Board of Directors
Jill M. Lord RN, MS
Chair
As Director of Community Health, Jill Lord, serves as the executive team member responsible for Community Health Needs Assessment and subsequent Community Health Improvement plans to address gaps in services and programs based on community need. She is also responsible for oversight of the disease prevention and health promotion programs for the Windsor Health Service Area. Prior to her role as Director of Community Health, Jill worked for 24 years as the Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Patient Care for all clinical Services at Mt. Acutney Hospital and Health Center. In September 2011, Jill was appointed to the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Nursing and in 2014, Jill was named the Vermont Medical Society Citizen of the Year. As a nurse leader, Ms. Lord has a strong community health influence through Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, the Windsor HSA Coordinated Care Committee, the Windsor Area Community Partnership, the Blueprint for Health, the Windsor Area Drug Task Force, and the PATCH Network, in addition to a myriad of other community health initiatives. Jill works to foster high-quality patient-centered care through administrative supervision and support for the Community Heath Team and a network of community partner agencies. Additionally, she leads the Multi-facility Ethics Committee and is administratively responsible for the Windsor Community Health Clinic, School Nurse program, Volunteers in Action and the Complementary Alternative Medicine Program.
Chair
As Director of Community Health, Jill Lord, serves as the executive team member responsible for Community Health Needs Assessment and subsequent Community Health Improvement plans to address gaps in services and programs based on community need. She is also responsible for oversight of the disease prevention and health promotion programs for the Windsor Health Service Area. Prior to her role as Director of Community Health, Jill worked for 24 years as the Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Patient Care for all clinical Services at Mt. Acutney Hospital and Health Center. In September 2011, Jill was appointed to the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Nursing and in 2014, Jill was named the Vermont Medical Society Citizen of the Year. As a nurse leader, Ms. Lord has a strong community health influence through Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, the Windsor HSA Coordinated Care Committee, the Windsor Area Community Partnership, the Blueprint for Health, the Windsor Area Drug Task Force, and the PATCH Network, in addition to a myriad of other community health initiatives. Jill works to foster high-quality patient-centered care through administrative supervision and support for the Community Heath Team and a network of community partner agencies. Additionally, she leads the Multi-facility Ethics Committee and is administratively responsible for the Windsor Community Health Clinic, School Nurse program, Volunteers in Action and the Complementary Alternative Medicine Program.
Donald Kollisch, MD
Vice-Chair
Family Physician, 40 years of practice including private practice, academia, and the VA
Vice-Chair
Family Physician, 40 years of practice including private practice, academia, and the VA
Gail M Broughton
Treasurer
Gail is the Vice President and Branch Manager of Ledyard National Bank. She started her banking career at Dartmouth Savings Banking in Hanover NH in 1979. Gail has taught many banking classes at the local high schools and the Upper Valley Senior Center. She raised her four children in West Lebanon and has been active in the Community. She was President of the local Booster Club, served on the Grant Committee of the United Way for several years, volunteered at the Good Neighbor Clinic, the Haven and Grassroot Soccer. She is very excited to be part of the Upper Valley Community Nursing Project and looks forward to using her experience and community involvement to help with UVCNP’s mission.
Treasurer
Gail is the Vice President and Branch Manager of Ledyard National Bank. She started her banking career at Dartmouth Savings Banking in Hanover NH in 1979. Gail has taught many banking classes at the local high schools and the Upper Valley Senior Center. She raised her four children in West Lebanon and has been active in the Community. She was President of the local Booster Club, served on the Grant Committee of the United Way for several years, volunteered at the Good Neighbor Clinic, the Haven and Grassroot Soccer. She is very excited to be part of the Upper Valley Community Nursing Project and looks forward to using her experience and community involvement to help with UVCNP’s mission.
Ellen Thompson, RN
Ellen is the former Lyme Parish Nurse from 2012-2018. She spent her professional career at Dartmouth Hitchcock including the last 15 years in the Office of Care Management as a Community Case Manager, Senior Care Manager and Clinical Director. Ellen's interests include travel and quilting.
Maggie Monroe-Cassel
Maggie grew up in Elmira, NY, and graduated from Syracuse University and Colgate Rochester Divinity School. She spent most of her career in New York State as an American Baptist clergywoman in Binghamton and Jamestown, NY. In 2004 she and her husband John and then 19 year old daughter Chelsea moved to Santa Fe, NM, where she served as Executive Director of Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity. In 2010, Maggie and John moved to Massachusetts and she became the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity North Central. During that time Chelsea and her soon-to-be husband Brent Concilio moved to West Windsor, VT, setting up a path for Maggie and John to follow them and purchase a home a mile up the hill from them. Nine months of gutting and rebuilding a 170 year old farm house and they moved in in 2015. Maggie served as Executive Director of TLC (Teach Loving Connections) Family Resource Center in Claremont, NH, until 2020 when she semi-retired and accepted a part-time position with Aging in Hartland. In addition to that her time is spent with her perfect 16 month old grandchild, Pippa, helping Chelsea and Brent prepare for a son in December, gardening, reading, working on her blog, www.kneadingtoremember.com, and sometimes practicing the bagpipes!
Maggie grew up in Elmira, NY, and graduated from Syracuse University and Colgate Rochester Divinity School. She spent most of her career in New York State as an American Baptist clergywoman in Binghamton and Jamestown, NY. In 2004 she and her husband John and then 19 year old daughter Chelsea moved to Santa Fe, NM, where she served as Executive Director of Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity. In 2010, Maggie and John moved to Massachusetts and she became the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity North Central. During that time Chelsea and her soon-to-be husband Brent Concilio moved to West Windsor, VT, setting up a path for Maggie and John to follow them and purchase a home a mile up the hill from them. Nine months of gutting and rebuilding a 170 year old farm house and they moved in in 2015. Maggie served as Executive Director of TLC (Teach Loving Connections) Family Resource Center in Claremont, NH, until 2020 when she semi-retired and accepted a part-time position with Aging in Hartland. In addition to that her time is spent with her perfect 16 month old grandchild, Pippa, helping Chelsea and Brent prepare for a son in December, gardening, reading, working on her blog, www.kneadingtoremember.com, and sometimes practicing the bagpipes!
Jim Culhane
Jim has been the President and CEO of Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice since 2015. Over
the last 25 years, he has held leadership positions at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital,
Concord Regional VNA and the Visiting Nurse Association of Manchester and Southern NH.
Jim focuses on the culture of an organization as the foundation for strategic development and
growth. He has served on a variety community boards and committees including the Home Care,
Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance of NH, and the Foundation for Healthy Communities.
Jim has been the President and CEO of Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice since 2015. Over
the last 25 years, he has held leadership positions at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital,
Concord Regional VNA and the Visiting Nurse Association of Manchester and Southern NH.
Jim focuses on the culture of an organization as the foundation for strategic development and
growth. He has served on a variety community boards and committees including the Home Care,
Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance of NH, and the Foundation for Healthy Communities.
Gail Dimick
Gail Temperley Dimick is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She moved to the Upper Valley in 1986 and served as pastor of the Lyme Congregational and the Lyme Center Baptist Churches. She was the pastor of United Church of Thetford, UCC/UMC for 16 years. Gail was a Spiritual Counselor for Bayada Hospice, retiring in 2020. In addition, she was the Director of the Mascoma Area Senior Center and a Program Direction for the Grafton County Senior Citizens Council. She was a founding Board Member for the Community Nurse of Thetford. Gail lives in Orford with husband Gary who recently retired from the DHMC Security Department. They have an adult son who lives in Manchester, NH. Walking and gardening are favorite pastimes.
Gail Temperley Dimick is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She moved to the Upper Valley in 1986 and served as pastor of the Lyme Congregational and the Lyme Center Baptist Churches. She was the pastor of United Church of Thetford, UCC/UMC for 16 years. Gail was a Spiritual Counselor for Bayada Hospice, retiring in 2020. In addition, she was the Director of the Mascoma Area Senior Center and a Program Direction for the Grafton County Senior Citizens Council. She was a founding Board Member for the Community Nurse of Thetford. Gail lives in Orford with husband Gary who recently retired from the DHMC Security Department. They have an adult son who lives in Manchester, NH. Walking and gardening are favorite pastimes.