Our Board & Staff

Kevin Bowersox works for the Timberland company, currently as Finance Manager - Product Creation. During Kevin's tenure at Timberland, he has served as a Project Director for several of the company sponsored community service day projects and also serves as a Climate Champion. Kevin holds a BA in Accounting from Assumption College and a MS in Administrative Studies from Boston University. He is also a member of the NH Chapter of the IMA. Kevin and his wife reside in Hampton and spend much of their leisure time enjoying the NH outdoors.

As a member of Nixon Peabody's bank finance, financial services, mergers & acquisitions and securitization & structured finance practices, Mr. Hood recognizes the importance of businesses implementing best practices not only to benefit the company's profitability, management, shareholders and its employees, but to support socially responsible causes including the environment, economy and community at large. Not only an advocate of corporate social responsibility in the local business community, he advises clients on the topic and promotes the importance of it firm-wide. Mr. Hood has been featured in New Hampshire Business Magazines Law Handbook for his work in this area, and authored an article on the topic that will appear in an upcoming issue of the New Hampshire Business Review.

Matthew joined Dartmouth-Hitchcock as the Senior Community Communications Specialist in 2011 after 8 years at Vermont Law School counseling students interested in environmental advocacy and law. During that time Matthew also served as a NH legislator, one term in the House and two in the Senate. Matthew received his BA from Dartmouth College and JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Matthew lives in Plainfield with his wife Sarah, whose family owns and operates Edgewater Farm. Matthew serves on the Board of the Greater Lebanon Chamber of Commerce and has served on the Board of Centering Healthcare Institute.

Jenny Levy is the Director of Environmental Stewardship at Hypertherm, Inc. www.hypertherm.com in Hanover, NH. Hypertherm is an Associate-owned company that designs and manufactures the world's most advanced plasma cutting systems for use in a variety of industries such as shipbuilding, manufacturing, and automotive repair. Their vision and culture include a real focus on corporate responsibility. Hypertherm believes every company has an obligation to care for the community in which it does business. They have been recognized for their corporate social responsibility with the 2009 Cornerstone Award as well as the Best Large Company to Work For in New Hampshire in 2009. Jenny received her bachelor's degree with honors from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She also serves on the Board of the Friends of the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth and volunteers in the local schools and with other local organizations such as COVER Home Repair and the United Way.

Vince has been with New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) for almost 23 years, serving for the last 12 years as Chief of Planning and Policy and Quality Assurance Manager in the Office of the Commissioner.  He began his career at NHDES in 1989, completing the agency’s first Hazardous Waste Capacity Assurance Plan, which ultimately resulted in the creation of NH’s first Hazardous Waste Minimization Program.  Along with a colleague, Vince helped develop NH’s first Pollution Prevention (P2) Program, which included a Governor’s P2 Award and P2 Internship Program with the University of NH, also firsts. 

Vince coordinates many of the department's internal management and measurement systems.  He is currently the Administrator of the eight-person Planning, Prevention & Assistance Unit within the Office of the Commissioner.  In addition, Vince serves as NHDES Quality Assurance Manager, Continuity of Operations Plan Coordinator, Performance Partnership Agreement Coordinator, Co-Coordinator of the Performance Partnership Grant, Strategic Planning Coordinator, Measures Coordinator, and one of the original creators of the Department’s unique Measures Tracking and Reporting System (MTRS), an innovative Oracle database which allows the agency to link its strategic plan, its operational plan, and its significant outcome and environmental indicator measures.  He is a founding member of the DES “Green Team,” and manages the department's on-line Suggestion Box.  He holds a customized Master of Science degree in Resource Management and Administration (a “Green MBA”) from Antioch University of New England, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Management from Cook College - Rutgers University.  He also recently successfully completed the State of New Hampshire’s Continuous Improvement Practitioner Certificate Program.  Vince also serves as Secretary of New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility.

He is married to Cherilyn, a 3rd grade teacher, and has two great kids, Rachel (18), and Noah (13).  He loves sailing, hiking, camping and biking, and just recently completed his goal of hiking all forty-eight 4,000 foot mountains in the White Mountains of New Hampshire before his 48th birthday!