College Advisory Board

Brad Cook is President of the UNH Alumni Association and head of Sheehan Phinney’s Estate Planning and Probate, Government Relations and Not-for-Profit, Charitable and Religious Institutions Practice Groups. He is a past President of the firm and has practiced with Sheehan Phinney since 1973. A UNH alumnus, Cook has received several awards including Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Award, Easter Seals New Hampshire’s Eugene M. Van Loan III Leadership Award and UNH…

Ron became the eighth Chief Executive Officer of St. Mary’s Bank in the credit union’s 100+-year history in December 2008. St. Mary's Bank is the nation’s first credit union, founded in 1908 and headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire. The cooperative credit union now serves over 130,000 consumers and business members and has over $1.3 billion in assets. Prior to joining St. Mary’s, Ron was Executive Vice President and Director of the Commercial Banking Division of Ocean Bank (now People’s…

Liz Gray joined the NH SBDC as State Director in July of 2018. Each year, 3,000 small businesses in approximately 200 New Hampshire communities benefit from the advising and educational programs offered by the NH SBDC.  SBDC’s team of certified business advisors delivers highly individualized, confidential advising at no charge to enterprises across New Hampshire, from the towns along the Connecticut River to the Seacoast to the North Country and every point in between. Since 1984 the…

Pam Hall is the former long-time CEO and Board Chair of Normandeau Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized, science-based environmental consulting firm founded in 1970 and headquartered in Bedford, NH. Pam was the company's CEO for 32 years (until 2020) and served on the Company’s Board of Directors from 2000-2020, and its Chair from 2015-2020. She was instrumental in leading the effort to develop Normandeau from a small regional firm to a highly regarded, 100% employee-…

A former volunteer fire-fighter, Mike is the Principal-in-Charge of BerryDunn's Manchester Office, focusing exclusively on commercial companies, including manufacturing and high-technology businesses, an area he specialized in while working with PWC in Boston.  Mike provides financial reporting, merger and acquisition structuring, internal controls and systems development, and strategic planning services for clients throughout New England. Prior to joining BerryDunn, Mike managed the…

Matt Kfoury was previously president and CEO of Central Paper Products Co. Inc., a family-owned business for nearly 70 years.  In 2017, Matt negotiated a deal with Imperial Dade which is now the parent company. Imperial Dade, a company with more than $1 billion in annual revenues, acquired Central Paper, which distributes paper, plastic, janitorial and office products in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine.  Matt currently serves as COO of Imperial Dade NE Division. Matt…

Heather Staples Lavoie is the Senior Vice President of and Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Business and Technology Solutions at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Ms. Lavoie joined Horizon in 2024 and is responsible for the Information Technology, Information Security, Enterprise Program Management Office and Analytics divisions. Ms. Lavoie previously spent over a decade building and serving as President and CEO of Geneia, a health care technology, AI and analytics subsidiary…

Paul is the Chief Operating Officer at Big Network, Inc.  Prior to joining Big Network, Paul was the COO at ARMI | BioFabUSA in Manchester, NH. Additionally, Paul was part of the Dyn leadership team where he was responsible for Business Operations and later, Americas Sales. Dyn was acquired by Oracle in 2017. Paul spent 19 years in various leadership positions at Autodesk, Inc., including Sales, Sales Management, Academic Programs, Learning & Training and Business Development. Paul has…

Bringing a background in journalism to marketing, Stephanie McLaughlin merges creativity with clarity to develop marketing programs that have an impact on her clients’ bottom line. Stephanie is the principal of Savoir Faire Marketing/Communications, a marketing agency in Manchester, NH. As the leader of an exceptionally talented and dynamic team, Stephanie elicits excellence from her team in order to produce remarkable results for her clients. Stephanie’s superpower is uncovering a company’s “…

Selma Naccach-Hoff is Chair Emerita of the English Department at Manchester High School Central, where she taught for more than 40 years. A Phi Beta Kappa summa cum laude graduate of UNH, and having earned a graduate degree from Boston College, with distinction, she was part of the UNH Manchester STEM Discovery Lab Work Group. On the state level, she has served as a board member of New Hampshire Humanities, is a founding member of Reaching Higher New Hampshire, and is past chair of the New…

Jennifer Higgins Pitre has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of fundraising. She is currently the Vice President of Philanthropy at Catholic Medical Center, a nonprofit acute-care hospital and regional health system, serving more than 180,000 patients each year, based in Manchester, New Hampshire. As Vice President of Philanthropy at Granite United Way, New Hampshire’s largest United Way, Jennifer oversaw fundraising for an $8.5 million annual campaign and also led the major giving…

Heather Ramsey, a partner with Sojourn Partners, is a Certified Professional Coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF). She received her B.S. in Business Management at Northeastern University and her Masters in Mental Health Counseling at Argosy University. She utilizes her broad international business experience integrating multiple cultures and focusing on leadership development, team building, communication skills, and conflict resolution. Throughout her career, Ramsey has…

Kate Skouteris joined Harvard Pilgrim Health Care in 2021 and serves as Vice President, Regional Commercial Markets, where she leads strategy, sales, P&L performance and overall operations for the Maine, New Hampshire and the Rhode Island commercial health insurance plans. Prior to her current role, Kate served in numerous leadership roles working with health care leaders in the area, including in executive leadership roles in government and healthcare delivery systems, as well as an…

Virginia Theo-Steelman is a former practicing psychologist and a life-long resident of Manchester. Devoted to higher education, she also served as a previous board member on the UNH Alumni Association. Ginny is a double alumna of UNH and has served the UNH Community in several capacities. She was a Trustee of the University System of New Hampshire and she has been on the Dean’s Leadership Council of the UNH College of Health and Human Services. She has also been a Trustee of the…