Board of Directors

The Chamber’s Board of Directors is the policy-making body within the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce. The board is comprised of 24 individuals elected to 3 year terms by the membership of the Chamber. Officers of the organization are further chosen to serve 1 year terms. They must be a current Board member and are elected by their fellow board members.

Tim Hogan

Board Chair

Mr. Hogan is the General Manager at Southern New Hampshire’s premiere hotel, the Crowne Plaza in Nashua, NH.  He has been involved with the Chamber of Commerce in the past and has recently returned as a board member.  He is also very active in Rotary West of Nashua and has been a member since 1988.  Mr. Hogan has a long track record of community service including being involved in a number of boards and committees for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua, the Salvation Army and the First Church of Nashua.  He currently lives in Hudson with his wife, Sue, and their two sons, Brendon and Sean.

Jeff Rose

Incoming Board Chair / State & Local Advocacy Committee Chair

Jeffrey Rose is Director of Government Relations for BAE Systems’ Electronic Solutions (ES) Line of Business within the Electronics, Intelligence & Support (EI&S) operating group.

Mr. Rose supports the business goals through policy advocacy at the federal, state and local governments.  He also supports the growth, management and strategic alignment of political resources for the company.

Mr. Rose is an active member within the community.  He serves as the Chairman of the Chamber’s Advocacy Committee for the past three years and is Chairman of the Board of the New Hampshire Gateway Chapter of the Red Cross for the past two years.  He is also a board member at Saint Joseph’s Community Services and the New Hampshire State Society, and serves on the N.H. Economic Development Advisory Council and N. H. Telecommunications Advisory Board.

Prior to joining BAE Systems in March 2004, Mr. Rose spent nearly a decade working for various members of Congress. He grew up in Merrimack, N.H. prior to graduating from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., with degrees in Political Science and Communications/Journalism.

He resides in Goffstown, NH, with his wife, Amy, and their daughter.

Gary Inamorati

Ambassador Committee Chair

Gary Inamorati, a Nashua native, is Vice President of Commercial Lending at TD Banknorth, N.A.  He is currently responsible for business development for new and existing clients in the Greater Nashua area and its surrounding communities.  A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Mr. Inamorati is a former Board Member for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Nashua and remains active in the Nashua community by participating in TD Banknorth's "Teach Children to Save" program, which is administered in conjuntion with local schools.  He is also a former volunteer teacher in the Junior Achievement Program.  Mr. Inamorati resides in Merrimack with his wife, Andrea, and their two children.

Deb Titus

Community Resources & Development Committee Chair

Deb Titus is the Managing Director at Dale Carnegie - New Hampshire.  She joined the training and development industry as a trainer with Dale Carnegie in 1984.  In 1992, she pursued interests in organizational development consulting with a focus on human capital managment strategies. Ms. Titus is an adjunct professor at Granite State College as well as a managing partner and co-founder of Human Capital Solutions, LLC.  She is very active in connecting and supporting the Young Professionals network throughout the state.  Ms. Titus is also an active contributor to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce.  Originally from New York, she lives in Auburn with her husband.  She is a proud parent of transitioning adults, Geoff and Sarah.

Thomas Boucher

Finance Committee Chair

Thomas Boucher is Chief Lending Officer at The Nashua Bank. He is currently a member of the Chelmsford Rotary Club where he has served as Vocational Service Director, Club Service Director, Vice President and President. He is a former member of the Monadnock Rotary Club. Mr. Boucher has served as marketing advisor to the Jaffrey Economic Council, board member for the Southern New Hampshire American Heart Association as well as a board member and Treasurer for the Greater Nashua Childcare Centers.  He the former Director of the Youth Council and was a volunteer teacher for Junior Achievement. He resides in Chelmsford, MA, with his wife and two daughters.

Deepak Gursahaney

IUGO Steering Committee Chair

Originally from Columbus Ohio, Deepak Gursahaney has been part of the Nashua Business Community for the past 16 years.  As owner and president of ActiveEdge, he heads a talented team of creative, technical and marketing professionals to offer Interactive Marketing Services for both online and offline marketing initiatives.
Mr. Gursahaney is active in many organizations within the Nashua community, most notably the Rotary Club of Nashua and IUGO, the local young professionals organization, of which he is a founding member.  He and ActiveEdge have provided support for the Chamber through the development of the Chamber's website, design and implementation of email blasts and sponsorship of different events and initiatives such as nTEK, a Summit focused on attracting and retaining high tech companies within the Nashua region.

Sy Mahfuz

Membership Committee Chair

Owner of Persian Rug Galleries in Nashua, Sy Mahfuz has been selling, appraising, cleaning and repairing oriental rugs for more than 40 years, his first introduction to the business coming at the tender age of eight.

Representing the third generation to take an active role in his family’s business, Mr. Mahfuz has achieved enormous recognition as one of the nation’s foremost authorities on Oriental rugs. He is a Certified Rug Appraiser (CRA) and a past trustee of the Oriental Rug Retailers of America (ORRA). In 1999, he was named National Oriental Rug Retailer of the Year and Retailer of the Year by the NH Chamber of Commerce Executives. In 2008, he was named as the Eminence Award winner for Small Business of the Year by the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce. Most recently Mr. Mahfuzwas awarded "2009 Retailer of the Year" by the Retail Merchants Association.

In 1994, he was instrumental in getting House Bill 1391 passed in New Hampshire, strengthening consumer protection statutes regarding going out of business sales in the state. This bill has been invaluable to reputable dealers in Oriental rugs and to legitimate retailers of many other goods.

Maryse Wirbal

Program Committee Chair

Maryse Wirbal is the CEO of the Nashua Pastoral Care Center, Inc. a human services non-profit that focuses on providing families and individuals housing services, basic necessities and life-altering programs promoting self-sufficiency for the past 10 years. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Hunt Community; serves as a School Board member for Infant Jesus School, Nashua; is a Nashua Rotary Club member; a graduate of the 2005 Leadership NH Class; a member of the Continuum of Care Executive Committee; and is a member of United Way’s Community Needs Assessment Committee.  Ms. Wirbal is currently serving her third term on the Chamber Board of Directors.  She is also a 1998 graduate of Leadership Greater Nashua program.  She and her husband currently reside in Merrimack with their son.

Ardeth Griggs

Secretary

Ardeth Griggs is the Senior Vice President/Central  Team  Regional Manager for Community Banking at Ocean Bank, which encompasses 12 along the I93 and 293 corridors.  Ms. Griggs serves as the Treasurer of the Queen City Rotary in Manchester, NH, she is on the Board of Trustees for the Greater Manchester Family YMCA, and is on  the board of the Heritage United Way along with participating on the Community Investment Panel and New Opportunities Committee.  Ms. Griggs resides in Goffstown with her husband Dan.  She has two daughters: Ryan, who is a teacher in Chelmsford, MA and Brianna.

Richard Jean

Strategic Planning Committee Chair

Richard Jean owns Central Realty, a full service real estate and roperty management company in Nashua. Central Realty services the southern part of the state. While providing full service real estate Central Realty also manages over 300 rental units in the greater Nashua area which include residential, single family homes, condominiums, apartments and commercial storefronts. Mr. Jean's past activities include contributing to the Chamber for over 10 years on various committees and as an ambassador for several years.

Michael T. Buckley

Michael and his wife Sarah are the founders of Michael Timothy’s Dining Group which oversees the operations of Michael Timothy’s Urban Bistro-Wine and Jazz Bar, Surf Seafood Restaurant and Buckley’s Great Steaks all located in the greater Nashua area.

Mr. Buckley works in the daily capacity of chef-owner of the three restaurants.

He contributes to numerous charity events each year and is a member of The New Hampshire Restaurant and Lodging Association. He resides in Hollis with Sarah and their three children.

Sanders Burstein, MD

Sanders Burstein is Medical Director for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua, a multi-specialty medical group practice associated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, with locations in Nashua, Hudson, Milford, and Merrimack.  He has lived in the Nashua area since 1984, having provided medical care at Milford Family Practice from 1984 to 2003, prior to his current role in Nashua.  He currently serves on the Board of the Area Agency of Greater Nashua, the Board of the New Hampshire Endowment for Health, the Greater Nashua Regional Health Advisory Group, the Greater Nashua Healthy Community Collaborative,  and the Crotched Mountain Ski Patrol. In his spare time, he enjoys singing with the award winning Granite Statesmen BarbershopChorus. Dr. Burstein completed Leadership Greater Nashua in 2005 and Leadership NH in 2007. He lives with his wife and 4 children in Amherst.

Jeaneen M. Coolbroth

Jeaneen M. Coolbroth is Southern Division Manager – Public Service of New Hampshire.  The Division has offices in Nashua, Hooksett, Bedford, Milford and Derry.  Ms. Coolbroth began her career at PSNH in 1977 as a Staff Assistant.

She has held various positions during her 32 years with the Company including Supervisor of Vegetation Management, Supervisor – New Service, Engineering Liaison to the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, Marketing Services Manager – Western Division, Sr. Engineer – Distribution Engineering, and most recently, Operations Manager – Western Central Division.  She had previously worked at Pacific Gas and Electric Company, CA and Public Service Gas and Electric, NJ.  Ms. Coolbroth is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology with a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Engineering.  She is also a former graduate of Leadership Greater Nashua and Northeast Utilities Leadership Academy.  She currently resides with her family in Meredith.

Diane Currier

Diane Currier, Site Manager at Oracle in the Real Estate and Facilities organization has worked for Oracle for 12 years.  She manages building operations in the Nashua facilities and 6 buildings in the Greater Boston area.
Ms. Currier works actively partnering with local agencies in Nashua where Oracle is committed to the local community in which employees live and work through the Community Partnership and event programs which is an important theme at Oracle. 

Beth Davis

Beth H. Davis was born in New York, New York on October 31, 1954.  She was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1978; New Hampshire bar in 1983.  Ms. Davis graduated from Bryn Mawr College cum laude in 1975 and Villanova University School of Law in 1978.  She is a member of the New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Nashua Bar Associations.  Ms. Davis has been with the firm of Hamblett & Kerrigan, P.A. in Nashua since January of 1988, where she has been a partner since January of 1990.  Prior to her association with Hamblett & Kerrigan, P.A., she served as in-house counsel for a publicly traded corporation and as a closing attorney for two firms which handled residential closings.  Ms. Davis concentrates her practice in matters of real estate law, commercial lending transactions and related commercial law.

Edward Gage

Edward E Gage III “Jody” was born and raised in Nashua.  He is the co-owner, with his wife Jill, of FORTIN GAGE Flowers and Gifts located in downtown Nashua.  He attended Bishop Guertin High School and S.U.N.Y College of Environmental Science & Forestry with a BS Degree in City Planning and Public Administration.  He attended Hixson’s School of Floral Design in Lakewood, OH. 

Additional certifications are FTD Master Designer and NH Certified Master Floral Designer.  Additional floral experience is working at Greenworks Floral Company in Washington DC and also the White House in Washington DC. 

His civic participation involves being on the Board of Nashua Rotary, a Board Member of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce and a Committee Member of the Downtown Business Improvement District.

Debra Hale

Debra Hale is the Manager of Government /Community Relations for National Grid NH with over 28 years experience in the energy industry. National Grid is an electric and natural gas distribution company with offices located in Nashua, Manchester and Tilton and serving 55 town and cities located throughout NH.  She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management with a minor in Human Resources from Southern New Hampshire University. Her professional and community affiliations include: Neighbor Helping Neighbor Board-Coordinator for National Grid Partnership with Hallsville Elementary School –Manchester Government Relations Committee-appointed by the Governor to the NH Air Resources Council and the Governor’s Climate Change Task Force Committee. Previous boards have included: Chair, KeySpan Youth Leadership Program, Makin It Happen – Big Brother/Big Sister, and Hooksett Kiwanis. She lives with her family in Hooksett.  

Brian Law

Brian Law is the President of Law Warehouses and Law Motor Freight, a family-owned company for five generations.   This is Mr. Law’s first year as a board member for the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce.  He is currently sitting on the local advocacy committee.   He has been a member of the Nashua Rotary for the last 15 years, serving at President in 2000.  Mr. Law is also serving on the board of trustees for Edgewood Cemetery as well as a member of the board of directors for the New Hampshire Motor Transport Association, a state association of trucking companies.  He is currently the secretary for the Nashua Country Club and a former member of the board for the Boys & Girls Club of Nashua.  Mr. Law grew up in Hollis and has been part of the greater Nashua community all of his life.   He is currently living in Nashua with his wife, Lisa, and their two children.

Dr. Robert Myers

Robert E. Myers began serving as President of Daniel Webster College on July 1, 2005.  Prior to coming to DWC, he was Chancellor of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Extended Campus.  He has presented widely at both regional and national conferences on subjects such as higher education’s role in economic development, academic accountability and planning, entrepreneurial business activities in college and university settings, and marketing.

Dr. Myers is committed to academic quality and as well to students, their special needs, and providing student-centered support. He is a strategic thinker and has launched and raised initial seed funding and corporate support scholarship programs at UMUC designed to provide tuition-free education, a laptop computer, free internet connectivity, and mentors to single, working mothers moving from the welfare ranks to the workforce.  He also championed, procured, and successfully implemented a major worldwide ERP solution for UMUC’s Student Services, Human Resources, and Financial Management. While at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, as Chancellor he increased the scope of worldwide center operations by opening centers in Ontario, Vancouver, Luxembourg, Iraq, Dubai, and Afghanistan.

Dr. Myers lives in Nashua with his wife, Gretchen, and two of their three children.

Raymond Noel

Raymond R. Noel, RFC, CDFA, CFS, BCM, MBA is a licensed fee planner specializing in Retirement & Estate Planning and Investment Management services.  Mr. Noel is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and also affiliated with Northeast Planning Associates, Inc. which was founded in 1958.  He served many years as a loaned executive for the United Way of Greater Nashua and served as Chairman of the Board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Nashua, Inc.  Furthermore, he has served for more than 30 years in a fundraising and support role for Camp Doucet Association, Inc. helping to maintain property and facilities for use by youth organizations of the Greater Nashua area.  Mr. Noel is a current member of the Board of Directors for the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce and served on the Program Committee, Annual Dinner Committee and the Small Business Expo Committee.  He was the 2005 Annual Fund National Campaign Chair for Rivier College in Nashua.

Philip Scontsas

Philip Scontsas is the third generation owner of Scontsas Fine Jewelry & Home Décor in Downtown Nashua, specializing in diamonds and precious gem jewelry as well as fine gifts and accessories for you and your home.

Born and raised in Nashua, he attended Nashua Schools and the University of New Hampshire.  After college, Mr. Scontsas attended the Gemological Institute of America becoming ONE of the first Graduate Gemologists in New Hampshire.

He continues his family tradition of commitment to Nashua’s Downtown.  Active in many downtown initiatives, Mr. Scontsas' efforts go back to the Downtown Development Corp. in the early 80’s.  He helped to establish the grass roots group, Destination Downtown, credited with igniting downtown’s renaissance, where he presided as President for many years.

He was also instrumental in the creation of Downtown’s most recent organization, Great American Downtown, where he now serves as Board Member.  His work has included chairing the Winter Holiday Stroll, the Taste of Downtown Nashua for over 10 years, and Nashua’s 2000 Millennium Celebration.  Recently, Mr. Scontsas was awarded the prestigious “Life Time Achievement Award” from GAD.  He has been an active member of the Nashua Rotary Club since 1989.  In his spare time, he and his wife, Amalia, enjoy traveling, gardening and spending time with their family and close friends.

Melissa Sears

Melissa Sears is the Director of Marketing and Communications for St. Joseph Healthcare. Melissa is responsible for community relations, marketing and communications, as well as community health education efforts for St. Joseph Healthcare. St. Joseph Healthcare is a comprehensive healthcare system in southern New Hampshire and includes St. Joseph Hospital and its affiliates, including, the SurgiCenter, Granite State Mediquip, Milford Medical Center, Rockingham Regional Ambulance and Souhegan Home & Hospice Care. Prior to joining St. Joseph Healthcare, Ms. Sears has held management positions at Revlon Consumer Products Corporation in New York City, CCBN in Boston, Mass., and Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H. Ms. Sears is currently an MBA candidate at Franklin Pierce University.

Tim Whitaker

Timothy J. Whitaker is Senior Vice President/Team Leader, Commercial Lending, at Citizens Bank.  He is responsible for business development and leading a team of commercial lenders that provide commercial banking solutions to companies in southern New Hampshire.  Mr. Whitaker has 12 years of experience in the commercial banking industry, joining Citizens in 2001 as a vice president for corporate loan syndications in the Boston office. His other community service efforts include serving on the board of directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aviation maintenance management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona and a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.  Mr. Whitaker resides in Merrimack with his wife and two children.

Terrence Williams

Terrence Williams is president and publisher of Telegraph Publishing Co. in Hudson. He currently serves on the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nashua and is president of the board of directors for the Great American Downtown of Nashua. He is former president and board member of the Adult Learning Center and Nashua Pastoral Care Center and a former member of the boards of directors for the Greater Nashua United Way and The Salvation Army. Mr. Williams is on the board of governors for the New England Newspaper Association and a member of the advisory board for Stars & Stripes newspaper in Washington, DC. He is also on the board of directors for the New England First Amendment Coalition.