Billie Jean Arseneault  is the Licensing Department Supervisor for Games of Chance, Bingo and Lucky 7 for the State of New Hampshire Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission. Billie Jean has been employed by the State of New Hampshire for 14 years and has held a supervisor position for 13 years.

Jamie Batson, Senior Vice President of Mather Associates, specializes in the design and presentation of workshops and seminars on planning and managing change and provides ongoing assistance with developing strategies to lead organizations into the future. She was previously the Program Director for the Center for Constructive Change in Durham, New Hampshire. She has served as President/CEO of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce, a 500-member organization. She led the efforts to create that group's nationally recognized "Do It In Dover" campaign to encourage business start-ups. She produced a summer arts festival, which won the Governor's Award for Community Spirit in the Arts. She has been active in a variety of community leadership organizations and was director of the UNH Celebrity Series. She also was Executive Director of The Prescott Park Arts Festival, where she initiated a World Music Series and The New Hampshire Folk Guitar and Fiddle Contest. Ms. Batson came to New Hampshire from Rye, New York to attend UNH where she earned a BA in English in 1977. She received her Master's Degree in Education from Syracuse University and returned to New Hampshire to work for the University System College for Lifelong Learning as an Academic Counselor and later as the Program Coordinator for the Seacoast Region. Other affiliations have included The Odyssey House Board of Trustees, Leadership New Hampshire Board of Directors and the National Association of Leadership Organizations. She resides in the Seacoast area.

Maureen Beauregard is the President and Founder of Families in Transition, a non-profit agency providing housing and services to homeless families and individuals in Manchester and Concord. The organization provides a variety of housing options including transitional, permanent supportive and permanent. The goal of the services and programs provided to participants of Families in Transition is self-sufficiency.  Maureen developed the agencies two thrift stores, Family OutFITters Thrift Store, a social entrepreneurial business venture. Maureen’s commitment to social change is also seen through her commitment to the community at large. Currently, she is on the Leadership Committee of the Manchester Continuum of Care and the NH Charitable Foundation – Manchester Region. Maureen has been honored for her personal commitment to the agency, community and the issue of homelessness. These include the New Hampshire National Association of Social Workers 2005 Citizen of the Year and the Key to the City of Manchester presented by Mayor Robert Baines, December 6, 2005. She has also been awarded the NH Business Review – Excellence in Non-Profit (2004) and the Susan B. Anthony Woman of the Year Award from the YWCA (2003). Maureen received her Bachelors Degree at the University of New Hampshire and is the proud mother of eight-year-old twin boys.

Carolyn Benthien, partner with Benthien Associates has more than 26 years of organizational leadership and management experience, with sixteen years spent as President and CEO of three United Ways including 11 years as President of United Way of Greater Manchester. In 1994 Carolyn joined her husband, Randy, as a partner with Benthien Associates, a Goffstown-based consulting firm focusing on leadership development, strategic planning, and organizational assessment and transformation for corporations, businesses and non-profit organizations. Benthien Associates is celebrating its 23nd  year of operations, having served over 800 clients in 33 states including the Virgin Islands. Throughout her career, Carolyn has assisted several hundred not-for-profit organizations develop vision statements, mission statements, organizational structures, job descriptions, and management and evaluation systems. In the area of fund development, she has directed and/or designed strategies for fund raising efforts in annual appeals, endowment building and capital campaigns, raising more than $80 million for small non-profit organizations. Carolyn has served on more than 37 boards of directors (both for profit and not for profit) and numerous committees and task forces.  She was a founding board member of Leadership Manchester, Leadership New Hampshire, and the Women’s Fund of NH, and is a recent past board member of Citizens Bank New Hampshire and the Elliot Health System. She is a current member of the boards of directors of the Manchester Area Regional Community Foundation, the Global Citizens Circle and The Society for the Protection of NH Forests. Carolyn earned a Bachelors degree from Northwestern University, an M.Ed from Ohio University and has advanced management certificates from Harvard University and the J.F. Kennedy School of Government. Carolyn and Randy are the parents of two adult children, Josh and Jessie.

Caroline Boyd, President & CEO of the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire, is an enthusiastic practitioner of change. Caroline underwent a significant one when she left Fidelity Investments after 10 years, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Communications to lead the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire, bringing with her 23 years of experience in senior management, marketing, relationship management, sales, and consulting. www.rescueleague.org

Kelli Boyle, CPA, is manager of not-for-profit services for Nathan Wechsler & Company, P.A.. Kelli was previously employed as an assistant controller in private industry, and has been a featured speaker at the Finance & Risk Management Conference for Nonprofit Leaders held in Kennebunkport, ME. Kelli also serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of Familystrength. www.nathanwechsler.com

Thomas G. Bunnell is Director of the Institute of Health, Law and Ethics at Franklin Pierce Law Center. A lawyer and health policy specialist, Bunnell worked as Public Policy Director for the Bi-State Primary Care Association, Concord where he served as public policy advisor, spokesperson and government relations specialist for the statewide network of community health centers that provides health services to underserved populations. He led legal, legislative and administrative advocacy efforts on a broad range of health policy issues, including health care access for the uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare, prescription drug access and tobacco prevention.

Robert Chambers is the president and co-founder of Bonnie CLAC (Car Loans and Counseling). His experience working at an automobile dealership, watching low-income individuals being taken advantage of as they purchased cars, led to the formation of Bonnie CLAC. Headquartered in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Bonnie CLAC is an award-winning, consumer-focused, not-for-profit organization that helps people purchase new fuel-efficient vehicles at the best price and loan rate available. Bonnie CLAC’s program offers “Financial Fitness” training, individual budget counseling, and car purchase assistance to help low- and moderate-income individuals create savings, build a positive credit score, improve their access to health care, and reduce carbon emissions into the environment. Since its founding in 2001, Bonnie CLAC has guaranteed over $12 million in loans for more than 1000 clients, most of whom fall below HUD low-income guidelines. Prior to founding Bonnie CLAC, Robert launched and ran several software and computer services companies in the United States and Canada. He also assisted Dartmouth College in founding their own computer software company.  Robert is a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War. He studied Electrical Engineering on the GI Bill at Auburn University. Robert is the recipient of two national awards in Social Entrepreneurship – the Manhattan Institute’s 2007 Social Entrepreneurship Award and the Civic Ventures 2006 Purpose Prize. Recently, Business NH Magazine honored Bonnie CLAC as one of the 10 best not-for-profit organizations in New Hampshire.

Michael DeLucia, Esquire serves as the Director, Charitable Trusts, NH Attorney General’s Office. Mike has served as President of the National Fulbright Association and as President of the National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO). www.doj.nh.gov/charitable 

Jane Difley, President/Forester of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is the fourth President/Forester to lead the Society since it was founded in 1901. Jane has extensive experience in the field of forestry.  Prior to coming to the Society, she was the Executive Director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, and spent 10 years working with the American Forest Foundation where she was named Vice President of Forestry Programs and National Director of the American Tree Farm system.  During that time, Jane was elected President of the Society of American Foresters, the national professional association for forestry.  She was the first woman to be elected to this post in the organization’s history. Jane spent five years as a consulting forester and research assistant for forestry.  She received an MS in Forest Management from the University of Massachusetts in 1979, and a BA from Connecticut College in 1971.

Ann Driscoll, Ed.D., is an organizational development consultant and president of Ann Driscoll Training & Development, a performance improvement firm specializing in collaborative strategic design & implementation and team and leadership development. Her clients have included a wide array of public and private sector groups and organizations. 

Juliana Eades, President, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund was named the Loan Fund’s founding Executive Director in January 1984. She has served on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, was a founding Board member of the Opportunity Finance Network, is a former Trustee of Citizens Funds, and is a 1994 graduate of Leadership New Hampshire. Ms. Eades received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Franklin Pierce College, was awarded the prestigious Granite State Award by the University of New Hampshire and was recently honored as the 2008 President’s Outstanding Woman of New Hampshire from Keene State College.

Annie Farnsworth, Ph.D. is a psychologist.  She works as a consultant with both non- profits and businesses, locally and nationally, utilizing psychological principles to make organizations more successful. Annie is the executive director of the NH Women’s Lobby.  The New Hampshire Women's Lobby is a grassroots, nonpartisan, statewide membership organization whose mission is to promote public policy to improve the economic and social well-being of New Hampshire women and their families.  The Lobby is focused on issues of economic security for women and working families.  Annie developed a health care coalition which helped to pass key health care coverage reforms in 2007 including health care retention for 18-26 year olds and for divorcing spouses.  She also helped develop, and is currently serving on, the Governor’s Task Force for Working Families which is examining work force issues and legislative reforms that will help families balance their caretaking and economic responsibilities. Annie holds a master’s degree in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont and is a 2007 Graduate of the Leadership NH Program.  She lives in the Lake Sunapee area with her husband and daughter.

Orville “Bud” Fitch, Deputy Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, is the second in charge at the Attorney General’s Office and serves on a variety of state and legislative committees. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) with B.A. in political science, a Master of Arts in Public Affairs, and Law. www.doj.nh.gov

Ana Foster, CRCM, is the Risk Manager and Compliance Officer at Cambridge Trust Company, a nine branch $750M asset community bank with its main office in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the Risk Manager and Compliance Officer, Ana coordinates the Bank’s risk management program, which includes compliance, Bank Secrecy Act/OFAC, vendor management, and records retention. www.cambridgetrust.com

Betsy Gardella, President & CEO of New Hampshire Public Radio joined NHPR in  September 2005 upon completing her tenure as Director for American Public Media (Saint Paul, MN) where she produced the 2005 Public Radio Collaboration, Think Global, a national editorial project that broadcast more than 100 programs on the topic of globalization the week of May 16 - 22, 2005.  Think Global documentaries, features, commentaries, specials and national programs were aired on approximately 300 public radio stations across the country, on the BBC World Service, the Canadian Broadcasting Company and Radio Netherlands.  Ms. Gardella is the former Executive Vice President and COO, WNYC Radio; General Manager, New York Shakespeare Festival; and Executive Director, National Dance Institute.  In addition, she has served as a consultant to cultural, media and educational institutions including Development Exchange Inc., Developing Radio Partners, Public Radio Exchange; Minnesota Public Radio, Station Resource Group and WAMU. She currently serves on the National Council, Graywolf Press (Saint Paul), Board of Directors, The Development Exchange, Inc. (Minneapolis) and Advisory Board of Playwrights Horizons Theater School (New York City).  Ms. Gardella lives in Hopkinton, New Hampshire with her husband, David White, and 13-year old daughter, Katy.

Elizabeth Hager is the executive director of the united way of Merrimack county. She is currently serving her 13th term in the New Hampshire legislature. www.unitedwymc.org

Stephen Hall, Information Security Officer, Cambridge Trust Company has been in Information Technology for about 15 years, in both the banking and insurance industries. Stephen holds a BA in Economics and Math from Boston University. www.cambridgetrust.com

John E. Hoffman, Jr., a retired attorney, lives on Seward Mt. Farm in Sullivan, New Hampshire. He was born in New York City on, May 1, 1934, graduated from Princeton University in 1955 and from Harvard Law School in 1960. He is active in community and statewide affairs, and has served on many municipal and non-profit boards, including the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (Monadnock Region), New Hampshire Public Radio, the Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Giving Monadnock, New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits, and the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.

Kenneth S. Jue, executive director of Monadnock Family Services in Keene, has been a member of the Keene community since 1978. He is involved with many nonprofit organizations, including Keene State College's community outreach initiatives and was given an honorary doctorate of human letters degree from the college.

Michael Kipp, Managing Partner of GovernBest has been a principal in businesses as diverse as banking, health care and internet commerce. He has worked with more than 100 corporate and nonprofit organizations. www.governbest.com

Terry Knowles has served as the Assistant Director, Charitable Trusts, NH Attorney General’s Office for the past 26 years. Terry is an adjunct professor of Political Science at UNH, teaches in the Master of Public Administration program. www.doj.nh.gov/charitable

Ann McLane Kuster, Esquire is a shareholder of the firm of Rath, Young, Pignatelli and Director of the firm’s new Education and Law Practice Group. Ann focuses her legal practice primarily on state legislative and regulatory issues involving health, financial and educational institutions. www.rathlaw.com

Susan Leidy, Deputy Director of the Currier Museum of Art, has over 25 years of experience in arts administration and project management for arts organizations, including capital, exhibition, collections and educational ventures. Educated at Dickinson College, the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University, she worked previously at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Yale Center for British Art, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and at the international auction house Sotheby’s.  She is a member of a number of civic and professional boards and associations, and currently serves as Vice President of the New England Museums Association.

Mary Ann Leon, former Executive Director of the American Red Cross, Concord Area, and nonprofit consultant, has worked in the nonprofit field throughout her career and served on many boards in the Concord region.

Kirk B. Leoni, CPA is the managing director of Nathan Wechsler & Company, PA, joining the firm in 1985. Previously employed by Coopers & Lybrand, Kirk has extensive audit experience in a variety of industries including construction, manufacturing and non-profit entities. www.nathanwechsler.com

Jack Lightfoot is the director of advocacy at Child and Family Services of New Hampshire. He has been a highly respected, state and nationally recognized advocate for children and families throughout his career.

Tricia Lucas is Policy Director at New Futures. She spent fourteen years at the Department of Health and Human Services where she has served in a number of legal and administrative positions and developed expertise in program areas related to children's services, mental health and health care. In addition she managed the department's legislative work for four years and supervised the state budget process for the Division for Juvenile Justice Services for four years. She is a graduate of the College of Wooster and Harvard Law School and came to public service after a stint in private practice as a corporate attorney. She was the recipient of the 2004 Caroline Gross Fellowship to attend the Senior Executives in Public Service Program at the Kennedy School of Government. She was an original member of the Belknap County Juvenile Justice Initiative, which ultimately became the Belknap County Citizens' Council, and served for six years on the board of trustees of The Derryfield School in Manchester, the last three years as board chair. Currently she is a member of the New Hampshire Citizens Commission for the State Courts, the City of Manchester Youth Services Advisory Board and Leadership NH board of trustees.

Wendy Lull is President of the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, New Hampshire. A former marine biologist and owner of a marketing and graphic design firm, Wendy has been at the Center’s helm since it opened in 1992. On her watch, the Center’s budget grew from $250,000 to over $1,000,000. Today, the Center is considered a flagship institution in New Hampshire’s cultural economy. She earned her Master’s Degree in Zoology at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). A SCUBA diver and kayaker, Wendy has published scientific papers, business strategy cases and edited the book Footprints in Time. She leads Center expeditions to locales of environmental and historic interest from the Gulf of Maine to the Galapagos Islands. Wendy serves on a number boards and committees including: Advisory Board for the Office of the Associate Vice President, Research and Outreach Scholarship at UNH; Science grant reviewer for the Massachusetts Cultural Council; the Assembly of Overseers, Dartmouth/Hitchcock Medical Center; Portsmouth Athenaeum Board of Directors; and is the first woman to serve as President of the Board of Governors, Port of Portsmouth Propeller Club. She received the Odyssey Award from her alma mater, Oakland University, Rochester, MI and named one of the six 2007 Outstanding Women in Business by New Hampshire Business Review. Most recently she was recognized as one of New Hampshire’s Women of Distinction by New Hampshire Magazine.