CASA OF NEW HAMPSHIRE - Key Persons
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- Member of the Board of Directors
A native of Manchester, Adele is a second generation Franco-American and proud of her heritage and culture. She was educated in local schools and attended Rivier University and the University of New Hampshire She is also
a member of PI DELTA PHI, the French National Honor Society at St Anselm College. Raised in a bi-lingual family, her love for the French language continued at the Berlitz School of Languages in Boston where she would later become the Director of The Translation Services.
Returning to Manchester, she substituted in French and Spanish in local High Schools and teaching English as a Foreign Language to newly arrived French Canadians. She was a partner in Baker, Pappas & Dastin, Marketing and Public Relations. As Director of Development at Notre Dame College, she coordinated all fundraising and planned giving activities. From 1994 to 2004, Adele served as Executive Director of The Centre Franco-américain, a French cultural and heritage organization promoting the talents of Francophone artists the world over. In 1997 she was named Franco American of the Year.
In 2001, she became Honorary Consul of France and has been proud to represent the French government in New Hampshire to this day. In 2004, collaborated on the Quebec 400 (1604-2004) the founding of Quebec and served on The Champlain Committee to erect a commemorative plaque on the banks of the St Lawrence River depicting the cities and towns in New England where the French Canadians settled at the turn of the 20th Century. Manchester, NH played a prominent during that event.
She remains very active by volunteering and has served on the Boards of Directors of Catholic Medical Center, Make-a- Wish, The Manchester City Library, The Manchester Community Music School, The Gilbert French Language Foundation and The Holy Cross Family Learning Center. She is on the The Palace Theatre Advisory Board She is a Paul Harris Fellow of the Queen City Rotary Club. In 2008, President Sarkozy named her Knight of the National Order of Mérit, France's second highest honor.
Adele owns and along with her son Edmond operates J. N. Boufford & Sons, a four generation funeral home in Manchester. Another son, Greg, is an Anesthesiologist in NYC and she has 2 grandchildren.
She's an avid golfer and loves to travel.
"I'm honored and humbled to serve on the Board of Directors of CASA, such a worthwhile organization."
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- Attorney, Sheehan Phinney / Manchester, NH
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- Communications Manager / Manchester
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- Public Health Program Manager / North Country Health Consortium
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- Town Manager / Lancaster, NH
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- Program Director
- Senior Staff Member
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- Senior Staff Attorney
- Senior Staff Member
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- Chief David Goldstein
- Director at McLane Middleton Professional Association
Bill Glahn is a Director at McLane Middleton Professional Association where he has practiced as a trial lawyer for more than 40 years. Before joining McLane, he was an Assistant Attorney General in the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, where he headed the Civil Division of that Office. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a graduate of Trinity College and the University of Chicago Law School.
Bill has served on several non-profit boards including the board of New Hampshire Public Radio, and more than a decade each on the Board of Trustees of The Derryfield School (where he also served as Board Chair) and the Board of the Concord School District and more recently, as the Chair of the Capital Region Board of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. He is currently the immediate Past Chair of New Hampshire Humanities, and a member of the Board of Girls Inc. of New Hampshire.
Bill and his wife Hansi live in Concord. They have two sons and daughters-in-law and five grandchildren.
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- Cogswell Benevolent Trust / Manchester, NH
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- IT Director
- Senior Staff Member
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- President, DCD Automotive Holdings / Norwood
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- Finance Manager
- Senior Staff Member
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- Principal, Mather Associates
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- Owner, New England Tap House Grille & Hip Peas Farm / Hooksett, NH
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- Shareholder, Devine, Millimet & Branch / Manchester, NH
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- Senior Staff Member
- Recruitment Director
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- President, People 's United Bank / Manchester, NH
Ellen has worked in the New Hampshire nonprofit sector for all of her professional life. Starting her work career as a sign language interpreter, she then went on to become co-Executive Director at Granite State Independent Living. From there, she spent 10 years as a grantmaker and project manager at NH Charitable Foundation, where she developed a deep appreciation for the unique role that nonprofits and donors play in the state. From there, she helped to develop programs for the NH Center for Nonprofits.
Currently, Ellen is the part-time Director of Grantmaking for the NH Women's Foundation, and also consults with a wide variety of nonprofits. She has served on a variety of nonprofit boards, including Leadership NH, Circle Program and the NH Women's Initiative. Ellen lives in Concord with her husband and rescue dog, and has 3 grown children,
"I can't think of a more effective organization in our state, doing more important work than CASA. I've had enormous respect for Marty and the work of CASA over the years, and am delighted to be joining the board. All children need to have someone in their corner, and CASA helps to make that happen."
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- Director of Community Relations
- Senior Staff Member
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Deputy Director of the Partnership for the Future of Learning
Evelyn Aissa is the deputy director of the Partnership for the Future of Learning, a diverse national network of individuals and organizations that share a deep commitment to an equitable, high-quality, public education system and work together to advance the policies and practices needed to get there. She is formerly the Executive Director of Reaching Higher New Hampshire, NH's leading nonpartisan public education policy resource. She has twenty years of experience in the intersecting fields of education, development, and health policy research and strategy, as well as in nonprofit governance and management.
In addition to serving on the CASA-NH board since 2017, she also serves on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
Evelyn holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University. Prior to attending Fletcher, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Skidmore College. A New Hampshire native, she resides in Concord with her husband, Ahmad, and their daughter, Sabine.
"I am honored to work with CASA of NH's incredible team of dedicated staff and volunteers. CASA's services in support of our state's abused and neglected children are what help so many find the stable, loving, and permanent homes they need. I am proud to support the work of an organization so deeply committed to protecting the health and well-being of NH's children - they are, after all, our future."
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- Director of Business Development, Gocycle / Hollis, NH
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- New Hampshire State Senator / Keene, NH
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- Senior Director of Outpatient Clinics and Ancillary Services / Cottage Hospital
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- Senior Staff Member
- Quality Assurance Specialist
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- Permanency Specialist / Communications & Development
JoAnn Fenton has lived for 35 years in Keene with her husband, Bill. JoAnn has worked as a writer and editor, bank teller, Vault Teller and paralegal. She has spent many years volunteering for nonprofits in the Monadnock area, volunteering for the Community Kitchen, Cheshire House of Corrections, Hundred Nights Shelter, Hospice and Catholic Charities. She has been a Board Member for Monadnock Family Services, Keene Women's Club, Home, Healthcare, Hospice and Community Service and in addition to her work for those organizations, she has fundraised for the Keene Family YMCA, the Monadnock United Way, and most recently for 2 major capital campaigns. She has been recognized 8 times for her community work.
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- Program Director
- Senior Staff Member
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Director of External Affairs at Dartmouth - Hitchcock
Karen Borgstrom is the Director of External Affairs at Dartmouth-Hitchcock ("D-H"). External Affairs at D-H collaborates with business, government, communities and the non-profit sector to raise awareness about health and healthcare-locally, regionally and nationally.
Prior to joining Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Karen was the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the University of New Hampshire, School of Law. As the development and communications leader there she helped ensure that UNH Law alumni and donors experienced the satisfaction of seeing their philanthropic investments make an impact across the state and across the globe.
In addition to her experience in development and communications, Karen is an attorney by training, and served as the first Director of the New Hampshire Judicial Branch's Office of Mediation and Arbitration. She practiced law in the Upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire for more than 13 years and has been an instructor and facilitator for numerous trainings and workshops on mediation both internally for the NH Judicial Branch, and for outside groups and organizations. Prior to working as a lawyer and mediator, Karen was the President and General Manager of NBC affiliate WNNE-TV and worked as the Marketing and Development Director for Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, NH.
Karen is admitted to practice law in both Vermont and New Hampshire; although she is currently inactive in both states. She is a former President and Vice President of the Grafton County Bar Association. Karen was the 2003-04 recipient of the Vermont Bar Association's Community Service Award. She is a 1979 honors graduate of Middlebury College and a 1993 honors graduate of Vermont Law School. Karen has been an Adjunct Professor in Dispute Resolution at Vermont Law School. She currently serves on the OSHER at Dartmouth Life Long Learning Institute's Marketing Committee and Leadership Council.
Karen has made her home in Lyme, NH for more than 3 decades and happily resides there now with her husband Keith and Golden Retriever Kooper. She is the proud mom of son Ryan who is an Assistant US Attorney in Washington, DC and son Alex who resides in Boston and is a PhD candidate at Harvard.
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- Digital Media Specialist / Manchester
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Treasurer
- Lead Wealth Advisor at Crescent Wealth Partners
- Member of the Investment Management Consultants Association
Kathleen is currently Lead Wealth Advisor at Crescent Wealth Partners. She has more than 26 years of experience in the financial services industry and holds several professional financial designations. In addition to financial planning, Kathleen offers expertise in many other key areas, such as retirement planning, estate planning, investment management, insurance planning, tax strategies and employee benefits.
Prior to merging in 2019 with Crescent Wealth Partners. Kathleen was a Private Wealth Advisor owning and operating her own firm in Hampton, NH.
Kathleen is a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association and the Financial Planning Association. Some charitable work includes Fundraising events for DARE as well as training and participation in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Team in Training.
She earned Bachelor of Arts Degree in Finance and an Associate's Degree in Political Science from Salem State College.
Kathleen lives in Seabrook Beach, New Hampshire with her husband John. They have a daughter, Jackee. In her free time, Kathleen enjoys participating in long distance triathlons and road racing.
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- Community Outreach Coordinator / Laconia
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- Senior Staff Member
- Training Director
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- Administrative Assistant / Manchester
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- Director of Workforce Development & Public Health Programs / North Country Health Consortium
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- Program Director
- Senior Staff Member
Linda grew up in Milford New Hampshire and attended the University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business, presently the Paul School. Her studies included a Semester at Sea her senior year, in which she traveled the world studying international business and marketing for 3 ½ months. In 1981 she accepted a position at Sander's Associates (presently BAE Systems) as an Administrator/Accountant for the machine shop in the flexible circuit division. She was the first woman to hold this position. She met her husband Rich there and was married in 1983. In 1984, they had their first child and she decided to stay home and do some part-time work.
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- CEO
- President
- Senior Staff Member
While serving as a foster parent - and subsequently adopting a foster child who became one of her three sons - Marty Sink realized the victimized children of New Hampshire needed advocates to give them a voice in court. In 1988 she founded CASA of NH, bringing the Seattle-based concept of providing volunteer court advocates to the victimized children of New Hampshire. Through vision, diligence, hard work and integrity, CASA has been welcomed into District and Family Courts all over the state.
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- President & CEO, Cookson Communications / Bedford, NH
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- Co - Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Senior Benefits Consultant With CGI Business Solutions
Michael Burns is a Senior Benefits Consultant with CGI Business Solutions. As a licensed Insurance Producer, he provides employers with comprehensive strategies, guidance and solutions to successfully manage their employee benefit insurance programs. Following his graduation from nursing school in the 90s, Michael provided clinical care to adults and children in a variety of settings. He was responsible for launching Harvard Pilgrim's Asthma Management program into northern New England and held management positions overseeing the Referral & Authorization, Member and Clinical Appeal Department's for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
Prior to joining CGI, Michael spent 18 years as a New Business Sales Executive, representing insurance carriers such as Anthem BCBS, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan to the commercial group insurance market.
"I am honored to serve on the Board of Directors for NH CASA. The work done by the CASA staff and volunteers to ensure that our most vulnerable children in NH are protected and have a voice is truly admirable," Michael says.
Michael lives in Hollis with his wife, Ashlyn, and their six children.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Senior Technology Fellow at Novocure Inc
Mike Ambrogi serves as Senior Technology Fellow at Novocure Inc. Novocure is a device based oncology company with a novel treatment for aggressive cancers. Mike joined Novocure in 2006 as its first US employee and served as its Chief Operating Officer for over a decade, helping to grow the company to over 1,000 employees serving cancer patients world wide. Prior to Novocure Mike worked for 15 years at DEKA Research and Development, Dean Kamen's invention and development firm, serving ultimately as General Manager. Earlier in his career Mike worked at McKinsey and Company as a business consultant. Mike has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T.
Mike's wife Anne is a CASA serving children on the seacoast where they have lived for 20 years.
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- Senior Staff Member
- Operations Manager / Manchester
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- Owner / President, Nancy Phillips Associates / Exeter, NH
Nancy Sampo: was awarded the 2012 NHBR Business Excellences Award for Manufacturing. Considerations for winning criteria were "determination, industriousness and the ability to come up with innovative solutions that have allowed their businesses to survive and thrive, regardless of economic conditions, and a commitment to serving their communities". This award highlighted the foundation of what Nancy has known to be her responsibility and goals for her employees and her company.
While working for her fathers' company in 1989 selling plastic bags to retail stores, her customers wanted an environmental alternative for the 20 th anniversary of Earth Day coming up in 1990. The result was a 100% American made, environmentally safe, cotton tote bag. And the concept of Enviro-Tote, Inc. was born. The company now employs 60+ people, who she sincerely values and appreciates.
Nancy has always been interested in giving back to her community. Some of her past interests include: NH Tech College Business Advisory Board Member, Chairperson for the National Association of College Bookstores Environmental Committee, Board of Directors for the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, NH Small Business Representative with President Clinton, and Shawmut Bank's Business Representative for their Business Finance Association Program. She was honored to be the first recipient of the Business Person of the Year 1996-1997 for the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
Nancy and her husband, Michael, live in Bow NH and have 2 children. Amanda is an incoming senior at Jacksonville University and on the Women's Rowing Team. Anthony is 19 and is completing his 2 nd year in The U.S. Coast Guard.
"I know that supporting the CASA Advocates will be the most meaningful and productive hours that I can give. The Advocates do the work that will change children's lives. I will be there for anything they need. I would be honored to be on the CASA Board of Directors."
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- Owner and Broker of Pat Clancey Realty
Pat Clancey is the Owner and Broker of Pat Clancey Realty located in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Pat was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised primarily on the East Coast. She resided in Portsmouth throughout high school and college and graduated from Mount Saint Mary College, Hooksett, New Hampshire. Upon graduation, Pat relocated to Washington, D.C. where she worked for a long-term congressman. She later returned to the Boston area where she pursued graduate studies at Boston College.
Pat has been a New Hampshire resident for 46+ years and has practiced real estate for over 40 years in the Southern New Hampshire, Lakes Region and Seacoast areas.
She has served on various boards and committees throughout the years to include the Nashua YMCA, Front Door Agency (formerly Nashua Pastoral Care Center) and Daniel Webster College.
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- Executive Director / Family Resource Center - Gorham
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Paul Chant is a long time New Hampshire litigation attorney. He was named New Hampshire Magazine's NH Personal Injury lawyer of the Year in 2015. He has been named a SuperLawyer in New England for the past 6 years. Paul is a Director of the firm of Cooper Cargill Chant, with offices in North Conway and Berlin. Paul started his career in 1986 with the firm of Hamblett & Kerrigan in Nashua. He became a partner in the firm and active community member in Nashua, including service on the Nashua Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, as a member and chair of the Nashua Youth Council Board, and much involvement with various Nashua School committees. In 1999, Paul moved his family to beautiful Chocorua, New Hampshire, joining the firm of Cooper, Deans and Cargill (now Cooper Cargill Chant). Paul has worked diligently on Bar oriented activities as a member of the Bar Association Board of Directors, as a member and Chair of the New Hampshire Bar Foundation, and as a Board member and Chair of the New Hampshire Association for Justice. Paul was a recipient of the Bar Association's Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession. Paul has served also on the New Hampshire Access to Justice Commision. Paul has also been active in a variety of diverse Boards, including The Tamworth Foundation, The Barnstormers Theatre, West Main Recreation (The Ham Arena), The Mount Washington Economic Council, The Book Love Foundation, The Northern NH Charitable Foundation, and the Tamworth School District as School Moderator.
Paul lives in Chocorua with his wife Anne. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, Boston sports teams, and all things outdoors.
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- Director of Government Relations at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Sabrina is the Director of Government Relations at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Manchester. Prior to joining Anthem, she practiced law for nearly a decade in the corporate and healthcare regulatory space, and was most recently Vice President of Public Affairs at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. A NH native, Sabrina lives in Hopkinton with her husband, two daughters, and two rescue dogs. She is active in her community and serves as Chair of the Hopkinton Select Board. She previously served on the Family Advisory Council at Boston Children's Hospital, and is the former Chair of the Juvenile Arthritis Committee for the Arthritis Foundation in Massachusetts.
Sabrina received a B.A. with honors in Political Science from Trinity College (CT) and her J.D. cum laude from American University Washington College of Law, where she was Note & Comment Editor of the American University International Law Review.
Sue Chollet, a resident of Peterborough, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychiatric Nursing, Public Health and Asian Studies as well as a Master of Science Degree in Psychiatric Nursing.
She was a former teacher who taught at the elementary level for a small private non-profit school for many years. Susan's work experience also extended into the area of psychiatric nursing for a mental health center in Massachusetts.
Sue has extensive experience in serving on a wide range of boards as well as engaging in many community activities ranging from serving as chairman of Peterborough's Master Plan Steering Committee to serving on and chairing committees with New Hampshire Public Radio and the Endowment for Health. She also served many years on the Professional Conduct Committee at the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
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- Development Director
- Senior Staff Member
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- Co - Chairman of the Board of Directors
Terry received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Tufts University and her Associates Degree of Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she majored in Print Making.
After a 30-year career in the San Francisco Bay Area in for nonprofit fundraising and corporate meeting and event planning, Terry returned to New England and to the arts and has been a student of watercolor and oil painting, pottery and ceramic portrait sculpture since 2002. She has studied watercolor with such artists as Sue Callihan, Kevin Dadoly and Dustan Knight. Terry has exhibited and sold her work through the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Sharon Arts Gallery, the Kimball-Jenkins School of Art and the Audubon Center among other venues.
Terry is a recently retired member of the NHIA Board of Trustees and the NHPR Community Advisory Board. She is currently serving as a Co-Vice Chair of the Currier Museum's Advisory Council.
Terry resides in Manchester with her husband, John David.
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- CEO, Great NH Restaurants / Bedford, NH
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- CEO, Derry Medical Center / Bedford, NH
Tom Stevens retired in 2013 and relocated with his wife Chris from Cleveland, Ohio to Manchester. Prior to retirement, Tom served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Administrative Officer of KeyCorp, the parent bank holding company of KeyBank, from 2001 to 2013. Before joining KeyCorp as General Counsel in 1996, he was the Managing Partner of Thompson Hine, a large (450 lawyer), national law firm headquartered in Cleveland. Tom joined Thompson Hine in 1974 following his graduation from Duke Law School. Tom was active in community and civic affairs in Cleveland, including being Chairman of the Board of Playhouse Square Foundation (the performing arts center of Cleveland), Chairman of the Board of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable (focused on improving diversity and race relations in Cleveland), Chairman of the Board of the Cleveland Leadership Center (which included Leadership Cleveland). Since moving to Manchester, Tom joined the Board of Trustees of the New Hampshire Institute of Art and served as Chairman of the Board from 2017 to 2018. Tom oversaw the successful affiliation of the New Hampshire Institute of Art with New England College at the end of 2018 and joined New England College's Board of Trustees in 2019. Shortly after moving to Manchester, Tom became a CASA advocate and has been a supporter of the organization.
Tom and his wife Chris are both originally from Skaneateles, New York (in the Finger Lakes region). They have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Their oldest daughter, Erin Kerwin, and her family live in Manchester. Their other children and grandchildren live in Atlanta, Ga.