Bob MacArthur, President, Birch Corner Associates coaches executives, leadership teams, small business owners and independent professionals to align their purpose, passion and performance. He is a certified self-management coach with 35 years of leadership experience, including 19 years as President and CEO of the American Youth Foundation. www.birchcorner.com

Elissa Margolin relocated to New Hampshire and launched Margolin Consulting after a decade of experience in policy development and non profit management in Washington DC.  Margolin Consulting now offers project management and facilitation services to statewide, local and national non profit organizations. Clients include the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the American Heart Association, Bi-State Primary Care Association and the Trust for Public Land.

Todd D. Mayo is President of Cambridge Trust Company of New Hampshire. Cambridge Trust Company of New Hampshire, an affiliate of Cambridge Trust Company, a 118-year old, independent trust company. He frequently speaks on tax, charitable giving, and related legal issues. www.cambridgetrust.com  

Judy Meredith is the founder and executive director of the Public Policy Institute. A veteran lobbyist, Judy has worked for more than thirty years creating change through legislative advocacy. Judy's lobbying experience in Massachusetts began in 1969 when she became a volunteer lobbyist for her adoptive and foster parent group. After ten years of working as an advocate inside and outside of state government, she founded Meredith and Hall, a political consulting firm known for its work with nonprofits.

Peter Milnes is the Chairman, CEO and founder of INEX Capital & Growth Advisors, a consulting firm dedicated to adding value for independent insurance agency principals. Currently Peter is an Executive Board Member of the Whittemore School at UNH, a Director of the Salem Cooperative Bank, and Board Member of the NH Center for Nonprofits. www.inexcapital.com 

Matthew Mowry is the award-winning editor of Business NH Magazine, a monthly statewide publication covering NH's business community with 15,000 subscribers and an estimated 50,000 readers. He has been a journalist for 14 years, previously serving as a reporter for the Caledonian-Record in St. Johnsbury, VT, and as a reporter and editor at Foster's Daily Democrat in Dover, NH.

Jack Nyhan, Graduate Studies Professor at New England College has instructed in a variety of financial areas with nonprofits including budgeting, financial management, fund raising and grant writing. Jack splits his time between Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Oaxaca, Mexico.

Richard Ober, Vice President for Civic Leadership New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.  Ober has more than 24 years experience in communications, public affairs and nonprofit management in New Hampshire. For seven years he served as Executive Director of the Monadnock Conservancy. Before that, he served 16 years in senior staff positions with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Ober has chaired and served on numerous public and private boards in the state.  As Vice President of Civic Leadership, Ober will connect the Foundation to community leaders, elected officials, state agency staff, private sector partners and opinion leaders throughout the state. Ober is charged with identifying key state, regional and national public policy issues that strengthen the Foundation’s contributions toward community well-being. 

Bruce Pacht, Executive Director of Twin Pines Housing Trust was raised in and around New York City, coming to New Hampshire in 1963 to attend Dartmouth College from which he graduated in 1967 with a BA in French.  Except for one and one-half years spent doing graduate work in French language and literature at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and six months traveling around the country to see what other folks his age were doing to stop the war in Viet Nam, Bruce has made his home in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire for nearly 40 years. For the past two years, Bruce has served as executive director of Twin Pines Housing Trust, a community housing development organization serving 40 towns in the Upper Valley region of both New Hampshire and Vermont.  Bruce says that working with two very different state bureaucracies, dozens upon dozens of citizen volunteers overseeing dozens of varying land use regulations in dozens of towns has kept his mind fresh and his interest renewed, despite the ravages time has wrought on his body. Bruce lives in Lebanon, NH, and works in White River Junction, VT.

Tony Scucci is an organizational and clinical consultant based in Portland, Maine, and senior governance consultant with BoardSource. In his more than 35 years of experience with nonprofits, Tony has served as an executive director, on many boards and on various advisory panels and task forces.

Peggy Senter, founder and president of the Music School, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina in music education. She also holds a master's of music degree in piano performance from the University of Wisconsin. She has received the New Hampshire Governor's Award for Arts Education, the University of North Carolina Distinguished Alumna Award, and other honors. Senter serves frequently as a guest panelist, speaker, and evaluator for state and national arts organizations, government agencies, and foundations. Her teachers include Michael Zenge, Howard Karp, and Victor Rosenbaum, and her previous faculty positions include the Rivers Music School, North Shore Community College , and St. Paul ’s School. She has performed in recital and as concerto soloist and chamber musician in North Carolina, Wisconsin, and New England, including many premieres of new works with Composers in Red Sneakers, Nuclassix, and the Musicians of Wall Street.

Laura Simoes, Managing Partner, Louis Karno & Company, builds and executes strategic communications plans for clients, including numerous NH nonprofits and grant-making foundations. She has served as Director of Marketing and Communications at the NH Charitable Foundation and as Communications Director for the State of New Hampshire’s Division of Travel and Tourism Development. www.lkarno.com

Susan Strickler, Director of the Currier Museum of Art has been a museum professional for over 25 years. She was appointed Director of the Currier Museum in 1996. She has led the museum through two strategic plans, one of which led to a $21.4 million expansion that increased the museum facility by 60 percent and was completed in 2008. The expansion was supported by a successful $13.4 million capital campaign. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College (BA) and the University of Delaware (MA), Susan Strickler has published on a range of topics in American art when holding previous positions at the Toledo Museum of Art, Virginian Museum of Fine Arts, and during her 14 years as Curator of American Art and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Worcester Art Museum.  She has served on a variety of professional and community boards, including the Association of Art Museum Directors, The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce (executive committee), the New Hampshire Institute of Art (college), and the Advisory Council for Historic New England. She is a graduate of the Getty’s Museum Management Institute (1995) and Leadership New Hampshire (1999).

Mary  Vallier-Kaplan, MHSA, Vice President/COO at the Endowment for health has committed her energy and leadership, both personally and professionally, to public and community health issues in New Hampshire for over 25 years. These efforts included serving as a board member of many community and statewide organizations and as a consultant to several nonprofit health organizations. She also has provided such leadership regarding public education in Hollis were she has resided for more than 30 years. Mary is an honors graduate of the University of Michigan, School of Public Health. Her areas of expertise include strategic planning, board development, community collaboration, population-based health statistics, community health centers, residential hospices and most recently philanthropy. In her current position as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Endowment for Health, Mary is responsible for the overall design and implementation of its program which includes grantmaking and communication. In addition, Mary oversees the day-to-day operations of the Endowment and participates in the strategic development and evaluation of the Endowment as well as its nonprofit capacity building initiatives.

Dr. Donald P. Wharton, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has been a Board member since 2003, he previously chaired the Society’s Land Protection Committee. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and with graduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State University, Wharton served as President of Plymouth State University from 1993 to 2006.  His previous academic positions included administrative and faculty positions at Minot State University (ND), Castleton State College (VT), and Pennsylvania State University. He has also served as board member and chair of the NH Charitable Foundation—North Country, and as a member of the North Country Council. He and his wife, Carol, live in Landaff, NH.

Mike Weber, founder of the Great American Opportunities Leadership Institute, focuses on building student leaders through workshops and conferences. During the past 15 years, Mike has worked in schools and businesses from Maine to California, teaching on creativity, leadership, attitude management, and the power of change.

Kimon S. Zachos, Esq. is a Board Member at the Currier Museum of art and senior shareholder of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA,  practice encompasses corporate, banking and estate planning law. In addition to a legal career which spans nearly fifty years, Kimon also has dedicated his personal time to the State of New Hampshire and to countless business, civic and cultural organizations. From 1965-1966, Kimon served as a White House Fellow as a special assistant to U.S. Attorney General Katzenbach. He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1969 through 1974, where he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Majority Leader and Deputy Speaker. Well known for his leadership and philanthropy, Kimon is a Director of Hitchiner Manufacturing Company and a former Director of New England Telephone Company, Merchants Bank, First NH Bank, the Bank of Ireland and Citizens Bank. He is a Trustee and Past President of the Board of the Currier Gallery of Art, a Trustee of Southern New Hampshire University, a former Director and Chairman of the New Hampshire Charitable Fund, a Trustee of Endowment Funds and former Director of Havenwood Heritage Heights Retirement Community, a Trustee of Trust Funds of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, and a former Trustee and President of the Manchester YMCA. He also serves as a member of the Legislative Ethics Committee, a member of the Greater Manchester Hellenic Scholarship Committee, and as a Director for the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies.