ncic staff and board

NCIC is governed by a fifteen-person Board of Directors that hail from all six of the primary service area counties and represent a breadth of business and professional acumen.

Nathan Houghton, Lyndonville, VT – Retired part-time farmer; owned Carmen’s Ice Cream; retired from US Postal Service; served numerous terms as Chairman of NCIC’s Board of Directors

John Schiffman, Lebanon, NH – Retired; owned Schiffman & Company, PC; member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – National Accreditation Commission; director, AmerInst Insurance Group; director, Bethel Mills, Inc.; owned The Dartmouth Bookstore

Sally Pratt, Lancaster, NH – Retired; Owned Sally B. Pratt Real Estate; director, North Country Board of REALTORS, Northern New England Real Estate Network, Northern Gateway Chamber of Commerce; member, NH Association of REALTORS, Northeast Kingdom Board of REALTORS, National Association of REALTORS

John McClaughry, Concord, VT – President of Ethan Allen Institute, a Vermont free-market think tank; former member of Vermont House and Senate

Dr. Dennis Hiller, Thornton, NH – Owner, Hiller Orthodontics; Member, American Association of Orthodontics, American Dental Association – Sports Medicine Committee, NHIAA; Mount Washington Valley Economic Council; Founder and past President of Dollars for Scholars of Mount Washington Valley

John (Jack) Cummings, St. Johnsbury, VT – Executive Director, Kingdom Development Co.; Associate Headmaster Advancement and Admission, St. Johnsbury Academy 

Ken Cargill, North Conway, NH – Partner, Cooper, Cargill, Chant P.A.; Moderator, North Conway Water Precinct, Town of Conway, and Tamworth School District; Board of Trustees, The Memorial Hospital; Board of Directors, Coös County Family Health Services; Admissions, Maine State Bar Association & New Hampshire Bar Association

Roena Whitehill, Waterford, VT – Executive Vice President, Head of Lending at Passumpsic Savings Bank; Paralegal, Law Office of Charles D. Hickey

Greg Eastman, Littleton, NH – President, Hunkins & Eaton Insurance Agency, Inc.; Member & Past President, Littleton Rotary Club; director, North Country YMCA; president, Littleton Area Chamber of Commerce; director, Littleton Industrial Development Corporation; advisory board president, Littleton Office of Passumpsic Bank

Cynthia Stuart, Concord, VT – President, Stuart Consulting; Past Deputy Commissioner of Banking, State of VT; Senior Vice President, Ledyard National & Connecticut River Banks; Board Secretary, Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.; Chairperson, Kingdom East School District Board; Planning & Zoning Chairperson, Town of Concord Vermont

Dawn Cross, Lancaster, NH – Homeownership Center Director, Rural Edge; Branch Manager, Northway Bank; Banking Office Manager, Bank of New Hampshire; Past President, Lancaster Chapter – Rotary International; Board Member, Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce 

Chad Stearns, Littleton NH – Mascoma Savings Bank, Community Relationship Banker; Executive Director, Littleton Area Chamber of Commerce; Past President, Littleton Rotary Club; Past President, Franconia Notch Regional Chamber of Commerce; Member, Littleton River District Commission; Member, Littleton Industrial Development Corporation