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Lee Webster, President, from Plymouth has served in chief leadership positions with the National Home Funeral Alliance and the Green Burial Council, and helped found the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance and the Conservation Burial Alliance while directing NH Funeral Resources. She is a frequent guest lecturer on in civic venues and college campuses, and is the course designer and instructor of mortuary and cemetery certification classes. Webster is the author of several books, including Changing Landscapes, The After-Death Care Educators Handbook, and The Green Burial Masterclass Companion.
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Nick Paul, Vice President, was born and raised in Concord. Nick has had the pleasure of working as the Director of Legislative Affairs at Clean Energy NH since 2022, leading the decarbonization of New Hampshire's economy. He has managed competitive electoral campaigns in New Hampshire as well as several states across the nation. He also has experience with grassroots advocacy organizations like RESULTS, Protect the Granite State and NextGen Climate, mobilizing activists on issues such as global poverty, education, public health, energy and the environment.
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Marsha Campaniello, Treasurer, has been a NH Certified General Appraiser for over 20 years with a diverse client list including municipalities, engineering firms, non-profit organizations, conservation groups, banks, churches and individual property owners. She has been involved in over 25 legal cases; has authored numerous articles; and taught a variety of Appraisal seminars. In addition, Marsha was a conversion project manager for a bank software company both here and abroad, and spent years in bank management. In her spare time, she uses her permaculture gardens as a basis for tours and presentations.
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Bill Crangle, Director, has been the go-to financial advisor for various NH conservation groups since his retirement as Vice President for Financial Administration at Plymouth State University and Professor of Environmental Sustainability. He has since helped shepherd the NH Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, the NH Chapter of the Audubon Society, and the Loon Preservation Committee. He is an avid hiker, fisherman, and birder.
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Steve Whitman, Director, is a professional planner and educator who has been working in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors in New England for over twenty-five years. Steve is the founder of Resilience Planning & Design and his work includes comprehensive planning projects in small towns and large cities, topic specific studies, and regional and watershed scale natural resource planning. Steve serves as a board member for the non-profit Mill City Park in Franklin and is a founding member of the Pemi-Baker Trails Committee.
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Sarah Arslanian, Secretary, is a death doula and caregiver based in the Portsmouth area. She is the founder and Executive Director of Lotus and Lavender Burial, a nonprofit working to create a natural burial cemetery in the Seacoast. She has a degree in neuroscience and was previously a project manager for global health clinical research projects in neurology.
The Honorable Bill Bolton, Director, is the former State Registrar and Director of the Division of Vital Records Administration under the NH Secretary of State's Office. His extensive civic service and environmental advocacy spans a variety of commissions and boards, including the Pemigewasset River Local Advisory Committee, Conservation Commission, Energy Commission and Plymouth's Select Board and Planning Board. He is the current Democratic member of the NH House of Representatives representing Grafton 8.
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