Q&A with tech entrepreneur and educator Rajesh Nair
Rajesh Nair is on a global mission to inspire students to experience the same joy he did as a youth in India when he learned how to build a simple crystal radio.
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Q&A with Associate professor of organizational behavior at UNH Vanessa Druskat
In her new book, “The Emotionally Intelligent Team,” published by Harvard Business Review Press, Druskat explores the overlooked factor she says separates high-performing teams from the rest: emotional intelligence.
Q&A with Green Lightning Energy’s Jason Plant & Miles Drum
Nearly two years ago, Jason Plant and Kadin Burns founded Green Lightning Energy in Sanbornton with the goal to make clean energy affordable for everyday homeowners.
Q&A with President & CEO of SilverTech Nick Soggu
Manchester native Nick Soggu founded SilverTech in his hometown in 1996 as a web design firm. Now based in Bedford, the company works with clients on digital marketing, content strategy, database management, website development and other methods of maximizing customer engagement.
Q&A with President and CEO of Standex International Corp. David Dunbar
David Dunbar oversees an industrial manufacturing company that boasts an international reach from its headquarters in Salem, NH, and is primed for growth.
Q&A with Russ Ouellette and Kristi Baxter of Sojourn Partners
Russ Ouellette and Kristi Baxter of Sojourn Partners are veterans of the corporate world, where they learned leaderships skills from the people who led them and from becoming leaders themselves. Along the way, they learned the essence of great management…
Q&A with President and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental Tom Raffio
Tom Raffio celebrates his 30th anniversary this year as president and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, a taxexempt, nonprofit insurance company based in Concord that has been in business for more than 50 years.
Q&A with President and CEO of the New Hampshire College and University Council Mica Stark
Mica Stark has made higher education his calling — when he’s not on the golf greens.
Q&A: CEO of One Sky Community Services and board president of Farmsteads of New England Matt Cordaro
One Sky, founded in 1983, supports individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities or acquired brain disorders, helping them to live as valued and participating members in their communities.
Q&A: Executive Director of Media Power Youth Heather Inyart
The inspiration for Media Power Youth came a generation before smartphones began changing the way teenagers interact with the world.
Q&A: Vice President of Marketing and Former Co-owner of Sullivan Tire Paul Sullivan
The owners of Sullivan Tire and Auto Service surprised the industry in 2023 when the family business turned over ownership of the company to its employees through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
Q&A: Director of the CEO & Family Enterprise Center Michelline Dufort
As director of the CEO & Family Enterprise Center, Michelline Dufort connects family-owned businesses with resources — including each other. The center helps owners navigate the challenges that can arise when husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, parents and children, and other family members are working side by side.
NH Business Review celebrates 2025 Outstanding Women in Business Awards
On April 3, NH Business Review held its annual Outstanding Women in Business Awards, which highlights eight business leaders in the state who personify leadership, advocacy and community commitment in their daily lives.
Q&A: Sylvan Learning Center Owner Denise Thompkins
For the past 25 years, former school teacher Denise Thompkins has owned and operated Sylvan Learning Center, which she launched in New Hampshire with three franchise locations.
Q&A with Cannon Mountain General Manager Jace Wirth
Steamboat Spring, Colo., native Jace Wirth joined Cannon Mountain last year as the new general manager for the state-owned New Hampshire ski area in Franconia Notch.
Q&A: New England Rural Health Association’s Andy Lowe & Ann Marie Day
Rural health in New Hampshire relies on a community-based approach to address the challenges of providing services in sparsely populated areas.
Q&A: Hope for NH Recovery Executive Director Randy Stevens
After you listen to Randy Stevens describe his journey — from suffering sexual abuse as a young child through battling alcohol and drug addiction, to joining the military, to spending time in prison, to parenting children with another addict, to his initial refusal to accept help — you’re amazed that, somehow, he still made it to other side.
Q&A: Grappone Automotive’s Chief Vision Officer Amanda Osmer
To commemorate Grappone Automotive's 100th anniversary, Amanda Osmer co-authored a book chronicling her family's company and its origins from Italy to New Hampshire.
Q&A: Executive Director of Stay Work Play New Hampshire Corinne Benfield
Corinne Benfield’s mission is to help the Granite State retain and attract young people — a tough gig in a place with one of the oldest populations in the country.
Q&A: Nichole Martin Reimer and Patrick Tufts of Granite United Way
Nichole Martin Reimer — whom Granite United Way’s board recently named as Patrick Tufts’ successor — worked as chief engagement officer and in partnership with Tufts for nearly two decades.
Pirouette Medical’s auto-injector wins 2024 Product of the Year
The Naloxone HCI Auto-injector from Pirouette Medical, based in Portsmouth, has won the title of the NH Tech Alliance’s 2024 Product of the Year.
9 Dragons, 2 legacies
The Kowloon Restaurant legacy springs anew at The Brook Casino
Q&A: M&T Bank Regional President for New Hampshire Tim Wade
You could say Tim Wade was bound for the Granite State ever since he met his wife. It just took a while to get here.
‘Stretching the limits’
Every fall, the NH Tech Alliance gathers a group of New Hampshire business leaders, tasked with the ever-challenging duty of judging new technology products with the goal of crowning one as Product of the Year. The five finalists sparing for the title next month are SportsVisio, Sequel Medical Technologies, Atmospheric G2, Pirouette Medical and Driver Technologies.
Q&A: Chief investment officer and chief economist for NBT Bank Ken Entenmann
As senior vice president, chief investment officer and chief economist for NBT Bank, Ken Entenmann oversees more than $11 billion in assets under management and administration, including 401(k) plans, retirement plans, endowments, foundations, personal trusts and corporate assets.
Q&A: Editors of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, Carol Connare & Sarah Perreault
How do you keep a vintage brand fresh? The editors of the “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” face that challenge every year as they gather material for an annual publication that is nearly as old as our nation.
Q&A: NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs Commissioner Taylor Caswell
As commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs, Taylor Caswell is charged with attracting new businesses to the Granite State and helping them navigate roadblocks.
Q&A: RiverWoods CEO Justine Vogel
Justine Vogel worked for RiverWoods Group before the continuing care retirement community even had residents, joining as director of accounting. Back then, co-founders Rosemary Coffin and Maryanna Hatch operated their fledgling nonprofit out of a local bar.
Q&A: Commercial Realtor Dan Scanlon
For nearly two decades, Dan Scanlon, a senior associate at Colliers, has worked in New Hampshire’s commercial real estate market, working on investment, industrial, office and land development.
Pitching innovation: Five tech companies put their innovations to the test in Product of the Year competition
The NH Tech Alliance has announced the finalists of its 17th annual Product of the Year competition — a highly competitive contest that pits the best innovations from New Hampshire against one another in an effort to claim the title.
NH Film Festival’s 21st celebration draws 10K visitors to Seacoast
4-day festival highlights local artists, film screenings for NH cinephiles
Lending a Helping Paw
Dog Training Elite does more than obedience training — they're changing lives one dog at a time
Manchester organization pairs individuals with service, therapy dogs
Dog Training Elite helps train canines to support human companions with variety of needs
NH’s first zero-waste grocery store opens in Bedford
Local grocery store helps drive change for eliminating plastics and other non-recyclable materials
Manchester Distillery opens with Craft & Creativity Showcase
New downtown distillery to serve gin, vodka and eventually whiskey
A ‘rebirth’ in Nashua
Rob Parsons breathes new life into Sky Meadow Country Club
Granite Outdoor Alliance Director Tyler Ray
GRANITEER festival aims to bring together outdoor recreationists, employers and brands for a weekend of fun and education
Revolution takes ‘intentional effort’
UNH program bridges STEM education for students of color with workforce development
Bigelow & Co. acquired by UHY LLP
Manchester and Portsmouth-based accounting firm to expand parent company's Northeast presence
(Opinion) To disposal district: reconsider landfill gas decision
We need support from lawmakers and residents to support the stabilization of operations at the White Mountain Paper Company
Q&A: Chef Chris Viaud
Former Top Chef contestant brings new flavor to NH's fine-dining scene with Pavilion in Wolfeboro
July 25 declared Hire a Veteran Day in NH
NH Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services connects businesses and veterans with resources and guidance
Legal Briefs: News from Around NH
AG pushes FCC for robocall clarity, new attorneys appointed ... and more
Hassan measure would restore mortgage insurance deduction for homeowners
Legislation would also expand eligibility
New Hampshire’s in-home care provider system is ‘in danger of collapse’
Lack of funds threatens existence of home care service program
New American Scholars
During pandemic, Riyah Patel started nonprofit to bridge education gap for refugee and immigrant students
Q&A: Bellman Jewelers Owner David Bellman
Based in Manchester, Bellman’s is a high-quality jeweler that focuses on family and customer service
Girls at Work expands with an eye on STEM activities
Expansion to add another workshop, a Kindness Closet and space for enhanced STEM program
Latonya Wallace, 2023 Outstanding Women in Business recipient
Latonya is the Director of Community Relations at NH Community Loan Fund
Bridget McDermott, 2023 Outstanding Women in Business recipient
Bridget is the Product Line Director at BAE Systems
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Q&A with tech entrepreneur and educator Rajesh Nair
Rajesh Nair is on a global mission to inspire students to experience the same joy he did as a youth in India when he learned how to build a simple crystal radio.
Most taxpayers in ConVal district to see decrease in education tax bill
Most voters in the ConVal school district will see a decrease in the local education portion of their December tax bill as a result of the recent decision by the ConVal School Board regarding distribution of the unreserved fund balance from fiscal year 2024-2025.
Saint Anselm College dedicates $35 million nursing school building
Meet Samii, the mannequin who is bedridden in the AI Simulation Lab, one of the drawing cards to the new $32 million home of the Jean School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Saint Anselm College.
Amid Claremont crisis, Pittsfield school district works to dig out of its own million-dollar hole
As a crippling financial crisis uncovered in recent weeks in Claremont makes headlines, Pittsfield, too, is reckoning with a budget shortfall of more than a million dollars as a new school year gets underway. Pittsfield’s deficit, discovered early this year, is roughly $1.8…
GBCC helps meet growing demand for surgical technologists
Portsmouth-based GBCC offers one of the few associate degree programs in Surgical Technology in the region and the only one in New Hampshire that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP).
Judge rules NH is not funding an adequate education
Superior Court Judge David Ruoff has once again ruled that the state has shirked its duty to fund an adequate education and this time further held that local school property taxes, which vary in rate from one municipality to another, are themselves unconstitutional.
Supreme Court allows Education Department cuts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, July 14, allowed the Trump administration, for now, to proceed with mass layoffs and a plan to dramatically downsize the Education Department ordered earlier this year. The decision from the nation’s highest court marks…
State-prompted DEI rollback underway at Keene State
Keene State College has started to gut its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to comply with new state law. It’s an all-too familiar tune for many higher education institutions. Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has gone on…
New England College expands $10,000-per-year offer to Concord, Bishop Brady graduates
The partnership, which started many years ago as a cross-town agreement between the college and John Stark, has steadily grown. Graduates of Hopkinton, Kearsarge Regional and Hillsboro-Deering, among several other high schools in the state, were already eligible.
