‘It’s more important to be impartial and fair in journalism now, in the face of the opinion programs that have taken over cable TV and radio,’ says David Tirrell-Wysocki, a former longtime journalist and recently retired…

A New Hampshire resident for 30 years, Savage joined the Forest Society staff in 2005 after working in newspapers, magazines and book publishing.

In addition to teaching both constitutional and administrative law at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law in Concord, he is currently director of the school’s Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Service

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.

A fifth-generation bootmaker, Limmer creates world-famous, $800 boots from his shop in Intervale

‘The feedback I was getting from people when I was campaigning is that corporations and special interests are having an outsized influence in Washington and that has its impact on policy,’ says 1st District Congressman Chris Pappas.

‘The arts make you smarter, make you think more open-mindedly,’ says Bob Shea, who has for the past 33 years been director of the Barnstormers theater in Tamworth.