Additional Information
House Committee Information
Committee Name: Education FundingPosition: Member
Personal Biography
5th term in the NH House
Higher Education Administration (retired)
President Emeritus North Shore
Community College (Danvers, MA)
Assistant Dean and Director of Accreditation,
Whittemore School of Business and Economics, (now Paul College of Business) UNH;
Interim President, Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor, ME (2021/22)
Dean
School of Business and Economics, Salem State University, Salem MA (1993-2000)
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME , A.B)
University of NH (MBA, 1972)
Vanderbilt
University (Nashville, TN; Ed.D.)
U.S. Army, Captain (Germany and Vietnam, 9th
Infantry Division, Mekong Delta)
NH State Representative (1985/86, Education
Committee), 1989/90 (ED&A), 2016/17 (Elections, Deputy Ranking Member), 2018/19
(Education)
106 Madbury Rd, Durham NH 1974 - present
Local Government Involvement
Durham Town Council (2012 - present with one year off 21/22)
Strafford Regional
Planning Commission, NH (2012-2024)
Durham Conservation Commission
Many
years to present, steward of Wagon Hill Farm, Durham, NH
Miscellaneous Information:
Author, "Wayne's War" based on the 240 letters written to late wife, Elizabeth, during Vietnam tour, a "Top Seller" for Maine Authors Publishing, Thomaston, ME.
Former board chair, Salem Harbor Community Development Corp. representing Dominican population of "The Point" neighborhood in Salem, MA
Board Chair
(two years) the North Shore Chamber of Commerce (MA)
Appointed by former US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan to Committee on Measures of Student
Success that successfully revised graduation rate metric to appropriately reflect the incredible success of America's community colleges
Founding board
member North Shore Alliance for Economic Development (MA)
Represented Senator John Kerry (MA) on National Small Business Development Centers
Advisory Committee (1997-2000)