Thank you to our volunteers, members, sponsors, and partners who attended the April 18th Annual Meeting at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center!

The event included poster presentations from Master of Public Health candidates from both the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College. For the first time, an undergraduate student from the UNH HMP program also presented a poster.

We had the honor of hearing from keynote speaker, NH Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner, Nick Toumpas.

This was our most-attended Annual Meeting to date by members and friends.

Thank you to our sponsors:

UNH Graduate School of Public Health
American Lung Association
NH Community Health Center (JSI)
Northern NH AHEC
NH Asthma Control Program
Southern NH AHEC
Ammonoosuc Community Health Services
HEAL NH
NH Dental Society
NH Oral Health Coalition
NH Safe Kids
NH Healthy Kids
Center on Aging and Community Living
Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health

A special thank you to The Dartmouth Institute for student participation, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center for a great venue.

Along with the student posters, we announced the 2012 Board of directors and honored four individuals for thier service to NH's public health:

Mary Vallier Kaplan, Interim President and COO of the Endowment for Health
Rogger Fossum Lifetime Achievement Award

Yvonne Goldsberry, Senior Director of Community Health at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth HItchcock Keene
Friend of Public Health Award

Ashley Peters, Research Associate, NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice
Young Professional Award

Laura Davie,  Project Manager, NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice
President's Award

[from left: Ashley Peters, Jeanie Holt, Laura Davie]