Staff
Board of Directors
Chris Matthews, Chair
Associate Professor of Global Business and Leadership, Southern New Hampshire University
Marie Ramas, Vice Chair
Medical Director, GateHouse Treatment Center
Steve Lawlor, Treasurer
Principal, Nathan Wechsler & Company, P.A.
Mike Devlin, Secretary
Chief Program Officer, South Middlesex Opportunity Council
Adeola Adeniyi
Chief Financial Officer, Mokse Educational Services; Adjunct Professor, Southern New Hampshire University
Virginia Irwin
Former Director of Education, Department of Education
Shawn LaFrance
Deacon, Episcopal Church; Former Vice President for Population Health, Dartmouth Health–Cheshire Medical Center
Kathleen McGuire
Senior Associate Justice, NH Superior Court
Tim Murphy
Executive Director, Southwest Region Planning Commission
Daisy Pierce
Executive Director, Navigating Recovery of the Lakes Region
Brian Presti
Chief Investment Officer, TFC Financial
Kevin Rasch
General Counsel of Health Plans Inc. (HPI) and Corporate Vice President, Point32 Health
Shari Robinson
Former Assistant Vice President of Student Life, University of New Hampshire
Patti Stolte
Former Executive Director, Family Resource Center at Gorham
Rich Upton
General Partner, Harbor Light Capital Partners
Investment Committee
Rich Upton, Chair
General Partner, Harbor Light Capital Partners
Jeff Gendron
Senior Portfolio Manager, Ledyard Wealth Management
Kathleen Mahoney
President of Porches, Exeter LLC and Porches Development Group
Chris Matthews
Associate Professor of Global Business and Leadership, Southern New Hampshire University
Brian Presti
Chief Investment Officer, TFC Financial
Advisory Council
Kassidy Hudson, Chair
Grafton
Manufacturing Process Technician, Hypertherm Associates
Mo Baxley
Belknap
Former Executive Director, N.H. Freedom to Marry
Déodonné Bhattaral
Merrimack
Communications Director, Protection and Advocacy Agency, Disability Rights Center – NH
Julie Bosak
Carroll
Executive Director, Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network and New Hampshire Perinatal Quality Collaborative
Krista Gilbert
Cheshire
Disability Justice Advocate
Jules Good
Rockingham
Founder and Consulting Lead, Neighborhood Access
Ken Gordon
Coos
Chief Executive Officer, Coos County Family Health Services
Marianne Jackson
Carroll
Former Ob-Gyn and Executive Director, Gibson Center for Senior Services
Tanisha Johnson
Rockingham
Executive Director, Black Lives Matter NH
Jerry Knirk
Carroll
Chair, NH DHHS Therapeutic Cannabis Medical Oversight Board
Samantha Marshall
Coos
Manager, Education & Asset Building Programs, AHEAD Inc.
Alexander Mason
Hillsborough
Commercial Credit Analyst, Millyard Bank
Gary Merchant
Sullivan
State Representative, Sullivan County, District #6, former Pharmacy Director
Asheena Miller
Belknap
Lead Street Outreach Housing Specialist, Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties
Helen Mrema
Belknap
Clinical Social Worker, Therapists of Color New England
Carolyn Musyimi-Kamau
Merrimack
Research and Policy Fellow, New Hampshire Women’s Foundation
Zachery Palmer
Hillsborough
Senior Officer, Milford Granite Corp. & Key Stone Carvings
Jenny Ramsey
Sullivan
Community Leader
Priyanka Sharma
Hillsborough
Regional Leader, Nashua Region Office of Vocational Rehabilitation New Hampshire
Deanna Strand
Strafford
Executive Director, Dover Adult Learning Center of Strafford County
Alison Welsh
Cheshire
Treatment Court Coordinator and Project Director, Cheshire County
Ashley Wheeler
Strafford
Manager, Strafford County Public Health Network, Greater Seacoast Community Health
Angela Zhang
Grafton
Teacher, Social Work Department, Plymouth State University