The Concord Trust

About Us - Board of Trustees - Advisory Board Members

The Concord Trust for the Enhancement of Public Education is a non-profit organization independent from the Concord School District. The Trust is administered by a volunteer board of trustees and has no paid staff. The Concord Trust works in collaboration with the Concord School Board and administration.

Board of Trustees

 

	Maureen Redmond-Scura (Chairperson) has been a member of The Concord Trust since 2005. She is also a member of the Concord Board of Child and Family Services and serves on the NH Children’s Lobby. Maureen is a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen as a bead artist and chairs its Standards Committee. Maureen is married to her husband Mark Scura, and they have three sons.
	Karen McClellan (Vice-Chairperson) is a wife and mother of two children who attend middle school in Concord. She has lived in Concord for the past eleven years in which she has been part of a neighborhood association, PTO, elementary school task force, teaching religious education and also practices Physical Therapy part time in home care.
	Connie Lane (Secretary) Besides being the proud mother of 2 Concord High School graduates, Connie Lane is a business attorney at Orr & Reno, PA, a Concord-based law firm, with over 30 years of experience. She has been a member and secretary of the Board since 2005. While her sons were in the Concord school system, Connie was an active volunteer, serving as room parent, ski chaperone, field trip chaperone, crew team volunteer and fund-raiser, and on numerous committees. She also was a T-ball, soccer and basketball coach in the Concord recreational league, and taught religious education at her church for 6 years. Connie has served on numerous non-profit boards since 1986, and teaches non-profit law and management at UNH Law School as an adjunct professor.
	Patty Creedon (Treasurer) is a long time resident of New Hampshire. Patty has had a 17 year career with Lincoln Financial. She has raised two children and has been an active member of the community. Patty is a past Board Member of the Red Cross and the Lincoln Financial Charitable Giving Committee. Patty is serving in her fifth year as a Board Member of the Trust and is currently the Treasurer.
	Paula Bonner is a retired teacher from the Concord School District. She joined the board of The Concord Trust in 2010. Paula is married to her husband, David, and has 3 adult children.
	Roger Brooks, Ed.D was an educator in Concord for 35 years, as an elementary teacher then principal. Beginning with a stint in the Peace Corps, Roger has a decades-long history of award-winning community service, especially in the arts. In addition to serving on the board of The Concord Trust, Roger is currently the chair of the NH State Council on the Arts, a member (and past chair) of RB Productions, Community Theatre, and as an Adjudicator for NH Theatre Awards, as well as being a Doorkeeper for the NH State Senate.
	Jennifer Chaudhari grew up in Durham, NH attending Oyster River public schools. She is a board-certified Family Physician and teaches at Dartmouth Medical School. She believes strongly in the value of education. Jen is the proud mother of a second grader in the Concord School system and a very active preschooler.
	Clint Cogswell joined the Trust in 2008. He is currently a member of the Concord School Board. Clint was an Elementary School Principal in Concord from 1980 to 2006.
	Ashlyn Hiley has two young children who attend Concord elementary schools. She is an active school volunteer, both in and out of the classroom. Before moving to New Hampshire, she was a social worker focusing on therapy with young adults. She has lived in Concord with her family since 2005.
	Leslie Joyner joined the Concord Trust in 2011. Leslie is excited to be a member of an organization that will continue her role as an active volunteer in Concord’s public schools. Leslie has been recognized twice as a Champion for Children from Concord School District for her contributions to Beaver Meadow School and Rundlett Middle School. Leslie currently works on the RMS Yearbook and helps out with the PEG and CAST student theater programs.
	Jeff Shaw Jeff is a life-long resident of Concord and a graduate of the Concord Public Schools system. Jeff is married to Jill (DiPietro) who is classroom teacher in the Concord School District currently at the Beaver Meadow Elementary School. They have two children. In addition to his role on the Board of the Concord Trust, he has served two terms as President of the Beaver Meadow School PTO. He is also on the Executive Board for RB Productions which is a Children's Theater Production Company located in Concord.
	Beth Vignati has been a member of the Concord Trust since 2006. A resident of East Concord, she is the mother of three children who have attended Concord Public Schools. Beth has worked in the insurance and legal fields and is involved in a number of community organizations that promote children, education and literacy.
	Charles G. Willing, Jr lives in Concord, is married to wife Maura and has a 13-year old daughter Elizabeth. He is an attorney with Rath, Young and Pignatelli, P.C., in Concord, focusing on energy law.

 

Advisory Board Members

Matt Bonner, CHS Class of '99
John Swope

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