Meet Our Board Of Directors

Brad Cilley

Brad grew up on a NH dairy farm and farmed with his father and brother for a number of years after finishing his university education.   Brad recently retired after a 35-year career as an executive within the medical device industry and has tended a garden plot on the Russell-Shea State Forest site for more than 20 years.  Brad is passionate about protecting and conserving New Hampshire’s natural resources and in 2014 co-founded the George “Curly” Frick Graduate Student Fellowship in Resource Economics at the University of New Hampshire.   Brad holds a BS Animal Science from the University of New Hampshire and MS Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University.

Sarah Grosvenor

Sarah is a Field Specialist with UNH Cooperative Extension in Science Literacy and the Program Director of the UNH STEM Discovery Lab at UNH Manchester.  She specializes in science education, where she trains teachers, after-school professionals and volunteers in science curricula and science teaching methods with a focus on inquiry based teaching and learning.  As the director for the UNH STEM Discovery Lab, Sarah is responsible for program design, implementation and evaluation for STEM opportunities for youth and adults.  Sarah received her B.S. in wildlife biology and her M.A.T. in middle level science education from the University of Vermont.

Emily Hayes

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Ralph Jimenez

A graduate of Case Western Reserve University, Ralph joined the  Concord Monitor  as a stringer after a stint as a teacher and circus promoter and while working as a logger and sawmill worker. He joined the  Monitor  staff in 1981 covered many beats and wrote a science column before becoming editorial page editor in 1987. He left for the  Boston Globe  in 1990 and returned to the  Monitor  in 2001. In 2009, Ralph founded Sycamore Community Gardens located in Concord which serves the new American community.   He retired as editorial page editor in 2012 to become, among other things, an oyster farmer but continues to work part time writing editorials and serving on the editorial board.

Dave Kirkpatrick

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Joe Larochelle

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Terry Parker

Terry is an attorney with Rath, Young and Pignatelli where he is a member of the Litigation and Business and Finance Practice Groups. His practice focuses on resolving commercial and intellectual property disputes. He has extensive experience litigating before state and federal trial and appellate courts and AAA arbitration tribunals in matters concerning trade secrets, unfair and deceptive trade practices, patent, trademark and copyright infringement and licensing disputes, as well as contract and employment disputes.  Terry holds a BA English Literature from Millsaps College, MFA Creative Writing from the University of Virginia, and JD from the University of New Hampshire School of Law.