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New Hampshire Advisory Committee New Hampshire Advisory Committee These business, faith, military, and community leaders believe that New Hampshire benefits when America leads in the world through investments in development and diplomacy. Nadia Alawa Hon. Gerri Cannon (D-NH) Gregg Fairbrothers NuDay Syria New Hampshire House of Representatives Dartmouth Regional Technology Center President & Founder State Representative Founding Chairman Hon. Adrian Basora Hon. Rep. Tony Caplan H. Scott Flegal Foreign Policy Research Institute New Hampshire House of Representatives Flegal Law Office Co-Chair – Eurasia Program State Representative Principal U.S. Ambassador Hon. Sharon Carson Hon. Joe Grandmaison Czech Republic (1993-1995) New Hampshire State Senate APCO Worldwide Hon. Charlie Bass President Pro Tem Member International Advisory Council U.S. House of Representatives Maj. Gen. Ken Clark* Rich Grogan Member (1995-2007, 2011-2013) New Hampshire National Guard New Hampshire Small Business Juliana Bergeron Former Adjutant General Development Center Northwestern Mutual State Director Hon. Joyce Craig Financial Advisor City of Manchester Tracy Hall Republican Party of New Hampshire Mayor Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce National Committeewoman Former President Dave Cuzzi Anna Berry Prospect Hill Strategies Tim Horgan Society for the Protection of New President World Affairs Council of New Hampshire Hampshire Forests Executive Director Digital Outreach Manager Hon. Lou D’Allesandro New Hampshire State Senate Hon. Gordon J. Humphrey Valerie Blake Member (1998-Present) U.S. Senator Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce (1979-1990) Former Vice President James W. Dean Jr. University of New Hampshire Patrick Hynes Tom Blonski President Hynes Communications New Hampshire Catholic Charities President President & CEO Hon. James Demers Demers & Blaisdell, Inc. Joseph Keefe Zenagui Brahim President Pax World Funds New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension President & CEO Partnership Dr. Steven DiSalvo President Endicott College Amy Kennedy President New Hampshire Democratic Party Arthur Bruinooge Executive Director Court Appointed Court Advocates Michelline Dufort Board Member Center for Family Enterprise & CEO Forum Katherine Kolios Director Executive Director Hon. George Bruno Rain for the Sahel and Sahara U.S. Ambassador Steve Duprey Belize (1994-1997) Foxfire Property David Lamarre-Vincent USA Group International President Mindful Solutions by Design Managing Director New Hampshire Republican Party Principal & Owner Former National Committeeman New Hampshire Council of Churches Hon. Ray Buckley Former Executive Director New Hampshire Democratic Party Tiffany Eddy Chairman Focus First Communications Hon. Gary Lambert* Principal Lambert & Associates Sister Paula Marie Buley Patent Attorney Rivier University Hon. Jess Edwards New Hampshire State Senate President New Hampshire House of Representatives Member (2010-2012) State Representative Peter Burdett* U.S. Marine Corps Chairman, Division III, Finance Secretary of the Army (CASA) of New Retired Hampshire Karen Erickson George Lantz*, DO, MBA Civilian Aide Southern New Hampshire University U.S. Army (Ret.) Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Mark Burns Robert Leikind Manchester Rotary Club Dr. Joseph Favazza AJC New England Former President Saint Anselm College Director President New Hampshire Advisory Committee Neil Levesque Hon. Molly Sanborn Andru Volinsky New Hampshire Institute of Politics CATCH Neighborhood Housing NH Executive Council Executive Director Director of Development and Marketing Member New Hampshire State House Hon. Charlene Lovett* Phillip James Walker Member (2011-2012) City of Claremont Former Diplomat in Cairo Mayor Debbie Scire Christopher Williams Campus Compact for New Hampshire Dr. Patricia Lynott Nashua Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Southern New Hampshire University Former President & CEO Former Provost Bill Shaheen Dawn Wivell Shaheen & Gordon P.A. Matthew Masur Firebrand International LLC Shareholder & Director St. Anselm’s College CEO Professor Hon. Terry Shumaker Christopher Wolfe Captain, US Army (1973-1976) Lucas Meyer MNR Technology, Inc. U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago Preti Strategies President & CEO (1997-2001) Public and Government Affairs Advisor Michael Wygant New Hampshire Young Democrats Hon. Steven J. Shurtleff WAC NH President New Hampshire State House Board Member Speaker Jack B. Middleton* McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton Tim Sink President and Director, Litigation Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce * Indicates Veteran of the Department President U.S. Armed Forces Jayne Millerick Hon. James B. Smith As of June 28, 2021 Marcucci Consulting U.S. Ambassador President Saudi Arabia (2009-2013) New Hampshire Republican Party C&M International Former Chairwoman President Hon. Terie Norelli Anne Smith New Hampshire Women’s Foundation The Policy Agency LLC President & CEO President New Hampshire State House Hon. Marjorie Smith Member (1996-2014) New Hampshire State House Bess Palmisciano Member (2012-Present) Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Dr. Michael W. Smith Founder New Hampshire Institute of Politics Michele Perkins Director of Research New England College Bruce Steinberg President Relyco Ray Pinard President Monticello Strategies Susan Stuebner Chief Freedom Architect Colby-Sawyer College Hon. Tom Rath President Rath, Young & Pignatelli Katrina Lantos Swett Founder and Chairman Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & State of New Hampshire Justice Attorney General (1978-1980) President & CEO Jim Roche Hon. Richard Swett Business and Industry Association U.S. House of Representatives President Member (1991-1995) Dr. Massood Samii U.S. Ambassador Southern New Hampshire University Denmark (1998-2001) Professor of International Business William Tagye* Milliken & Company Product Line Manager 2.
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