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Pam Hall honored at BIA event
PORTSMOUTH – Normandeau Associates CEO and board chairwoman Pam Hall received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Business and Industry Association.
Also receiving awards at the BIA’s 103rd annual dinner Oct. 19 was former president of White Mountains Attractions Association Dick Hamilton, and Rath Young Pignatelli shareholder and chairman Tom Rath.
Normandeau Associates, which is headquartered in Bedford and has offices in Hampton and Portsmouth, is a nationally recognized, science-based environmental consulting firm. Hall, a resident of Portsmouth, began her career in 1971 as a marine scientist for Normandeau Associates. Seventeen years later, when the firm was sold to Thermo Electron, she became president, making her one of the few female executives in the environmental consulting industry.
When Thermo divested in 1999, Hall led the effort to acquire Normandeau and make it an employee-owned company. She has given her time to many nonprofits, including the Environmental Business Council of New England, the Seacoast Science Center, Volunteer New Hampshire, the Land and Community Heritage Commission, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and BIA.
Cullen named St. Thomas business manager
DOVER – Fergus Cullen has joined the St. Thomas Aquinas High School staff as business manager.
Residents of Dover for seven years, Fergus and his wife, Jenny, are raising three children, Jacob, Myles, and Fiona. Together, Cullen and Jenny (an adjunct professor at Great Bay Community College) decided to pursue a professional change that better suited their family’s needs. St. Thomas Aquinas High School’s reputation for producing “one high quality kid after another” drew Cullen to apply for the open position.
Cullen’s professional skills and business acumen have been honed and developed through his history of professional, public and private opportunities. He is founder of “Americans By Choice,” a national advocacy group supporting immigration reform that makes it easier for the world’s most talented and motivated people to live and work in America, create jobs here and contribute to a growing American economy.
As executive director of the Yankee Institute, a free-market think tank based in Connecticut, he worked on market-based and private sector solutions to public policy issues. At the Center for Research & Public Policy, a national consulting firm, he worked on a variety of public policy issues for public and private sector clients.
Cullen also is a professional writer, having written “Granite Steps: Stumbles, Surprises and Successes on the New Hampshire Primary Trail,” and an editorial page columnist for the New Hampshire Union Leader. He also has been published in periodicals ranging from The Wall Street Journal to Runner’s World magazine.
Cullen is a 1994 graduate of Yale College with a bachelor of arts in history, and earned a Masters in Public Administration in 2002 from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Calypso announces staff changes
PORTSMOUTH – Calypso Communications, an integrated creative and public relations agency, announced the hiring of Tory Mazzola as director of strategic communications and the promotion of Lauren Smith to senior public relations manager.
Mazzola joins Calypso with 12 years of experience in corporate, political and crisis communications. He began his career in politics and government on Capitol Hill, serving as communications director for a U.S. senator and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire with degrees in economics and political science, he later earned a master of arts from the U.S. Naval War College.
At Calypso, Mazzola will manage the communications team, which includes public relations, content development, inbound marketing and social media professionals.
Before joining the team, he served as senior manager, corporate communications for Performance Sports Group, which has a portfolio of global sports equipment businesses, including Bauer Hockey and Easton Baseball.
Smith’s promotion recognizes her leadership and seamless integration into a diverse portfolio of client business. She was hired at Calypso in 2015 as a public relations account executive. Since then, she has provided strategic guidance and high-level media relations tactics for many of Calypso's clientele in the health care, technology, private equity and manufacturing fields. As the senior PR manager, Smith will lead the development of PR and communications plans, and leverage existing media relationships to cultivate new contacts with business and industry media.
Before joining Calypso, Smith worked for a public relations agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a member of its manufacturing and technology practice. She earned a bachelor of arts in creative advertising and a bachelor of arts in history from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. She is currently a foundation ambassador and communications committee member for the New Hampshire Women's Foundation and blogs for the nonprofit, Stay Work Play.
Chase joins Southeast NH Habitat for Humanity board
PORTSMOUTH – Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity announced that Jane Chase, a real-estate agent with Legacy Properties-Sotheby’s International Realty, has joined its board of directors.
Chase lives in Portsmouth and has many years of real-estate experience as well as executive level experience stemming from 25 years at Liberty Mutual’s Home Office of Information Systems in Portsmouth.
Habitat said Chase’s primary focus will be site selection and family advocacy, where her passions lie.
“It’s an honor to be on the board for the Southeast NH chapter of Habitat for Humanity,” she said. “The board is a diverse group of dedicated and action-oriented individuals who are passionate about giving back and breaking the cycle for those who are less fortunate.”
For more than 20 years, Southeast Habitat for Humanity has been building affordable housing in southeastern New Hampshire. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to strengthen families and communities through modest and affordable homeownership opportunities. For more information, visit www.senhhabitat.org or call 433-9555.
Ducharme joins Anne Erwin Sotheby’s International
YORK, Maine – Anne Erwin Sotheby’s International Realty welcomed Louise Ducharme, a licensed Maine and New Hampshire broker with 25-plus years of real estate experience and a background in marketing and sales of new construction projects, to its team of professionals. She will be working out of both the York and Ogunquit offices.
Ducharme is a Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, Realtor, and a skilled professional in pricing strategy and representation of the buyer and seller.
The Sotheby’s International Realty network currently has more than 19,000 sales associates in approximately 850 offices in 65 countries and territories worldwide. Each office is independently owned and operated.
Anne Erwin Sotheby's International Realty has had a leading presence in the southern Maine real estate market for more than 35 years. Founded in 1980, the company offers a wide selection of oceanfront, ocean view, waterfront, water view and distinctive homes in every price range in southern Maine including York, Cape Neddick, Kittery, Kittery Point, Ogunquit, Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, South Berwick and Eliot. Anne Erwin Sotheby's International Realty is at 31 Long Sands Road in York and 19 Beach Street in Ogunquit.
Kohlhase attends Next Level 2016
GREENLAND – Cindy Kohlhase of Salon Central recently attended the Next Level 2016 hair show at Rhode Island Convention Center. The educational event featured the latest color, cutting and styling trends and techniques in the cosmetology industry. Kohlhase enjoyed classes on balayage highlighting as well as clipper cutting for men and women’s hair.
Kohlhase considers what her clients want as well as their personality, fashion and lifestyle. With her strong background and continued professional education in color theory, she makes hair color one of her specialties.
Salon Central is a full service hair salon for men, women and children providing haircutting and styling, hair color and highlights, perms, facial waxing and manicuring. It is located at 66 Tuttle Lane. For more information or an appointment, call (603) 682-3383.
