Q&A

At Dartmouth College’s Hood Museum of Art, ‘our dedication to teaching does not stop at the edge of the campus,’ says its director, John R. Stomberg.

Barry Needleman is managing director of the Manchester-based of McLane Middleton. The law firm celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, which is a sign of it being ‘a strong, effective organization that is very good at what it does,’ he says.

As the New Hampshire’s flagship university, ‘we need to make sure that we're aligned with the needs of the state. I think people will be pleasantly surprised that we mostly are.’

For more than 40 years, New Hampshire Sen. Martha Fuller Clark and her husband Dr. Geoffrey Clark, an entrepreneur and gastroenterologist, have worked to strengthen New Hampshire communities as volunteers, advocates and philanthropists.

‘Being a nonprofit leader is a privilege and a joy,’ says Joan Garry, who will be the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits’ Nonprofit Leadership Summit on Sept. 19.

‘Our economy relies on our transportation system,’ says Victoria Sheehan, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

‘In the last 10 years, more and more people have taken an active role in protecting our water supply,’ says Jim Rousmaniere, author of ‘Water Connections.’

‘Our students are dealing with things we never had to,’ says Treadwell, a 1990 graduate of the school.

‘There are tremendous economic benefits to the rehabilitating of historic properties,’ says Elizabeth Muzzey, who is set to step down as director of the state Division of Historical Preservation at the end of July after 12 years in the job.

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