FINANCIAL SERVICES

Sara Lauze has been promoted to senior vice president, operations officer for New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp. She has held several positions in operations and information at NHMB and Merrimack County Savings Bank, most recently as a vice president.

Service Credit Union, Portsmouth, has announced a series of promotions: Alexander Laham has been named assistant vice president of information security; Aimée Sundstrom, to assistant vice president of marketing and communications; Jaime Yates has been named community relations manager; Diane Towle, has been promoted to assistant vice president of special accounts; Lisa Peterson has been named assistant vice president of administrative services and security; Paula Labnon has been promoted to manager of the Gorham Walmart branch; and Rhianna Roberts has been named manager of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center branch.

Brian Christensen has joined NBT Bank as vice president and commercial portfolio manager. He is based at NBT’s New Hampshire regional offices in Manchester and Concord.

Avery Insurance, Portsmouth, has named Lori Davis as its director of business development. Prior to joining Avery, Davis was employed as an underwriter/account executive with Travelers and before that with Patriot Insurance as a commercial lines underwriter/field manager.

Savings Bank of Walpole has been ranked as one of the 85 Best Banks to Work for in the United States by American Banker Magazine, which recently announced the results of their eighth annual competition. This marks the fourth year in a row that SBW has been included on the magazine’s list.

Janelle Sartorio of North Stoddard has joined NHTrust as vice president and trust officer at its Keene office.

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust will be opening a new branch location at 5 Kilton Rd., Bedford. It will be the bank’s 21st New Hampshire branch. Meanwhile, Sean McIntyre of Lebanon has joined Bar Harbor Trust Services as vice president, regional relationship manager, working with clients in the Upper Valley. Savings Bank of Walpole was recently presented with the Emerging Lender Award by the U.S. Small Business Administration for its support of the Paycheck Protection Program. The award was presented to the bank during the New Hampshire SBA’S Small Business Week.

TECHNOLOGY

Portsmouth-based SilverCloud Inc., which provides solutions to the financial services industry, has released its inaugural monthly research report, “Silver- Cloud Labs: Conversational Banking Trends,” analyzing usage data collected from more than 200 financial institutions and 11.9 million end-user sessions. The inaugural report examines micro trends in conversational banking with particular interest in the personal nature of virtual assistants.

Nashua-based website design firm Episerver has named Whereoware to its Partner Advisory Board, which advises the firm on product strategy, market intelligence and overall go-to-market strategy.

Peterborough-based SoClean Inc. is ranked at No. 134 on Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 500 list of the fastestgrowing tech firms in the country. It was the only New Hampshirebased firm to be named to the list. SoClean reported 886% growth from 2016 to 2019. It is the third year in a row SoClean has been included on the list, ranking 39th in 2019 and 54th in 2018. Since 2012, SoClean has focused on its sleep maintenance product, the SoClean 2. This year, it began expanding its home health portfolio to provide consumers with hands-free solutions to kill viruses and bacteria in the air and on high-touch everyday items.

XMReality of Portsmouth and Zebra of Lincolnshire, Ill., have entered a partnership agreement to offer XMReality Remote Guidance with Zebra wearable solutions. XMReality Remote Guidance will be offered together with Zebra smart glasses. The XMReality Software is also compatible with Zebra’s handhelds.

Salem-based Emerald Electronics Manufacturing Services has announced the acquisition of two electronics manufacturing service providers — Saline, Mich.-based Saline Lectronics Inc. and Brea, Calif.-based Veris Manufacturing. Both companies are manufacturers of highmix, low- to mediumvolume printed circuit board assemblies and box builds for the industrial controls, aerospace, defense and medical industries.

Emerald EMS, a New Water Capital portfolio company, was launched in July 2020 with the merger of DataED, based in Salem, and Bestronics, based in San Jose, Calif.

HEALTHCARE

Families First Health and Support Center, Portsmouth, has announced plans to increase its capacity to offer new programs by moving to Greenleaf Woods Drive in 2021. The relocation will allow the center to expand existing services by adding more medical exam rooms and dental operatories.

The new center will also include dedicated space for the Intensive Outpatient Program, which offers group treatment for people with substance use disorders. In addition, two family physicians and a physician assistant recently joined Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth and Families First Health & Support Center in Portsmouth: Dr. Joseph E. Fuller Jr., physician assistant Annie Macadam and Dr. Terra Wilkins.

Waltham, Mass.-based Benchmark Senior Living has acquired the real estate and operations of the 40-unit memory care community of Evolve at Rye. Located on Route 1, Benchmark said, Evolve at Rye is the only dedicated memory care community in the Seacoast area. Benchmark is the largest senior care provider in New England, with 62 communities offering independent living, assisted living, mind and memory care, and continuing care. Six of them are in New Hampshire.

Alexa Gordon, a palliative care nurse practitioner, has joined Cornerstone VNA, which serves patients in Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap and Carroll counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine.

Concord Hospital has entered into a partnership with ApprenticeshipNH and two New Hampshire community colleges to hire and train individuals to fill the need for licensed nursing assistants. The instruction is offered through a partnership between NHTI and Manchester Community College, with MCC offering the instruction, while NHTI will serve as a local training site for the program.

Indian Stream Health

Center, Colebrook, has added Laurie Connors and Kimberly Richards to the practice. Connors, licensed social worker, is a trained trauma clinician and is certified in both EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and eating disorder treatment.

Richards, a psychologist, has nearly 20 years of experience in the behavioral health field. They join Kathleen Killeen, who was named director of behavioral health services earlier this year.

ADVERTISING AND MARKETING

Sebright Marketing Solutions, Strafford, has announced the addition of Lindsay Cota-Robles to its team as director of strategic marketing. Before joining Sebright Marketing Solutions, she was director of marketing for Bank of New Hampshire.

ENGINEERING

Alexander Croteau has joined TFMoran as a civil project engineer in the firm’s Bedford office. Croteau recently graduated from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, earning a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

LAW

Attorney Jim Kerouac, a shareholder in the Bernstein Shur law firm and a member of its Real Estate and Commercial and Governmental Finance Practice Groups, has been elected as a fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, the second attorney in New Hampshire to hold this designation.

Attorney Elizabeth Brown has joined Pierce Atwood’s Trust & Estates practice. She will be based in the firm’s Portsmouth office.

MANUFACTURING

PlasTech Machining & Fabrication Inc. of Bow has been acquired by DelCam Holdings, a Newton, Mass.- based company, and will become part of DelCam Manufacturing, a private group that includes a variety of New England-based manufacturing and fabrication companies. PlasTech provides plastics machining and fabrication services to the medical, high-tech and other industries. DelCam said it will keep the company at its current location. Ken Schaefer and John Howe of M&A firm Business Transition Services coordinated the transaction and represented the sellers, Lou and Claire Ferriero. Sale price was not provided.

Progressive Manufacturing Inc. has moved into its new home, at the former Gloenco Manufacturing building on Sunapee Street in Newport. After making several improvements the renovated facility is now the site for production of Progressive’s fireplace brand, SOLAS Contemporary Fire. With over 40,000 square feet, the facility doubles Progressive’s space.

CONSTRUCTION

North Branch Construction, has added Robert McNulty and Dylan Register to its staff as project superintendents. McNulty’s first assignment with North Branch will be supervising the firm’s project with Michaels Student Living LLC for the Dartmouth Graduate Student Housing project being built in Lebanon. Register will managing projects for Sig Sauer. Also at North Branch, safety specialist Don Carter recently completed all requirements for Board of Certified Safety Professionals certification and is now an Associate Safety Professional, or ASP.

EDUCATION

WorkReadyNH, the Community College System of New Hampshire’s tuition-free professional development program, is enrolling students for 2021, with day and evening classes now online. WorkReadyNH teaches soft skills to help students become better job candidates and more productive and valuable employees, including how to enhance a resume and prepare for a job interview, as well as workplace math, reading and graphic literacy. The program is geared toward any New Hampshire resident who is 16 or older.

Manchester-based CCA Global’s CCA Global University training program and curriculum have been recognized as one of the top 100 nationwide with a 2021 Training Top 100 designation, awarded by Training magazine. In 2020, CCA Global University rolled out its new Fast Start program, a virtual five-day course that provides sales professionals at all experience levels the skills to understand the standards of performance. Dartmouth College is creating a $15.5 million academic center honoring former President James Wright and his wife, Susan DeBevoise Wright, that will focus on the use of computers to better understand and advance democratic societies and the rule of law. The Susan and James Wright Center for the Study of Computation and Just Communities will use computer simulations, complex statistical analysis and artificial intelligence, among other technology, to research free speech and digital misinformation, surveillance and safety, and other issues related to democratic values and human rights.

ACCOUNTING

CPA firm Melanson has moved from its Nashua headquarters to a new, larger office space at 9 Executive Park Drive in Merrimack. The firm said the move will accommodate continued business growth as well as combine both New Hampshire offices into one space. The Manchester office will be merged into the new Merrimack location in January.

GOVERNMENT

The Community Development Finance Authority has added Mollie Kaylor of Auburn to its staff as director of housing and community development. Prior to joining CDFA, Kaylor served as a business resource specialist at the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs.

The New Hampshire Military Leadership Team, Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services (DMAVS) and New Hampshire Employment Security have recognized 19 New Hampshire organizations as Veteran- Friendly Businesses: Platinum Level — ArgenTech Solutions, BAE Systems, Dead River Company, HydraCor, Hypertherm Inc., New Hampshire Hospital Association, Next Step Bionics & Prosthetics, NH Veterans Home, Northeast Passage—University of New Hampshire, Partnership for Public Health, Sig Sauer, Southern New Hampshire University and Veteran and First Responder Healthcare. Gold Level — Lowe’s Home Improvement. Silver — A&R Sawyer Co. Bronze — Hometown Oil, Nvest Financial Group, Service Credit Union and Teledyne DGO.

BUSINESS SERVICES

Gwen Hurd has joined One Source Security in the newly created position of marketing manager for the Merrimackbased company. Hurd previously worked as marketing manager for startup Rx Green Technologies.

NONPROFITS

The Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire has been presented with the Award of Excellence for Outstanding Program by the Brain Injury Association of America. BIAA annually recognizes an affiliate that demonstrates excellence in the area of program/service design, execution and evaluation.

Tufts Health Plan Foundation has awarded a total of $165,000 in funding to 14 community organizations in New Hampshire to help with their ongoing Covid-19 response efforts.

They are: ALDA-Seacoast NH: $10,000; New Hampshire Food Bank, $20,000; The CareGivers, $15,000; Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association, $15,000; Farmsteads of New England, $10,000; Gibson Center for Senior Services, $10,000; Grafton County Senior Citizens Council, $10,000; Granite State Independent Living, $10,000; Greater Sullivan Strong, $10,000; Monadnock Family Services, $10,000; Seacoast Mental Health Center, $10,000; Spark the Dream, $10,000; St. Joseph Community Services, $15,000; and Upper Valley Strong, $10,000.

The Northeast Delta Dental Foundation recently awarded grants of $40,365 to eight New Hampshire oral health programs: $1,000 to the Circle Program, Plymouth; and $2,500 to the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire; $5,000 apiece to the Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health, Laconia, and Tri-County Community Action; $865 to the Sullivan County Oral Health Collaborative; $10,000 to Behavioral Health & Developmental Services of Stafford County; $7,500 to Harbor Homes, Nashua, to provide dental care; and $8,500 to the University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability.

Spaulding Academy & Family Services, Tilton, has named Sandra Marshall of Tilton as its director of development and community relations. The former director of community relations at LRGHealthcare, she spent more than 20 years at the organization in various executive management roles overseeing marketing, public relations and volunteer services.

Canterbury Shaker Village, a nonprofit museum founded to preserve the heritage of the Canterbury Shakers, has received a $23,000 grant from the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program to support an upcoming building assessment of the Village’s 30 historic buildings. The assessment will be a comprehensive evaluation of the buildings that make up Canterbury Shaker Village.

Four new members have been elected to the board of directors of the Enfield Shaker Museum: Gail A. McPeek of Enfield; Amy R. Resnick of West Lebanon, an attorney with Downs Rachlin Martin in Lebanon; Nancy Rosenthal of Hewlett, N.Y., and Enfield, owner of a metals business in Brooklyn, N.Y; and Ardis Vaughn of Boston, Mass., president of the Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester, Mass.

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees recently presented donations totaling more than $11,000 to seven Northern New England nonprofit organizations, including American Red Cross of Northern New England, which is based in Concord.

Landowners Dick and Nancy Gould have generously sold 273 acres along 1.8 miles of the Ammonoosuc River in Bethlehem to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests at a price of one-third of the land’s full value, enabling the permanent conservation of the property. The new reservation, called the Ammonoosuc River Forest, consists of two sections: 80 acres on the north side of the river, abutting Route 302, and 193 acres on the south side of the River, abutting the White Mountain National Forest.

Portsmouth-based Step Up Parents has been named a recipient of the Moving Communities Campaign, which was started in 2017 by Lexi Leddy of Great Island Realty, which donates a portion of all commissions to helping a local charity. To date, she has given back over $45,000 to the community.

The YMCA of Greater Nashua has announced that Charles T. Dobens and John L. Olson have joined its board of directors. Dobens is an attorney at Dobens Law LLC, and Olson is a retired executive from Texas Instruments Inc. Both live in Nashua.

The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has donated $2,500 to the Seacoast Charter School in support of the school’s Literacy Intervention Program, an initiative designed to offset academic gaps created by Covid-19.

Five Rivers Conservation Trust has named Liz Short of Concord as its new executive director. She formerly held senior positions at Stonyfield Farm and the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund and has a background in natural resources and business management.

The trust is dedicated to conserving special natural, agricultural, cultural and recreational lands in the Concord region.

Catholic Charities NH has acquired the Guardian Angel Thrift Shop in Berlin, a volunteer-driven nonprofit that offers clothing, collectibles, furniture and other household items. Proceeds from product sales support emergency assistance needs for individuals and families throughout the Berlin area.

North Branch Construction, Concord, recently donated the proceeds from its annual Safety Fine Program to two nonprofit organizations:

Twin Pines Housing Trust of White River Jct., Vt., and the New Hampshire SPCA in Stratham. In 2020, the Safety Fine Program proceeds totaled nearly $3,000, resulting in a $1,500 donation to each organization.

REAL ESTATE

A second HomeSmart Success Realty office has opened in New Hampshire, this one in Manchester. The location, opened by principal broker and franchise owner Munise Ulker, joins Ulker’s original HomeSmart office in Bedford.

SVN The Masiello Group has completed the sale of 8 Jennifer Drive, a former assisted living facility, in Merrimack.

Chris Pascucci of Masiello represented the seller, Claude J. Raymond, who sold the property to by 8 Jennifer Drive LLC. The 10,557-squarefoot building sits on over an acre of land. According to the Hillsborough County Registry of Deeds, sale price was $875,000.

NAI Norwood Group recently completed the sale of 118 Calef Highway in Lee for $540,000. The 2,400-square-foot retail building on two acres is the former headquarters of Lee Custom Cycles. The building will become the new home of Mosquito Squad of NH. Brian O’Brien, VP/ managing broker of NAI Norwood Group’s Portsmouth office, represented the seller, Jeffrey Chrisensen. Lear Realty represented the buyer, David Macchia.

Homeowners in Rancourt Estates Mobile Home Park, Merrimack, have purchased their 44-unit manufactured-home park, making it New Hampshire’s 133rd residentowned community, or ROC, with the assistance of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund. The newly named Jewel Estates Cooperative is Hillsborough County’s 15th ROC. Those communities contain 1,028 long-term affordable homes.

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