NONPROFITS
Evernorth Loan Fund — a nonprofit that serves low- and middle-income residents in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with affordable housing and community investments — has received an anonymous $10 million donation to support its efforts in financing affordable housing projects in Vermont. With this contribution, Evernorth can make low-cost, flexible loans to affordable housing developers, giving them access to capital to create housing for those in need.
Belknap EDC Executive Director Justin Slattery has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Board Community Advisory Council, which is comprised of experts of consumer, workforce and community development organizations to provide advice and recommendations to the board on relevant policy matters. Slattery will serve a three-year term.
Granite VNA Vice President of Strategy Julie Stone has been appointed to Riverbend Community Mental Health’s board of directors, where she will help the organization advance its mission of caring for behavioral health throughout central New Hampshire. Stone has 20-plus years of experience in home health care and hospice services and with organizations providing services for older adults and adults with disabilities.
Catholic Charities NH, the state’s largest human services organization, has welcomed Stephanie Nelson Wimmer to its board of trustees. She currently leads the global health economics, market access, and reimbursement (HEMAR) organization for Philips, overseeing patient access for the corporation’s $18 billion product portfolio. Previously, she was the VP of health economics, policy, and reimbursement for Medtronic’s medical surgical and neuroscience portfolios.
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Outdoor Pride Landscape & Snow Management, a snow removal and landscape management company firm, has once again been named one of the “Best Companies to Work For” in New Hampshire by Business NH Magazine. Outdoor Pride was also recognized by Business NH Magazine as a top family-owned business for the third year in a row, as well as one of the fastest-growing companies in the state.
True REST Float Spa has reopened in Keene, which closed unexpectedly in 2021 but has since been purchased and is now owned and operated by Myatt Enterprises. The spa features float therapy tanks, as well as an oxygen bar and a lounge in an environment that promotes mental and physical well-being for pain relief, relaxation and better sleep.
LAW
Devine Millimet Attorneys at Law was awarded The Best of 603 – Gold, presented by Manchester Radio Group, in three categories: Elder Law, for its wills, trusts and estates planning group; Employment Law, for its employment, employee benefits and executive compensation team; and Business Law, for its corporate law team.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Leadership New Hampshire (LNH), a statewide program that helps build a community of business leaders, has added three new members to its board of trustees: Tara Chynoweth, an environmental, health and safety consultant with Safe Causeway Consulting; Robin Milnes, executive vice president of INEX Capital and Growth Advisors; and Laura Simoes, executive director of the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications. Departing trustee board members are attorney Patrick Closson, Sally Manikian, and Dr. Jon Thyng.
Working Fields — a staffing agency that removes barriers to employment for job-seekers across Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts — has announced that Chelsea Bardot Lewis will fill the role of CEO, as founder Mickey Wiles steps aside to become the new CFO. As part of this leadership change, Lorcan Ackley has been promoted from senior account manager to director of operations.
UTILITIES
Eversource has announced the winners of its 2024 Eversource Energy Excellence Awards, which recognize business partners across the company’s commercial and industrial (C&I) portfolio in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire who are leading by example with comprehensive clean energy solutions that are driving energy savings and decarbonization outcomes.
Recipients are: Equity Award, CET; Decarbonization Award, Energy Resources; Energy-Efficiency Retrofit Project Award (Large C&I), B2Q; Energy-Efficiency Retrofit Project Award (Mid-Sized C&I), NuWave Energy Solutions; Energy-Efficiency Retrofit Project Award (Small C&I), Efficient Lighting Maintenance; Supply Chain Partner; Graybar Electric; New Construction Design of the Year, Thornton Tomasetti; EV Charging Infrastructure, Maverick Electric Vehicle Services; Focused Scope, Energy Resources; and Municipal, CMTA, a Legence company.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Cydney Shapleigh, current senior vice president at NHTrust, has been named the company’s next president. Shapleigh joined NHTrust in January 2024, and will move into her new role on October 1 replacing outgoing president Paul Provost, who has led the company for 22 years. Prior to joining NHTrust, she was a senior transformation program manager at Bottomline Technologies.
Eastern Bank has been recognized by Disability: IN as a top-scoring business in the Disability Equality Index and as a 2024 Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion. Eastern continually supports equity initiatives through corporate practices and community collaborations, including providing employee health benefits to accommodate apparent and nonapparent disabilities, and offering the Equity Alliance for Business to advance growth opportunities for underserved business owners, including disability-owned businesses. Eastern’s “disAbility Advocacy Alliance” is an employee-led and executive-sponsored Employee Resource Group that helps to organize workplace practices as well as community events that foster awareness and inclusion for people with disabilities and provide resources for their caregivers and allies.
Following its recent merger with Cambridge Trust, Eastern Bank announced recent leadership appointments, including: Sujata Yadav, executive vice president, chief product officer; Jeffrey F. Smith, executive vice president, wealth management; Danielle Remis Hackel, executive vice president, chief marketing officer; and Kerri A. Mooney, executive vice president, private banking.
Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) has appointed Jessica Ruel to oversee the bank’s new North Conway Office at 1498 White Mountain Highway as branch and business development manager. Construction is currently underway with an expected opening in late 2024 or early 2025. Ruel joined the bank in 2001 as a teller and has been promoted several times since.
MANUFACTURING
Matt O’Leary has joined XMA Corporation, an Amphenol company, as director of sales and marketing. Most recently an account executive at Richard Purinton, Inc., O’Leary has a strong understanding of the microwave component industry that will help develop new opportunities in the milaero, space, cryogenics and 5G telecommunications sectors.
ARTS & CULTURE
MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has awarded 147 fellowships to artists working in multiple disciplines from 27 states and 11 countries for the fall and winter season. These artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus in Peterborough, NH, from September 2024 through February 2025, for an average stay of four weeks. The incoming group of MacDowell Fellows includes architectural critic Alexandra Lange and architect Elihu Rubin; composers Yotam Haber, Gregory Mertl, David Rakowski, Jason Robinson, Steven Kazuo Takasugi and Anthony Vine; filmmakers Faraz Anoushahpour, Faisal Azam, Josephine Decker, Carine Doumit, Lisa Leeman and Michèle Stephenson; interdisciplinary artists Maya Ciarrocchi, nicHi douglas, PaviElle French, Joseph Keckler and Jaamil Olawale Kosoko; theater artists Mugabi Byenkya, Daniel K. Isaac and Soomi Kim; visual artists Nancy Bowen, Liz Collins, Donna Gordon, David Hytone, Elle Perez, Amy Podmore, Lenard Smith and Mark Dean Veca; and writers Rachel Cantor, Francisco Cantú, Mary H.K. Choi, Porochista Khakpour, Sue Miller, Eileen Myles, Han Ong, Tyriek White and Colson Whitehead; and many others.
RETAIL
EcoFish is celebrating 25 years of pioneering sustainable seafood. Founded by Henry and Lisa Lovejoy in 1999, EcoFish was the first company in the United States to make a 100% commitment to exclusivelysource only seafood from sustainable fisheries. Eco-Fish has created two award-winning retail brands in its history, all MSC or ASC certified sustainable, with 100% all-natural ingredients: Henry & Lisa’s Natural Seafood in 2006 and Freshé in 2018.
NEMO’s fully recyclable Endless Promise down sleeping bag collection has won the Green Good Design award for sustainability in product design, which provides international recognition to outstanding individuals, companies and groups for inspiring progress toward a healthier and more sustainable world.
HOSPITALITY
The Clapp Family, known for operating boutique hotels and short-term rentals with their brand Sunapee Stays, has acquired Cranmore Inn, the oldest continuously operated inn in North Conway. The inn will undergo a full cosmetic remodel under the Clapps’ ownership, including modernizing the bathrooms, adding kitchenette areas and several family-friendly rooms with bunk areas for children. New amenities will feature a hot tub, sauna, cold plunge, fire pits, game room and a retail shop. The inn will be managed by Lark Hotels.
HEALTH CARE
The Ridge Residential Treatment Center (RTC) — an adolescent residential treatment center with locations in the Granite State and Maine — has welcomed William Hutchinson as its executive director. Most recently, he served as chief operating officer at Foundation House and Tradecraft 12 in Portland, Maine, where he managed a 60-patient facility.
Mt. Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has named Rachel Lentine as its new administrator, succeeding longtime administrator Joe Bohunicky, who recently retired. Lentine previously served as the center’s director of nursing for the past 11 years, and will now manage the daily operations of the 120-bed facility.
REAL ESTATE
Kate Frisk with Badger Peabody & Smith Realty has been awarded the Accredited Buyer’s Representative designation by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council of the National Association of Realtors, joining more than 27,000 real estate professionals in North America.
TECHNOLOGY
Fidium Fiber has expanded its multi-gig speed fiber network, with service now available to more than 2,000 combined New Hampshire (Northumberland, Stark and Stratford) and Vermont (Maidstone) homes and businesses. Additional availability will be coming soon to Bethlehem, Whitefield, Wolcott and more area communities.
The New Hampshire Tech Alliance has appointed three new members to its board of directors: Jeff Chu, co-founder and managing partner of Features Capital; Flo Nicolas, founder and chief data and innovation strategist at Get Tech Smart; and Joseph Bator, regional vice president for TD Bank. Additionally, Emily B. Penaskovic, a shareholder at Sheehan Phinney, has been appointed to the Alliance’s executive committee as vice chair.
NEW HAMPSHIRE 200
Editor’s note: NH Business Review is spotlighting selected 2024 New Hampshire 200 honorees from various industries. See the entire list and book at nhbr.com
Sian Beilock President, Dartmouth College
Education: University of California, San Diego (BS), Michigan State University (PsyD, PhD)
Career history: Before becoming Dartmouth’s 19th and first female president, Sian was president of Barnard College at Columbia University for six years and spent 12 years at the University of Chicago as executive vice provost and a professor of psychology. As a researcher, she focused on the brain science behind “choking under pressure” in business, education, and sports as well as how performance anxiety in math and science can be exacerbated or alleviated by teachers, parents, and peers. She’s delivered a TED Talk and written two books.
Biggest challenge: Declining mental health of young people. Supporting the wellbeing of students at Barnard, and now Dartmouth, continues to be a top priority.
Most excited about: With its tight-knit community and world-class education, Dartmouth is uniquely positioned to form strategic partnerships with industry, nonprofits and more that will strengthen our ability to build the leaders of tomorrow and to translate research and discoveries into real-world impact faster than ever before.
Hobbies/passions: I make time for a run outside as often as I can. My go-to route is through Pine Park just off Dartmouth’s campus. With my new home in the mountains of New Hampshire, I was able to get back on skis for the first time in 20 years.
Checked-off bucket list item: Seeing Taylor Swift perform.
Industry advice: Surround yourself with people who have a diversity of viewpoints and lived experiences. The best solutions are developed and the most learning happens when people who see things differently are at the table making decisions and having tough conversations.
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