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2023 Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting for Members
Thursday, August 10 at 5:00 p.m. (followed by the Garden Party)
at Kirkwood Gardens
For Members

Business includes electing officers and trustees, honoring retiring trustees, recognizing employee service, and presenting the Horizon Award.
Cost: No charge to attend but reservations are required. Please email .

Business Meeting Agenda

  • Welcome by Sarah Brown, Chair of the Board of Trustees
  • Approval of 2022 Annual Meeting minutes by Sarah Brown
  • 2022 Financial Report presented by Anne. R. Lovett, Treasurer and Chair of Audit and Finance Committees
  • Honor retiring trustee: Carl Lehner
  • Election of trustees and officers
  • Nominated for re-election to serve another three-year term: Lisa Aulet, Lisa Bennett, Geoff Stewart
  • Nominated for election as officers to serve one-year terms: Sarah Brown, Chair; Justin Van Etten, Vice Chair; Anne R. Lovett, Treasurer; Lisa Doner, Secretary
  • Nominated as new trustees to serve three year-terms: Tory Amorello, Brent Anderson, Ann Ehrhart (see bios below)
  • Tory Amorello

     Tory most recently served as the Executive Director and Head of School at Waterville Valley Academy/BBTS, a 6-12 boarding and day school and snowsports family club in Waterville Valley. As the chief executive for a non-profit, Tory has a background in annual fundraising, strategic planning, and organizational design. Tory also holds degrees in Environmental Studies, Politics, and Library Science. Tory and her family live in Holderness, where her husband is also on the Holderness School Board. They have been fortunate to have one child, Cecelia, graduate from Blue Heron School in 2021, and have her second child, Calvin, beginning at BHS in the fall of 2023.

    Brent Anderson

     Brent spent the largest share of his professional life in the fixed Income business at Lehman Bros. He held a variety of roles from trading to various management jobs including head of Fixed income Europe and CAO of Global Fixed Income. He and his wife Jamie have had a home on Squam since 2007 and made it their permanent home in 2020. Prior to Squam, they lived in the Upper Valley (Hanover/Norwich) where they raised their family. When not in his Wood Shop, you might find Brent with a racquet in hand or out on the course trying to improve his handicap. He also loves closing out the day with a few casts from the dock.

    Ann Ehrhart

     Ann is the owner and founder of Everstreet (WBE), a retail planning and activation firm that creates vibrant urban environments by promoting minority and women owned business. She is a member of the MSPCA Advisory Council and a Blue Heron parent. She and her husband live in Holderness with their two young sons.

  • Year in review by Executive Director Iain MacLeod
  • Recognition of staff milestones by Executive Director Iain MacLeod:
    Lauren Moulis, 15 years
  • Presentation of Horizon Award by Executive Director Iain MacLeod
  • Closing remarks by Sarah Brown
Parking:

Parking for the 2023 Annual Meeting for Members is located in the field behind NH Fish & Game boat trailer parking on Route 113. See image below noting "P" for parking in the yellow circle. Enter via the Fish & Game parking entrance. Accessible parking is available at Kirkwood Gardens (in blue on map).

Map showing Kirkwood Gardens and parking in Holderness, NH
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