The NH Center for Nonprofits would like to extend our thanks to everyone who was a part of the day.


Thank you to our keynote speaker
Nationally acclaimed speaker, Margaret Wheatley shared her ideas on the new realities in today's world and the new possibilities that are available. She then led the group in  a World Café exercise - encouraging people to listen for ideas that are different from their own.   
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We also extend our appreciation to Governor  John Lynch and the Corporate Fund
At lunch, Governor Lynch spoke to those assembled about the value of the nonprofit sector and the challenges facing the country, the state and the nonprofit sector. He was on hand to help present the Corporate Fund Nonprofit Management Awards. This year's winners were Granite State Independent Living, Partnership for Successful Living and the Student Conservation Association.
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Thank you to all of our strategic café panelists and facilitators
Guest Panelists:
Caroline Boyd, CEO and President of the Animal Rescue League of NH
Genevieve Aichele, Artistic Director of the NH Theatre Project
Carol Batchelder of MoCo Arts and Arts Alive
Caroline Hollister, Vice President of the Arts Alive Board
Rob Riley, President at Northern Forest Center
Joe Short, Sustainable Economies Initiative Program Manager at Northern Forest Center
Kendra O’Donnell, Treasurer, Board of Trustees for the Currier Museum of Art
Marianne Jones, Executive Director of the Women’s Fund of NH
Dr. Robert O. Wilson, Chairman, Board of Trustees for the Capitol Center for the Arts
Steve Norton, Executive Director at the NH Center for Public Policy Studies
Betsy Gardella, President & CEO at New Hampshire Public Radio
Senator Harold Janeway
M. Christine Dwyer, Senior VP of RMC Research and Portsmouth City Councilor
Michael Cohen, Executive Director of NAMI NH
John Tobin, Executive Director of NH Legal Assistance

Facilitators:
Stephen Gianotti, the Woodland Group
Jennifer Goodman, Executive Director of the NH Preservation Alliance
Kathleen Reardon, Senior Vice President and Director of Community Relations and Public Affairs, Citizens Bank
Doris Burke, Community Development Manager PSNH
Lawrence Yerdon, President of Strawbery Banke Museum


Thank you to Lew Feldstein
Lew Feldstein has been a catalyst for change and innovation in the NH nonprofit community and nationally throughout his 23 year tenure as President of the NH Charitable Foundation. Lew joined us to share his reflections of what has inspired his leadership and the hopes and concerns he has for the future. He encouraged nonprofit leaders to become more engaged for advocating for not only their own causes, but for the sector as a whole.  

Thank you to the Summit Committee
Chair - Doris Burke, Public Service of NH
M. Christine Dwyer, RMC Research
Joan Goshgarian, NH Business Committee for the Arts
Mary Ellen Jackson, NH Center for Nonprofits
Ellen Garrity, NH Center for Nonprofits

Thank you to the NHCN Board of Directors and Staff
President—Michael Ostrowski, Child & Family Services
Vice President—John Bunker, New Futures
Treasurer—Jane Difley, Society for Protection of NH Forests
Secretary—Stephen Norton, NH Center for Public Policy Studies
Carolyn Benthien, Benthien Associations
Doris Burke, Public Service of NH
Michael DeLucia, Charitable Trusts-NH Atty. General's Office
Betsy Gardella, NH Public Radio
Joan Goshgarian, NH Business Committee for the Arts
Kenneth Jue, Monadnock Family Services
Douglas Macdonald, Keane & Macdonald, PC
Grace Mattern, NH Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Catherine McDowell, Family Resource Center at Gorham
James Miller, Granite State College
Peter Milnes, INEX Capital & Growth Advisors
Patricia Palmiotto, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Frumie Selchen, Arts Alliance of Northern NH
Jeffrey Tatro, Citizens Bank
Jack Terrill, Lakes Region United Way

Mary Ellen Jackson, Executive Director
Laurette Edelmann, Assistant Director
Claudia Damon, Director of Advocacy
Deborah Clark, Information and Technology Coordinator
Ellen Garrity, Program Coordinator
Angela Basnar, Office Assistant
Stephen Donahue, Office Assistant
Courtney Fontone and Baby Summit