Joan Goshgarian Executive Director NH Business Committee for the Arts One Granite Place Concord, NH 03301 www.nhbca.com

"Nonprofits in the state of New Hampshire perform many meaningful and necessary services that are largely responsible for the great quality of life in New Hampshire.  As New Hampshire advantages are highlighted to attract business and tourism, it is extremely important the NH Center for Nonprofits advocates for the importance of the nonprofit sector. It is due to the work of this sector that the assets the state promotes - higher learning, cultural offerings, human services and the quality of our environment - exist, and this work should be recognized and supported." --Joan Goshgarian

Joan has been the executive director of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts since its formation in 1985. She is responsible for developing and implementing programs designed to broaden the base of business support for the arts, as well as maintaining business memberships and administrative functions of the organization.  NHBCA programs include Lawyers for the Arts, Business Resources for the Arts and the popular Business in the Arts Awards.

In recent years, the focus of NHBCA activity has evolved to a stronger emphasis on advocating for the business and arts connection and collaborating with other organizations to present initiatives such as the NH Creative Economy Network; Creating A Healing Environment: the Power of Arts and Humanities; and partnering with efforts such as the NH Visual Arts Coalition, The MacDowell Celebration and the NH Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 

Joan's community involvement includes two completed terms as a trustee for New Hampshire Public Radio and two terms, one year as president, for the The Friends Program.  She is married to New Hampshire's Commissioner of Cultural Resources, Van McLeod and they have a daughter who is in college.