REAL ESTATE
Real estate investment firm The Kane Company, Portsmouth, has named Andrew Ginsburg as its president and chief operating officer, a newly created position. Ginsburg has over 20 years of experience, including management positions with Sovereign Real Estate Group, Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust and Down East Management Associates.
James Prieto of Nashua-based Granite Commercial Real Estate helped BJ’s Wholesale Club in sourcing a new southern New Hampshire location for a BJ’s Gas Station at 210 Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua. The site is BJ’s Gas fifth New Hampshire location as it seeks to expand its footprint in the market.
Kristin White St. Cyr of The Dow Realty Group, Meredith, has been honored for achieving the firm’ highest sales volume for 2021. Her total volume of $34,534,000 in 2021 shows that she has “set herself apart from other agents as a premier luxury and waterfront specialist,” said Adam Dow, owner of the firm.
ADVERTISING AND MARKETING
Talient Action Group has announced implementation of Prinect, a Heidelberg prepress system that automates the processing of print files for digital and offset printing, as well as
postpress finishing systems. The addition will help the firm provide
faster processing and reduced costs, the company said.
CONSTRUCTION
Outdoor Pride Landscape & Snow Management, Manchester, has promoted Bill Butts to
vice president of client relations & sales. Butts, of Norwood,
Mass., joined Outdoor Pride in 2018, and has more than 35 years of sales
and management experience in the commercial landscape and snow
industry.
Decorative Interiors Inc. of Laconia has announced that Jolene Price has
joined its team as director of finance and operations. Price is former
director of finance and operations at 3W design inc. Concord.
HEALTHCARE
Seacoast Dermatology PLLC has
opened a new office in the Central Commons Building at 750 Central
Avenue in Dover. At the new location, the organization will provide skin
health education, skin cancer screenings and Mohs micrographic surgery,
cosmetics and effective treatment for all skin conditions at any age.
Home Health & Hospice Care, a visiting nurse association in Merrimack, has named Barbara Lafrance its
new chief clinical officer. She has been with the nonprofit for over 23
years, and was promoted from her role as director of hospice and
palliative care.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center and Department of Medicine have appointed Linda T. Vahdat as
deputy cancer center director, chief of the section of medical oncology
and interim chief of hematology. She will also serve as the Milham
professor and professor of medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of
Medicine.
Katherine Shamel has
joined Bi-State Primary Care Association as a program manager for
workforce initiatives to help in the recruitment and retention of
primary care doctors, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician
assistants and nurse midwives for New Hampshire and Vermont health
centers. She holds a bachelor’s in nursing from St. Anselm College and a
master’s of science in nursing from Rivier University.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Bank of New Hampshire has announced the promotion of Gayle Price to executive vice president and chief human resources officer.
She
joined the bank in May 1984 as a bank services representative and began
her human resources career in September 1986. In addition, Cynthia Day has been promoted to vice president and wealth management officer at the bank. Also, Mark Mastenbrook has been promoted to assistant vice president and director of facilities.
Kimberly Place, vice
president and a financial advisor at NHTrust, has been recognized as a
2021 Elite Advisor by Infinex Investments Inc., NHTrust’s investment
services partner. Place, who joined NHTrust in 2018 as assistant vice
president and chartered financial consultant, has held the honor of
Infinex Elite Advisor for several years.
Meredith Village Savings Bank has announced the promotion of Robert “Bob” Davis to senior vice president, commercial lending team leader. He is based in the Plymouth branch office.
Matt Becker has been promoted to vice president and shareholder of The Rowley Agency, and Joe Ralbovsky has
been promoted to shareholder. Ralbovsky has worked with the
Concord-based agency since 2003, and Becker has been with Rowley since
2009.
GOVERNMENT
Sean Clancy has
been named the city of Portsmouth’s assistant city manager for economic
development, succeeding Nancy Carmer, who is retiring after 36 years
with the city government. Clancy, associate vice president, marketing
and engagement at Great Bay Community College, will start his new job on
March 14.
ACCOUNTING
Accounting and advisory firm Baker Newman Noyes has announced three seniorlevel promotions in its Manchester office. Christopher Hussey and Kimberly Pecora have been promoted to managing director in the Tax Department, and Landon and Pecora have been promoted to tax principal.
LAW
Attorney Ryan Flatley has
joined the Lebanon-based law firm Downs Rachlin Martin and will
practice in the firm’s Trust and Estate group. Flatley joins DRM as
counsel after having worked as a trust and estate attorney at Thede
Culpepper in Portland, Ore. DRM also has announced the transition of Alison Sherman, a senior trust and estate planning associate, to the firm’s Burlington, Vt., office.
Attorneys Ron Abramson, Jeffrey Manganaro and Christopher Ratté have
been promoted to partner at Shaheen & Gordon, bringing the firm’s
total number of partners to 19. Abramson is chair of the firm’s
immigration practice. Manganaro focuses his practice on family law, and
Ratté focuses his practice on business and real estate law.
McLane Middleton has announced that attorney Joseph W. Morales has
joined the firm as counsel in the Corporate Department. Prior to
joining McLane, he was a partner at Withers LLP and Withers Bergman LLP,
which operate globally as Withers Worldwide. He is admitted to practice
in New York and Connecticut.
MANUFACTURING
Jacqueline Bristol has
been named president of the Weber Packaging Solutions Honor Council, a
yearlong appointment granted to the top territory manager with sales
exceeding forecasted goals.
Bristol,
the first woman to earn this award in the company’s 90-year history,
was appointed to the position for excellence in her territory account
management in New Hampshire, New England and New York in 2021.
NONPROFITS
The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund has added two staff members. Sarah Marchant, the new chief of staff, previously worked as Nashua’s director of community development, and Pamela Hawkes, director
of major gifts and corporate giving, was a member of the senior
leadership team at Families in Transition. The Community Loan Fund also
has announced the addition of two members to its board of directors: Ali
Sekou of Concord, currently a manager with Hannaford Supermarket and
president of the Islamic Society of Greater Concord, and Sid Prabhakar
of Bedford, vice president, commercial real estate at TD Bank in New
York City.
Granite State Independent Living has named Tracy Gillick its new chief operating officer. She has nearly 30 years of management and accounting expertise in the nonprofit sector.
Granite VNA, formerly
Concord Regional VNA and Central NH VNA & Hospice, raised more than
$65,000 during its annual Lights, Life and Memories campaign to support
hospice care. Through community participation, more than 1,800 names
were included in the online Honor Roll, and over 600 names were
inscribed on porcelain doves and placed on evergreen trees in service
area locations as ways to remember loved ones who have died.
AARP New Hampshire is
inviting local organizations and governments across the state to apply
for the 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant program. The grants fund
quick-action projects that are designed to help communities become more
livable in the
long term by improving public spaces, transportation, housing, civic
engagement, coronavirus recovery, diversity and inclusion. Deadline to
apply is Tuesday, March 22. All projects must be completed by Nov. 30,
2022. For more information, visit AARP.org/CommunityChallenge.
The YMCA of Greater Nashua has announced that Nashua residents Rosmery Torres, a principal at Purple Finch Realty, Nashua, and Amir Toosi, dean of business and security studies at Rivier University, have joined its board of directors.
On March 11, Concordbased CATCH Neighborhood Housing will
be hosting its second Masquerade Gala at the Grappone Conference
Center. As part of the celebration, CATCH will be honoring several
community members, including the inaugural Rosemary M. Heard Housing
Champion Award, given to Mike Claflin, executive director of AHEAD of Littleton; the Helen M. Greene Visionary Award, to Ken Viscarello, attorney and shareholder at Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green; Community Collaborator Award, to Josh Hardy, executive director of ConcordTV; Business Partner of the Year award to Bonnette, Page & Stone; and Volunteer of the Year to Matt D’Amore, chief financial officer of Sanel NAPA and current CATCH board treasurer. For more information, visit catchhousing.org/programs.
Katie Boyden has
joined the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester as marketing and
communications director. With several years’ experience in nonprofit
marketing, her work will aid the nonprofit in its mission to help youth
in the community realize their full potential.
HOSPITALITY
Manchester Country Club, Bedford, has announced that Daniel Henry has been hired as the club’s new executive chef and Ann Sorrell has
been named director of food and beverage. Henry previously worked at
Brookville’s Tam O’ Shanter Country Club on Long Island in New York.
Sorrell’s professional experience includes Marriott Hotels as well as
the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass.
TECHNOLOGY
Appcast, the Lebanonbased programmatic recruitment advertising technology and services firm, has announced the promotions of Matt Molinari from senior vice president of business development to chief operating officer, and Heather Salerno, previously senior vice president of marketing to chief marketing officer.
Minim Inc. President and Chief Marketing Officer Nicole Zheng has
been named to Parks Associates’ inaugural list of Top Leaders In
Technology. The research group’s list recognizes industry leaders for
their pivotal contributions to the growth of the digital lifestyle and
technology markets.
RETAIL
The Sullivan Country Store, in partnership with The Local Crowd Monadnock, has
launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to reopen the store.
The crowdfunding campaign will offer a limited number of rewards to
individuals who give at certain financial levels. Individuals can
contribute at bit.ly/sullivanstore.
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