberry is a graduate of Brown University. She received her Masters degrees in public health and urban planning from Columbia University and PhD in Public Policy from George Washington University.
Foqia Ijaz
Hillsborough
Experience
Foqia Ijaz is Program Coordinator for the Gate City Health and Wellness Immigrant Integration Initiative in Nashua, NH. She also serves on the Board of Directors of New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition (NHMHC) whose mission focuses on advocating, empowering and educating on minority health issues. Mrs. Ijaz worked with NHMHC for four years as a coordinator for their Cultural Competency group and as a health educator. Mrs. Ijaz has conducted many Cultural Competency workshops and forums for health and human service providers as well as educators that serve culturally diverse populations. She speaks English, Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi. She received a BA in Psychology and Political Science and MA in English Literature from Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Eugene Lariviere, M.D.
Sullivan
Margaret McClellan
Coos County
Experience
Marge McClellan is a past Endowment for Health Board member and now serves on the foundation's Advisory Council. She also serves as Board President for Northern Human Services as well as for Holiday Center, a non-medical care facility. Ms. McClellan also serves on the board of Coos County Family Health Services and the Berlin Housing Authority. Earlier in her career, she headed Androscoggin Valley HomeCare Services.
Philip T. McLaughlin, Esq.
Belknap
Experience
Philip T. McLaughlin is a practicing attorney at McLaughlin Law, P.C. Prior to that, he served as New Hampshire Attorney General from 1997 to 2002 where he was instrumental in the founding of the Endowment for Health. Mr. McLaughlin also served as Belknap County Attorney for more than ten years. Attorney McLaughlin has also served as past president for the Lakes Region Mental Health Center and is a current director for the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. He received his education at Holy Cross College, BA; the University of Rhode Island, Master of Public Administration; and Boston College Law School, J.D.
Deborah Mozden
Sullivan
Jan Nisbet
Strafford
Thomas Raffio
Merrimack County
Experience
Thomas Raffio, FLMI, is President and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, the umbrella organization for the Delta Plans of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, providing dental insurance for nearly 700,000 people in the tri-state region. Mr. Raffio was formerly Senior Vice President for Delta Dental Plan of Massachusetts and holds degrees from Harvard and Babson. He is also a Fellow of the Life Management Institute, and is a graduate of Leadership New Hampshire, Class of 1997.
Donna Sargent
Carroll
Experience
Donna Sargent is Executive Director for Ossipee Concerned Citizens, Inc. In that capacity, she is responsible for the management of this multi-purpose, intergenerational human services organization, including Carroll County WIC,
senior nutrition, senior center and children's daycare center.
Prior to that, Ms. Sargent was a site coordinator with Carroll County Family Planning where she established and maintained the program.
Among Ms. Sargent's civic activities are key roles with the Ossipee Budget Committee and Planning Board, Ossipee Main Street, Mount Washington Valley Economic Development Corp., and the Carroll County Transportation
Committee.
Ms. Sargent was honored with an Outstanding Young Women Of America award and was also honored as a community leader by the Northern New Hampshire Foundation.
Richard D. Silverberg
Merrimack County
Experience
Richard D. Silverberg, LICSW, is Executive Director Health First Family Care. He brings more than 30 years of management with service agencies and community systems as well as in business. Prior to Mr. Silverberg's appointment to Health First, he served in leadership roles for Central New Hampshire Community Mental Health and for the Consortium for Youth of South Central Connecticut. Mr. Silverberg sits on several Boards, including the Caring Community Network of the Twin Rivers, Community Health Access Network (CHAN) and Bi-State Primary Care Association. Mr. Silverberg received his Bachelor of Science and his Master of Science and Social Work from the University of Wisconsin.
Frances Strayer
Carroll
Experience
Frances Strayer received her BA in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her MSW from the University of Connecticut and is a licensed clinical social worker. She is a counselor in the Moultonborough Schools and has worked in public schools for 25 years. Ms. Strayer also had a small private practice for children and adolescents for over twenty years. She is on the Board of New Futures and has been a member of various state and community boards and organizations that provide support for children, youth and families. She is an adjunct professor in the Social Work Department at Plymouth State University and is on the Advisory Board of the Social Work Department. Ms. Strayer worked to create Senior Housing in the 1980's and is currently working to insure the availability of affordable housing in Sandwich.
Rodney E. Tenney
Merrimack County
Norrine Williams
Grafton
Experience
Norrine Williams recently retired from her leadership position at Ammonoosuc Community Health Services. She is a Clinical Social worker with 33 years of management expertise at a five-site, $6.5 million community health cetner. Ms. Williams is also adjunct professor at Lyndon State College and additionally works as a grant reviewer for the federal government.
