Nearly two years ago, Jason Plant and Kadin Burns founded Green Lightning Energy in Sanbornton with the goal to make clean energy affordable for everyday homeowners.

Manchester native Nick Soggu founded SilverTech in his hometown in 1996 as a web design firm. Now based in Bedford, the company works with clients on digital marketing, content strategy, database management, website development and other methods of maximizing customer engagement.

David Dunbar oversees an industrial manufacturing company that boasts an international reach from its headquarters in Salem, NH, and is primed for growth.

Russ Ouellette and Kristi Baxter of Sojourn Partners are veterans of the corporate world, where they learned leaderships skills from the people who led them and from becoming leaders themselves. Along the way, they learned the essence of great management…

Tom Raffio celebrates his 30th anniversary this year as president and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, a taxexempt, nonprofit insurance company based in Concord that has been in business for more than 50 years.

Mica Stark has made higher education his calling — when he’s not on the golf greens.

One Sky, founded in 1983, supports individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities or acquired brain disorders, helping them to live as valued and participating members in their communities.

The inspiration for Media Power Youth came a generation before smartphones began changing the way teenagers interact with the world.

The owners of Sullivan Tire and Auto Service surprised the industry in 2023 when the family business turned over ownership of the company to its employees through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

As director of the CEO & Family Enterprise Center, Michelline Dufort connects family-owned businesses with resources — including each other. The center helps owners navigate the challenges that can arise when husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, parents and children, and other family members are working side by side.

For the past 25 years, former school teacher Denise Thompkins has owned and operated Sylvan Learning Center, which she launched in New Hampshire with three franchise locations.

Steamboat Spring, Colo., native Jace Wirth joined Cannon Mountain last year as the new general manager for the state-owned New Hampshire ski area in Franconia Notch.