Concord, NH - At its annual meeting on May 1, the New Hampshire Historical Society elected five people to its board of trustees. Newly appointed trustees are Kathleen A. Belko of New London, Q. David Bowers of Wolfeboro, and Margaret Marshall of Conway. Trustees elected to additional terms are Glenn K. Currie of Concord and Michael C. Sununu of Newfields.

Also at the meeting, board officers were elected. Officers are Barbara A. Pitsch of Bedford, president; Stanley A. Hamel, Seabrook, vice president; David H. Watters, Dover, vice president; Michael C. Sununu, Newfields, treasurer; Donald E. Gartrell, Warner, secretary.

Kathleen A. Belko served as executive director of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society and has been actively involved in preservation projects both professionally and as a volunteer. She has been the president and a longtime board member of the New London (NH) Historical Society and currently serves as a trustee at Canterbury Shaker Village. Belko is a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society’s trustee affairs and Leaders Circle committees, as well as a volunteer proofreader for the Society’s journal, Historical New Hampshire.

Q. David Bowers is perhaps the best-known and most noteworthy numismatist of the last 50 years. Beginning in 1953, his work with rare coins is so voluminous that he was named by COINage magazine as one of the “Numismatists of the Century.” Bowers is chairman of Stacks, America’s oldest rare coin company, located in Wolfeboro and New York City. During his career, Bowers has cataloged and sold at public auction many of the finest and most valuable collections ever assembled. He has lectured at Harvard University and appeared on the Today Show as well as on programs aired on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel. Bowers also is a prolific author, having produced numerous works, mostly in the field of rare coins.

Glenn A. Currie is an investment and financial consultant, a writer, and a poet. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Currie’s career includes service as an officer in the U.S. Navy; group vice president of Textron and Avco Corporation; president and CEO of Avco Overseas Services Corporation; and a vice president and investment manager at Paul Revere Life Insurance Company. Currie published Daydreams, his first collection of poetry, in 2004. His other publications include Riding in Boxcars, A Boy’s First Diary, and In the Cat’s Eye. Currie has been a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society’s board of trustees since 2007 and currently serves on the finance and investment committees.

Margaret Marshall and her husband, Sutton, are the owners of Abbott Dairy in Conway. They are also authorities on antique horse-drawn vehicles. Over the past two decades they have amassed more than 175 vintage vehicles, and their collection is considered the premier collection in the country. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Marshall is an active volunteer in her community, participating in economic development initiatives and supporting the work of many cultural and environmental conservation organizations.

Michael Sununu has served as a trustee of the New Hampshire Historical Society since 2002 and as its treasurer since 2006. He is chairman of the Society’s finance committee and serves on the executive and investment committees. As interim executive director from September 2009 through March 2010, he helped guide the Society through its recent leadership transition and served on the search committee for a new executive director. Sununu is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business Administration at Northwestern University. After working in Washington, D.C., as a legislative aide and legislative director, he attended business school and then returned to New Hampshire where he helped found the consulting company, Sununu Enterprises.

Founded in 1823, the New Hampshire Historical Society is the independent nonprofit that saves, preserves, and shares New Hampshire history. The Society serves thousands of children and adults each year through its museum, library, educational programs, publications, and outreach programs. The Society is not a state-funded agency. All of its programs and services are made possible by membership dues and contributions. For more information about the Society and the benefits of membership, visit nhhistory.org or call 603-228-6688.