NHBR About Town: Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce

July 13, 2012

NH Business Review Staff,

Accepting the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 Pinnacle Awards are, from left, Louis Josephson, CEO, Riverbend Community Mental Health Inc., which was named Nonprofit Business of the Year; Kirk Leoni, principal, Nathan Wechsler & Co. PA, which was named Business of the Year; Louis Smirnioudis, Owner, Windmill Family Restaurant, which was named Small Business of the Year; and Chris Brown, president, New Hampshire Distributors Inc., who was named Business Leader of the Year. Not pictured is Gary Tasker of Tasker Landscaping, who was awarded with the 2012 W. Grant McIntosh Volunteer of the Year Award.

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