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
Kevin Rasch, Treasurer
General Counsel of Health Plans Inc. (HPI) and Corporate Vice President, Point32 Health
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
Alexander Mason
Commercial Credit Analyst, Millyard Bank
Kathleen McGuire
Senior Associate Justice, NH Superior Court
Tim Murphy
Executive Director, Southwest Region Planning Commission
Zachery Palmer
Senior Officer, Milford Granite Corp. & Key Stone Carvings
Daisy Pierce
Executive Director, Navigating Recovery of the Lakes Region
Brian Presti
Chief Investment Officer, TFC Financial
Shari Robinson
Former Assistant Vice President of Student Life, University of New Hampshire
Rich Upton
General Partner,
Harbor Light Capital Partners
Julia Williams
Vice President of Strategy and Strategic Initiatives, Point32Health
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
Kristen van Bergen-Buteau
Coos
Director of Workforce Development & Public Health Programs, North Country Health Consortium
Déodonné Bhattarai
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
Corinne Breton-Benfield
Hillsborough
Executive Director, Stay
Work Play NH
Wanda Castillo
Hillsborough
Community Health Worker, City of Manchester Health Department
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
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.
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
Carolyn Musyimi-Kamau
Merrimack
Research and Policy Fellow, New Hampshire Women’s Foundation
Jenny Ramsey
Sullivan
Community Leader
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