BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

The New Hampshire Marine Trades Association has elected new leaders for the organization. Third-generation boat retailer Peter MacCallum, owner of MacCallum’s Boathouse Inc. in Epsom, was elected president, and John Whalley, a second-generation boat retailer and general manager of Silver Sands Marina in Gilford, will serve as the group’s vice president. The association promotes issues supporting the state’s marine industry, boating safety and maintaining the health of the waterways that support marine activities.

Mandy McDonald, family liaison for the Conway Elementary School and founder of the Conway chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger, and Karen Dolan, director of snowsports at Cranmore Mountain Resort and Mountain Meister leader, have each been presented with White Mountains Treasure Award from the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce. In addition, the Steve Eastman Community Service Award, named in memory of late Mountain Ear newspaper cofounder and publisher), has been awarded to Four Your Paws Only in North Conway.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Dona Murray has been promoted to senior vice president and investment officer at Bank of New Hampshire. Prior to joining Bank of New Hampshire 10 years ago, she spent over 15 years with Wellington Management Company in Boston. In addition, Daniel Brown has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer at the bank. He has 18 years of executive management experience in streamlining operations and improving workflows.

Richard Lipari has been named vice president of operations at Northeast Credit Union, Portsmouth. He previously worked at Nusenda Credit Union in New Mexico as vice president of information systems.

Granite Financial Partners of Milford, serves business owners, business associations and individuals across northern New England, has completed its merger with Ten Broeck Insurance of Pepperell, Mass., and has hired three additional full-time employees. Jacob Stewart has joined the firm’s investment advisory team, Luciana Reis is an advisor, Kelsey Bailey also joined as the new client service administrator.

New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp has named six people as new corporators. They are: Jamie Burnett of Concord, a consultant and owner of Sight Line Public Affairs LLC; Kelli D’Amore of Deerfield, a principal at Nathan Wechsler & Company; Sarah Mattson Dustin of Contoocook, executive director of New Hampshire Legal Assistance; Dr. Yvonne Goldsberry of Walpole, president of the Endowment for Health; Jennie Meister of Walpole, controller of Bascom Maple Farms in Alstead; and Daniel Weeks of Nashua, a coowner and director at ReVision Energy.

HEALTHCARE

Zachary Conaway has been promoted to director of environmental services at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, succeeding Jay Welenc, who has led the department since 2011.

Bridge Street Recovery LLC, a national substance abuse treatment organization, has broken ground for a new substance use disorder recovery facility in Bennington, NH. The facility will include a 40-bed residential care unit and transitional housing that will provide both ambulatory and long-term care to individuals recovering from addiction.

Dr. Steven L. Bernstein has been named the first chief research officer for Dartmouth-Hitchcock, associate dean of clinical research at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and director of the C. Everett Koop Institute at Geisel. He currently is professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Professor of Public Health in the Yale School of Public Health. In his new post at D-H, Bernstein will oversee all aspects of research and development in the organization.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock has created an Office of Employee Well-Being, which will work to create and sustain a culture that values and supports employee wellness, efficiency of practice and personal/ professional fulfillment. “Fulfillment in one’s work not only helps retain quality employees but attract new ones,” said Heather Gunnell, director of the new office. “The Office of Employee Well-Being is an invaluable resource in ensuring we are supporting our employees, both to do their best work and to find joy in their work.”

Memorial Hospital in North Conway has received a three-year grant from Administration for Community Living that will support Mt. Washington Valley agencies assisting residents and their families living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

TECHNOLOGY

Information technology firm Red River has named Sera Gray as the company’s new chief information officer. Gray has worked for 15 years at Red River, most recently as vice president of operations and served as lead executive for the successful integrations of Red River’s four recent acquisitions: Accunet Solutions, Natoma, Ambonare and CWPS.

Amy Skidmore has joined Interware Development, Amherst, order management specialist. She previously worked for over 10 years at the New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicles.

Exeter-based respiratory care technology firm Vapotherm Inc. has received a $52 million growth capital financing package from California-based CIBC Innovation Banking. The company said it will use the funding to repay its existing revolving loan facility and term loan facility. The agreement provides Vapotherm with a term loan of $40 million, which matures five years from closing, and a revolving line of credit of up to $12 million.

IT company Red River, has unveiled a fully managed softwaredefined wide area network (SD-WAN) aimed at delivering advanced enterprise networking capabilities to the public sector and enterprise markets. Managed SD-WAN gives organizations greater flexibility, control and management over their network and is “a core component in the future of networking,” said Kevin Steeprow, Red River’s vice president of engineering.

ADVERTISING AND MARKETING

Tara Bishop of Manchester has joined Just Flow Events & Marketing as communications strategist.

Bishop has more than two decades of experience in corporate and nonprofit marketing communications in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Saltwater Collective, a full-service marketing agency in Portsmouth, has earned a spot on both Inc. magazine and Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists for 2020. It was Saltwater’s second year on Inc.’s annual list of the country’s 5,000 fastestgrowing companies, jumping to No. 1,192 from last year’s rank of 1,805. The agency also made Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agency list, noted as one of the nation’s 10 fastestgrowing agencies with 10 to 15 years of experience.

NONPROFITS

Prolman Realty Inc., Nashua, has announced the sale of Units 1 and 2 at 381 Main St., Nashua, to FMP Realty LLC. Seller of Unit 1 was RNC Realty LLC and the seller of Unit 2 was Accent on You Hair Salon Inc. Both were represented by Lisa Ferrari in the transaction. According the Hillsborough County Registry of Deeds, the selling price for Unit 1 was $187,500 and Unit 2 was $405,000.

New Hampshire Children’s Trust has received a $37,000 grant award from the Endowment for Health for the Family Resource Center Awareness project, which promotes family strength and resilience through connection to community-based resources.

AARP New Hampshire has presented Mary Roberge of Manchester with the 2020 Andrus Award for Community Service. The award, named after AARP’s founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, recognizes volunteers who are making a powerful difference in their communities in ways that are consistent with AARP’s mission, vision and strategic direction.

The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester recently announced the election of Deanna Rice, Catholic Medical Center, and William Stone, Primary Bank, to its board of directors. Board officers for the 2020-21 term are: Kevin Sheppard, chair; Tina Legere, vice chair; Brent Kiley, treasurer; and Liz MacDonald, secretary.

Christopher Norwood of Portsmouth, president of NAI Norwood Group, Bedford, and Anthony Poore, executive director of New Hampshire Humanities, have been appointed to the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority’s board of directors by Gov. Chris Sununu. Norwood’s, whose primary focus is commercial real estate sales, is also on the board of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors. Poore, who has previously worked in the economic development sector addressing the needs of urban and rural communities, serves on the boards of the New Hampshire Endowment for Health and Currier Museum of Art. Donald Shumway of Hopkinton is the board’s chair and Kendall Buck of Wilmot is vice chair.

The United Way of Greater Nashua has received a $146,000 grant to support English language learner students during the pandemic with remote learning. The grant, from federal CARES Act funds, was approved by the state Department of Education. The funding will support a number of initiatives, including development of learning modules for key technologies such as Zoom and Google Classroom in a variety of languages, including Swahili, Spanish, Portuguese and Rohingya.

The Capital Region Food Program recently distributed over 3.5 tons of nonperishable food items to 17 social service agencies, food pantries and churches as part of its Year Round Distribution Project. Receiving food as part of November’s distribution were: Blueberry Express Day Care; Boscawen Congregational Church Food Pantry; Center-Point Food Pantry; Christ the King Food Pantry; Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties; Concord Human Services; Epsom Food Pantry; Friends of Forgotten Children; Gospel Light Food Pantry; Loudon Food Pantry; Merrimack Valley Day Care; Open Door Community Kitchen; Pittsfield Food Pantry; Salvation Army; St. Paul’s Church Food Pantry; Suncook/Allenstown Community Action Program; and West Congregational Church Food Pantry.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Robert Cruickshank has been hired to lead the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative’s efforts to provide high-speed internet service in its service area. Cruickshank has a range of broadband experience, including as vice president of broadband internet access at CableLabs; vice president of engineering and interim chief technology officer of Road Runner High Speed Online; and as an operations architect and senior vice president of customer data, information and solutions at Cablevision Systems in Long Island, New York.

TRANSPORTATION

Advantage Truck Group has completed its acquisition of the Freightliner of New Hampshire franchise and its full-service dealerships in Lebanon and Londonderry. The Lebanon operation will continue in place on Heater Road, ATG said, and the Londonderry operation has been moved to 222 Frontage Road, Manchester. The acquisition allows ATG and its partner, McDevitt Trucks Inc., to provide fully authorized service to Freightliner and Western Star owners throughout New Hampshire from its four locations in Manchester, Lancaster, Seabrook and Lebanon.

ARCHITECTURE

Market Square Architects, Portsmouth, has hired Michael Murphy as a project manager. Murphy, who has 16 years of experience in commercial, senior living, aviation, residential and hospitality projects, previously worked for over 10 years with a large Northeast designbuild firm.

BUSINESS SERVICES

Greg Mickelson of Guilford, Conn., has joined Standish Executive Search as a principal of the firm, which has offices in Manchester as well as Providence, R.I., and Worcester, Mass.

REAL ESTATE

Prolman Realty Inc. has announced the sale of 53-59 Main St., Nashua, to Diastole Holdings LLC, which plans to open a new restaurant at the 3,750-squarefoot building. The seller, 53-59 Main Street LLC, was represented by Mark Prolman, who also assisted the buyer, Diastole Holdings, LLC. Sale price was $735,000, according to the Hillsborough County Registry of Deeds.

EDUCATION

Zi Chen, a professor of engineering at Dartmouth College, has received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), to lead a three-year research project on the International Space Station. Chen’s proposal was one of three selected from institutions across the country as part of the NSF/CASIS solicitation to further knowledge of tissue engineering and mechanobiology.

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