Frumie Selchen

Frumie Selchen Executive Director Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire P.O. Box 892 Littleton, NH 03561-0892 www.aannh.org

"I'm pleased to represent Northern New Hampshire and the many small non-profits throughout the state that are run by one- or two-person staffs or entirely by volunteers.  These organizations do extraordinary work under difficult conditions, and it's critical that we pay careful attention to their needs and circumstances, celebrate their achievements, and offer them a wide array of opportunities."

Frumie Selchen is the Executive Director of the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, a nonprofit with a mission to promote, support, and sustain culture and the arts in the northern third of the state, from Plymouth to Pittsburg.

She has worked in magazine, newspaper, and book publishing in New York, New Mexico, and New Orleans; served as the Rural Arts Field Coordinator for the NH State Council on the Arts;  is trained as a volunteer mediator and as a peer mentor for the New England States arts councils; and is an independent scholar on the roster of the NH Humanities Council. 

She serves on the advisory board of the NH Charitable Foundation, North Country Region, and on many regional and statewide committees. A graduate of Yale University, she grew up in Canada, and  has lived in the beautiful village of Wonalancet for the past 22 years with her husband, Doug McVicar (they have two children – who, alas, are no longer residents).