If anybody can help New Hampshire's small businesses grow and flourish, it's Greta Johansson. Named the New Hampshire district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration a year ago -- succeeding longtime director Witmer Jones -- the former Connecticut resident…
Patrick C. McHugh, who represented FairPoint Communications as an attorney at Devine Millimet & Branch, became its New Hampshire president in November 2011, replacing Teresa Rosenberger, another former Devine attorney who returned to the firm. NHBR caught up with him…
George Gantz stepped down April 1 as senior vice president for Unitil Corp., the Hampton-based electric and gas utility he worked for since 1983. NHBR caught up with him at the end of March. Q. Where were you during the…
Bill Duncan didn't plan on becoming a citizen activist. The former software entrepreneur and U.S. Naval Academy graduate had looked forward to spending a lot of retirement time on a few pursuits, including more time practicing his fiddle playing. Duncan,…
Dr. Kevin Pho’s days begin when most of his patients are still asleep. Each morning, starting at 4 a.m., the 38-year-old primary care physician spends two hours managing all of his social media postings for the day. That includes scheduling…
Mark Connolly, former director of the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation, resigned in January 2011, saying that aspects of the multimillion-dollar Financial Resources Mortgage Ponzi scheme scandal were covered up. He has since gone on to write "Cover-Up: One…
As the lead radio voice of the Boston Red Sox, Dave O’Brien knows a thing or two about the passion of Red Sox Nation --and not just as announcer. The Rye resident is a native of Quincy, Mass., grew up…
The agenda of the leadership of the New Hampshire Legislature has been called pro-business. But critics, such as New Hampshire AFL-CIO President Mark MacKenzie, view much of that agenda as anti-worker. MacKenzie recently discussed his concerns and his own organization's…
For the past two decades, University of New Hampshire economist Ross Gittell has been on a research quest to understand and decipher the diverse New Hampshire economy. But on Feb. 1, Gittell makes a dramatic career change from scholar and…
As a longtime ad executive and head of Quaker City Mercantile, Steve Grasse doesn't just market brands; he creates them. Hendrick's Gin? That was his brainchild, as was Sailor Jerry rum, launched after he purchased the estate of the influential…
