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Click on a Board Member's name to view their Bio. | Earl Hansen | Chair | Community: Holderness
Bio: Work Experience
Prior to working more than 20 years for the NH Electric Cooperative I taught environmental education. Prior to that I proudly served for eight years in the US Naval Submarine Service. During my employment with the Cooperative I represented the membership in various capacities; cost accounting, obtaining right of ways, economic development, working with the Public Utilities Commission, working with both State and Federal legislators and siting wind generators were among my many accomplishments.
Education
U.N.H. BS in Environmental Conservation with minors in Zoology and Wildlife Ecology
Community Service
Volunteer firefighter - 38 years, past 15 as Deputy Chief
Emergency Management Director - 28 years
Planning Board - 30 years, past 18 as Chair
former Conservation Commission - 4 years as Chair
former Selectman
former Boy Scoutmaster
Comments
Having been honored by the membership to elect me again I am serving my 7th year on the Board of Director. I was doubly honored by my fellow Directors by being reelected as Chairman of the Board for the sixth time. As a Director I have been insistent that the all Directors and employees recognize that, unlike Public Service, the Cooperative has "members" not customers. Yes you purchase your energy from the Co-op but, unlike other utilities, you also have a say in its operations. You elect your Directors to represent you no matter what part of the State you live in. I will work hard to keep rates down at the same time recognizing that we have to maintain our system safety and reliability. With the increased awareness of the environment I will strive to put your Co-op in front of the alternative energy curve. "Greening" up our power supply contracts, membership energy conservation education, fewer outages - and better response to those outages, absorbing new technologies, while at the same time putting your Co-op back on its feet growing equity are some of my goals for these next few years.
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| | Charles R. Braxton | Board Member | Community: Meredith
Bio: Chuck – an NHEC member for 32 years –lives year-round in Meredith with his wife, Maggie, where he and his wife are Realtors® with Roche Realty Group, Inc. Before his real estate career, Chuck was president of Energy Technology Assurance Group, Inc. (EN-TAG), an e-financial services firm serving distributed generation projects, northeast region vice president for Duke Energy's energy services affiliate, and was chief marketing/sales officer for a $600m energy delivery unit of Niagara Mohawk. All of these enterprises are strong advocates for energy efficiency. Half of his line of work has been as a senior executive in emerging businesses serving the electronics, medical device, and other high-tech industries. He began his career in engineering for plastics and oilfield development with Shell Oil Company.
A Vietnam era veteran, Chuck was directly commissioned in the U.S. Army and honorably discharged as Captain. He earned 60% of the costs of his college education: a BSEng from Princeton and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Chuck has a strong commitment to conservation and preservation of the natural environment and historic character of New Hampshire as a volunteer for the Appalachian Mountain Club and a member of the Society for the Protection of NH Forests and the NH Preservation Alliance.
Chuck is a Credentialed Cooperative Director.
| | David C. Talbot | Treasurer | Community: North Woodstock
Bio: David is a professor at Plymouth State University, where he teaches courses in Finance and economics at both graduate and undergraduate levels. David is a former Treasurer and CFO at Loon Mountain Recreation Corporation, Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc., and The Stratton Corporation. He is a former Treasurer and CFO of Tech Resources, Inc. and the former President of Granite Bank. He has also served as the former Vice President of The Central Savings Bank.
David earned his MBA from Plymouth State College, his CGS from the National School of Finance (Brown University), and his BSBA from the University of Denver. David serves as President of the Board of Trustees of North Country Center for the Arts and as Director of Speare Memorial Hospital.
David is a Credentialed Cooperative Director.
| | Sharon L. Davis | Assistant Treasurer | Community: Campton
Bio: Sharon has 35 years of varied business experience with service on non-profit Boards of Directors. She started her career at a well-known law firm in Plymouth. After 20+ years at the law firm, she started a new career as a Loan Officer and Regulatory Compliance Officer for Pemigewasset National Bank, and ended her banking career as the Corporate Regulatory Compliance Officer for Northway Financial, Inc., the holding company for Pemigewasset National Bank and The Berlin City Bank. In August 2007, Sharon began a new position as Associate Executive Director with Pemi-Baker Home Health & Hospice and its Pemi-Baker Aquatic & Wellness Center in Plymouth, NH. Pemi-Baker serves 11 municipalities in central NH.
In addition to being a member of NHEC’s Board of Directors, Sharon is the Vice Chair of the Campton Board of Selectmen; Treasurer of Pemi-Baker Regional School District and Treasurer of Campton School District.
Sharon is a graduate of Plymouth High School and Champlain College in Burlington, VT. She has also graduated from UNH Continuing Education in Paralegal Studies; ABA Compliance School; New England School of Banking; Leadership New Hampshire program; and ICBA Compliance School earning Certified Community Bank Compliance Officer designation.
Sharon is a Credentialed Cooperative Director.
| | Gail Paine | Secretary | Community: Intervale
Bio:
Gail, the Board's Secretary, recently retired as a Program Coordinator for the College for Lifelong Learning, where her responsibilities included implementing and marketing the degree programs, planning, staffing and hiring faculty to teach 130 courses in Carroll County each year. She also co-owned and managed her family business - the New England Inn - for 16 years. Named the Conway Chamber of Commerce's Business Person of the Year for 2001, Gail serves on the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Development Council Board of Directors. Gail is serving her 8th term on the Co-op's Board of Directors. In 1995, Gail was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in 1995 and continues to serve in that capacity. In 2002, Gail was honored as a recipient of the Howard D. Aiken Award by the Northeast Association of Electric Cooperatives in recognition of her many contributions to the rural electrification industry.
Gail is a Credentialed Cooperative Director.
Contact: (603) 356-5159; gpaine@roadrunner.com
| | Warren Mackensen | Board Member | Community: Bartlett
Bio: Warren joined the Board in 2005. He is the founder of several businesses, including Mackensen & Company, a fee-only financial planning and investment management firm; ProTracker Software, a database software development company for financial advisors; a solar contracting business; and an energy management systems company. An Electrical Engineer with degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy, Southeastern Massachusetts University and College for Financial Planning, he previously served five years in the U. S. Naval Submarine service.
Contact: (603) 926-1775; warren@mackensen.com
| | Jerry Hopkins | Vice Chair | Community: Moultonboro
Bio:
Jerry has served for twelve years as Director of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative. As a Director, he is the current Vice-Chair, has served as Treasurer for six years, Secretary for one year and has served on all Board Committees. An engineering graduate from Georgia Tech, Jerry has worked as an operating engineer with an electric utility company. He has worked in aircraft design, aviation management, flight safety, as a commercial pilot, and has experience in energy auditing, consulting engineering, building design and construction. A resident of Moultonborough, Jerry has served on several appointed and elected Boards, Trusteeships, and Committees in Moultonborough. He volunteers as a “Bell Ringer” for the Salvation Army and an assistant Softball coach for the Moultonborough Academy girl’s varsity team.
| | Chip Kimball | Board Member | Community: Center Sandwich
Bio:
Chip is the former general manager of a construction management software development and support company. His work experience includes design and construction of roads, utilities, subdivisions, and presenting permit applications before Planning and Wetlands agencies. From 1979-1991 he started and ran his own company, which provided construction planning, scheduling, litigation support and expert testimony. He has also worked in solar energy analysis. Currently he operates a family forest in East Sandwich. He is a member of the New Hampshire Wetlands Council. Chip earned his bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Chip is a Credentialed Cooperative Director.
| | Georgie Thomas | Board Member | Community: Thornton
Bio: Georgie is currently Vice President of the Government Banking/Not for Profit Division of Citizens Bank NH. She served nearly 18 years as the New Hampshire State Treasurer where she was responsible for all cash management and investment and debt management for the State of New Hampshire. She is also a member of numerous statutory boards and committees including: Nuclear Decommissioning Finance Committee, College Savings Plan Advisory Committee, NH Retirement System, Business Finance Authority, and NH Municipal Bond Bank. Georgie’s other experience includes: Budget Director, Yankee Publishing, Treasurer, Penntech Papers (now a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Industries), and service in the Treasurer’s Department of Exxon Corporation in New York City, developing the four-year financial outlook for world wide operations and financing the TransAlaska Pipeline. A resident of Thornton, Georgie holds a BA from Cornell University, an MBA from Columbia University and Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from Southern NH University.
Contact: gthomas1143@roadrunner.com
| | Robert V. Johnson II | Board Member | Community: Moultonboro
Bio:
In the practice of law in Concord and Center Harbor , Bob concentrates in corporate, business and construction planning and litigation. By appointment of the NH Supreme Court, he was Chairman of the State Board of Tax and Land Appeals (1977-1982), deciding complex utility tax appeals, including Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Bob was Chief of the Criminal Division of the NH Office of the Attorney General for seven years. He represented the State before the United States Supreme Court in the "Live free or Die" case. Interested in historic preservation and conservation, Bob was legal counsel in saving the Belknap and Busiel Mills in his hometown of Laconia and is Chairman of the Concord Heritage Commission. Bob served 13 years as Chairman of the Concord Conservation Commission and as a Director of the NH Association of Conservation Commissions.
| | Kenneth Colburn | Board Member | Community: Meredith, NH
Bio:
Ken is an independent consultant on climate change, energy, and environmental issues. Most of his work involves helping states, foundations, and progressive companies recognize and secure economic opportunity through action on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other policies. Ken previously oversaw New Hampshire’s air pollution control programs for nearly a decade at the Department of Environmental Services (DES), and represented the state’s business community on environmental and energy issues for the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire (BIA). Earlier, Ken worked in manufacturing management and taught at Proctor Academy in Andover.
Ken holds a B.S. in mathematics from M.I.T. as well as M.B.A. and M.Ed. degrees from U.N.H. He also serves on the Boards of the Granite State Conservation Voters Alliance and the Jordan Institute, and previously chaired the Andover School Board and the New London Hospital Board. Ken is an Eagle Scout and a New Hampshire native, and has never paid an electric bill to any company other than NHEC. He and his wife Jacquie live in Meredith.
Ken is a Credentialed Cooperative Director.
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