NHBR About Town: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

NH Business Review Staff,

For her volunteer work on church mission trips to impoverished countries, Harvard Pilgrim employee Carolee Churchill, left, was named the Employee Volunteer of the Year by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation at an awards ceremony last month. Child Health Services of Manchester was also named the foundation’s “Community Hero.” Pictured with Churchill from left are Joe Reilly, president and CEO of Centrix Bank and keynote speaker; Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas; and Beth Roberts, vice president of emerging markets at Harvard Pilgrim.

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