Board of Directors & Staff

Board Members

	Peter F. Imse Chairman Term expires June 30, 2016. Mr. Imse, a resident of Bow, is a member of the law firm of Sulloway & Hollis, P.L.L.C., Concord, New Hampshire. Mr. Imse has been a member of the Board of the Authority since 1981. Mr. Imse's practice includes business and non-profit organizations, commercial financing and the clients of Sulloway & Hollis include the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation and Granite State Management & Resources, as well as numerous health care institutions and health care providers.

	Richard N. Cunningham Vice Chairman Term expires June 30, 2016. Mr. Cunningham, a resident of Alton, is a former state government administrator, a retired banker and one of the founders and past President of the New Hampshire Easter Seal Society. In addition, he is a Director of the New Hampshire Brain Injury Association, a Director of the New Hampshire Association for the Blind, a former member and Vice Chairman of the New Hampshire Technical Institute Advisory Board, a former member and Vice Chairman of the New Hampshire Job Training Council, and a former member and Chairman of the Hillsborough County (NH) Private Industry Council.

	Bruce R. Burns Term expires June 30, 2014. Mr. Burns, a resident of Hopkinton, is the Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Concord Hospital and its parent corporation, Capital Region Healthcare, and sits on various Boards of Hospital-affiliated joint ventures. Prior to joining the Hospital in 1993, Mr. Burns held various finance and accounting positions at Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut. Mr. Burns is a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association, a Finance Committee member of Riverbend Community Mental Health Center, the former Treasurer and a Board member of Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord and the Finance Chair, Treasurer and a Board member of University of New Hampshire School of Law.

	Jill A. Duncan Term expires June 30, 2013. Ms. Duncan, a resident of Meredith, is Director of Finance for New Hampton School, New Hampton. She is the former Chief Financial Officer for Littleton Regional Hospital. Ms. Duncan is actively involved with the Independent School Association of Northern New England (ISANNE), currently serving on the Executive Board of Directors as well as serving as President of both the ISANNE Health Trust and ISANNE Business Officer Association..

	Thomas R. Horgan Term expires June 30, 2015. Mr. Horgan, a resident of Amherst, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New Hampshire College and University Council, a statewide consortium of sixteen public and private colleges and universities. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Granite State Management & Resources, a member of the Board of the National Association for Consortium Leadership, a founding Board member of the Campus Compact for New Hampshire, a member of the Unique College Savings Plan and a New Hampshire Commissioner to the National Education Commission of the States.

	Deanna S. Howard Term expires June 30, 2015. Ms. Howard, a resident of Etna, is Vice President of Regional Development for Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Additionally, Ms. Howard is the past Chairman of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, a member of the Board of Directors of the Endowment for Health, Inc., a member of the Board of Directors of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Crotched Mountain and is the former Chief Executive Officer of Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, Colebrook, New Hampshire.

	Mary W. McLaughlin Term expires June 30, 2012. Ms. McLaughlin, a resident of Bedford, is Regional Vice President ~ Central New Hampshire Region of TD Bank, National Association. Additionally, she is the Secretary and a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, the Immediate Past Chair and a member of the Board of Directors of the Capitol Center for the Arts, the Chair of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund Loan Review Committee, an Advisory Board Member of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center, the Board Chair of the New Hampshire Institute of Furniture Making, and a Co-founder and Past President of the New Hampshire International Trade Association.

Staff Members

	David C. Bliss Executive Director and Secretary Responsible for the general management of the Authority's affairs. Mr. Bliss worked for two large New Hampshire trust departments, prior to joining the Authority. Mr. Bliss is a graduate of Colgate University, New England School of Law and is a member of the bars of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

	Lorraine Graciano Chief Financial Officer Ms. Graciano was a trust officer in a major New Hampshire trust department and a Certified Corporate Trust Specialist prior to joining the Authority.

	Bonnie Payette Administrative Assistant Mrs. Payette is a graduate of the University of Vermont.