Business NH Magazine

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Mike Vlacich

Mike Vlacich State Director for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen If politics is NH's unofficial sport, Mike Vlacich, 35, is an MVP with a lot of experience. And like in any sport, things change quickly in NH politics. Just ask Vlacich. When he was being considered for this list, he was director of NH's Division of Economic Development. Now he is state director for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Jim Merrill

On the political end, he recently attended a summit of NH GOP leaders discussing how to rebuild the Republican Party and plans to stay involved.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Mary Ellen Jackson

The center is creating programs for executives looking to move from the corporate world to the nonprofit world, as well as for nonprofit board members.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Pam Laflamme

Pam Laflamme City Planner for Berlin Pam Laflamme has an admittedly Norman Rockwellian view of her hometown: The snow falls just right and every time she returns home she feels like the luckiest person on earth. Most may not equate that image with Berlin, but the city that made news in the past for mill closures and house fires is working to reinvent itself, and Laflamme, 34 and the city planner, is a leader of that charge.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Robert J. Finlay

Born and raised in NH, he graduated from Southern NH University and returned home in 2006 to raise his family and invest in the community after 15 years on Wall Street and six years running a successful structured finance company that went from $6 million to $15 billion in annual volume.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Mary Ann Kristiansen

Hannah Grimes has also spearheaded many economic development projects in the Monadnock Region including Localvore, which encourages people to buy locally grown food; and Pinnacle Rural Broadband, an initiative started in 2006 to support efforts to increase broadband service throughout the region.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Jeremy Katz

Katz, 35, is literally investing in the future of the state, whether through SegTEL, his Lebanon-based competitive local exchange telephone carrier that is building telecommunications infrastructure and capacity in rural communities, or through his investments in real estate and emerging companies.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: G. Frank Teas

The Nashua Bank's business plan calls for providing services to southern central NH, and Teas says the bank will explore potential expansion opportunities.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: John Malm

John Malm Vice President-Relationship Banking Meredith Village Savings Bank in Meredith For John Malm, success is measured by involvement in the community and the relationships forged to make things happen. By that measure, Malm, 45, is a leader in the Lakes Region. He led the Lakes Region United Way's record fundraising campaign last year and helped the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce find a new and better home. "I tend to be one that is pretty opinionated and push for results," he says. "I...

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Joshua Boynton

While LifeShare initially focused on individuals with developmental disabilities, it now serves "people of all abilities," including adoption and foster care services, and support for the elderly population and children in the juvenile justice system.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Nick Soggu

Whether it's running a highly successful interactive Web marketing firm, or serving on the board as a founding member of the Manchester Young Professionals Network, Soggu leads a busy life.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Steve Walker

[...] oil markets and a growing interest in renewable energy has fueled an evolution that Walker has been at the forefront of, both by educating people about sustainable energy and leading the effort to get pellet fuel quality standards accepted and implemented nationwide.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Kenneth Viscarello

Working with both private and nonprofit groups, Viscarello helps clients with a variety of financial and legal issues, including low-income tax credits.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Esteban Lopez

Lopez, 36, is trying to do just that as director of diversity initiatives at the NH College and University Council, a nonprofit consortium of 17 public and private colleges and universities.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Matthew Cookson

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Steve Norton

Steve Norton Executive Director, NH Center for Public Policy Studies in Concord Steve Norton is no fortune-teller, but his research on NH's people, economy and governance, and how current trends and policy choices will affect that picture may be as close as anyone can get. "I'm helping people understand and act on the strategic questions the state is facing, whether it's transportation, education finance, health care or other policy issues," says Norton, the executive director of the NH Cente...

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Graham Chynoweth

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Seth Wall

After earning his MBA and a master's degree in international business from New Hampshire College (now Southern NH University) in 2001, he went to work for Manchester Mayor Bob Baines as his senior assistant for budgeting and organizational affairs.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Robert Blaisdell

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Amanda Grappone Osmer

Amanda Grappone Osmer Director of Administration, Grappone Automotive Group, Bow When Bob Grappone retired from the day-to-day operations of Grappone Automotive Group in May, his daughter, Amanda Grappone Osmer, director of administration, became the highest-ranking family member at the dealership. Osmer, 35, jokes that her job description should include "don't screw up what my family has done for 84 years." But make no mistake, the new public face of Grappone and co-chair of the family's aut...

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Kelly A. Clark

Nationally, AARP teamed up with the Business Roundtable, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) to launch the initiative, focused on ensuring affordable, quality health care and long-term financial security for all.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Jason Alexander

The student members will get access to SwANH educational events, which will allow them to network, learn more about the industry, and track down job and internship leads, Alexander says.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future

The store floors are made from bamboo (a renewable source that can be harvested every three years), and it uses energy efficient lighting with power generated by six solar panels on the roof.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: J. Christopher Williams

In the two years he has led the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, Williams, 33, established IUGO - the chamber's young professionals group, is co-chairing the Governor's Task Force for the Retention and Recruitment of a Young Workforce for NH (the task force is releasing a strategic report this spring) and is helping to establish a high-tech incubator and campus in the Gateway City.

Bnh's 25 Leaders for the Future: Neil Giarratana

Neil Giarratana President, Lucidus in Keene Neil Giarratana is exactly the type of entrepreneur NH wants to attract more of - he has a growing Web development firm and wants to make a difference. Giarratana, 38, is also an example of why marketing the state's quality of life works. It was his search for a good place to raise his family and to get involved that led him to Keene eight years ago. He has since worked to help other young professionals here, including co-founding the Keene Young Pr...

Get Out There and Sell!

[...] let's spend a few moments looking at the reality of this recession: it started in the housing industry, spread to the financial services industry, and is now affecting a broad range of companies of all sizes.

Will the Trains Reach Nh?

The impact study will focus on such factors as a ridership analysis, environmental factors, projected tax revenue, leases, insurance, operating agreements, and various federal and state funding options.

Nh Business Owners Pessimistic About Economy

A recent survey conducted by the Business and Industry Association of NH and Portsmouth-based RKM Research and Communications reveals most business owners expect economic conditions to remain weak in 2009, unemployment levels to stay the same or increase, and all capital expenditures to be reduced.

Recession Realities of Benefit Plans

When it comes to decisions affecting benefits plans, fiduciaries must act prudently and solely in the interest of the plan participants and beneficiaries, administer plans in accordance with the plan documents, and diversify plan investments to minimize the risk of large losses unless it is clearly not prudent to do so. Federal and state law protects the assets of tax-qualified retirement plans, such as 401(k)s, pension plans, and profit-sharing plans, from business creditors as long as the ...

Princeton Technology Finds New Life in Printed Circuit Boards and Cable

Recognizing a market need for low- to mid-size volume manufacturing orders for high reliability products, specifically in printed circuit boards and cabling.