BIA installs new slate of officers, board members
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Members of the Business and Industry Association, New Hampshire's statewide chamber of commerce and leading business advocate, approved a new slate of officers and board members at the association's Annual Business Meeting on Thursday, held via Zoom. Officers approved by the membership for one-year terms are: Chair Sheryl McQuade, regional president of TD Bank's Northern New England Region; Chair-elect Tom Jokerst, general manager of Anheuser-Busch's plant in Merrimack; Past Chair Andrew Curland, CEO & president of Vitex Extrusion; Treasurer Karl Heafield, principal, Baker Newman Noyes; Secretary Scott Ellison, partner, Cook Little Rosenblatt and Manson; and Jim Roche, president, Business and Industry Association. The membership also approved three new members to BIA's Executive Committee: Heather Staples Lavoie, president & CEO, Geneia; Jim Dean, president, University of New Hampshire; and Curtis Simard, president & CEO, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. The membership re-elected the following individuals to BIA's full board of directors: Ginamarie Alvino, vice president & director of legal reform, The RiverStone Group Dick Anagnost, president, Anagnost Investments Kevin Boyarsky, president, N.H. Print & Mail Service Kevin Callahan, president & CEO, Exeter Health Resources Steve Camerino, president & CEO, N.H. Electric Cooperative Mark Ciborowski, principal, Ciborowski Associates Anne Lapointe, executive vice president, chief administrative officer, BankProv Mark McCue, partner, Hinckley Allen John Morison, chairman, Hitchiner Manufacturing David Patterson, president & CEO, Cirtronics Corporation Steve Poggi, director of disposal operations, New England/Upper New York Market Area, Waste Management Joe Purington, president of electric operations, Eversource Energy Tom Raffio, president & CEO, Northeast Delta Dental James Reidy, shareholder, Sheehan Phinney Charles Santich, president, Pilgrim Foods Bobby Segal, CEO, Sanel NAPA Automotive Supply Associates, Inc. Owen Smith, regional vice president, external affairs, AT&T Services Inc. Richard Verney, chairman & CEO, Monadnock Paper Mills Donna Morris, president, Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce Timothy Sink, president, Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce. "BIA boasts the strongest board of any group in New Hampshire," said BIA President Jim Roche. "I'm pleased BIA members voted to maintain this status through approval of these officers and directors - each of whom is a successful leader in his or her profession," A list of the entire, 90-person board of directors is available on BIA's website at BIAofNH.com/board. For photos, email Rick Fabrizio at rfabrizio@biaofnh.com.
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