BUSIN ESS AN D PROFESSIONAL SE RVIC ES James McKim Managing Partner Organizational Ignition
Tammy Michaud Principal BerryDunn
Education: Dartmouth College (AB) Career history: McKim helps organizations achieve their peak performance through the alignment of people, business processes and technology. He is recognized as a thought leader in organizational performance, the use of neuroscience and program management. He has led organizations such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, FIRST, Hawkeye Data LLC and Digital Equipment Corp. to deliver award-winning product launch and performance enhancement solutions that increased company efficiency and revenues. He has also played an active role in shaping public policy affecting the manufacturing, healthcare and technology industries, having served on several boards, including the Software Association of New Hampshire, NH PBS, Economic Vitality NH and the Manchester NAACP. Industry advice: If you are a small to medium-sized organization that can’t reach your goals or have projects in jeopardy, the team at Organizational Ignition can help. We are experts who identify the problems you are facing and cost-effectively remove roadblocks to your success. What keeps you up at night? Discrimination against people of color. At Manchester NAACP, we don’t advocate through partisan politics, but by calling out injustice, by speaking truth to authorities and those in power in the public and private sectors, and by providing connections to resources and expert advice that help people of color live their lives to the fullest.
Education: University of Southern Maine (BS) Career history: Michaud provides audit and consulting services in the nonprofit, healthcare and affordable housing industries. She started her career with BerryDunn 34 years ago as a staff accountant in the Bangor, Maine, office, and transferred to the Manchester, NH, office 16 years ago. She leads the firm’s nonprofit practice and is co-lead of the Home Health and Hospice practice. She currently serves on BerryDunn’s Board of Directors. Her commitment to serving nonprofits has led her to participate on several nonprofit boards throughout her career. What has you most excited about your company’s future? BerryDunn’s commitment to offering complimentary, value-added services in the industries we serve. We have an incredibly innovative team that understands what our clients need beyond tax and audit services. This couldn’t be done without our learning and development culture that is focused on inspiring and helping our employees and clients grow. Truly amazing! Hobby/passion: Traveling that includes a balance of adventure, culture and at least one thing outside my comfort zone. Industry advice: Be curious. Embrace lifelong learning. Practice your social skills. Respect everyone. Work hard. Be nice to people. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
James “Jim” Monahan President The Dupont Group
Oreste “Rusty” Mosca Managing Director Nathan Wechsler & Company PA
Education: Rhode Island College (BA) Career history: For the past 28 years, Monahan has worked with the Dupont Group, a Concord, NH-based public affairs firm. He began as an associate in 1993 and advanced to vice president before acquiring the company from its founder, Ed Dupont, in 2016, upon retirement. Monahan founded the firm’s public relations division, White Birch Communications Group, and focuses on areas including energy, healthcare and transportation. He advocates on public policy matters before the NH legislature, state agencies and the executive branch of state government, as well as some work with the federal government. What has you most excited about your industry’s future? Applications of new technologies during the pandemic will certainly alter many aspects of the government affairs and communications industry. New Hampshire has the potential to build a super broadband infrastructure, which could be used to address major policy challenges including workforce, healthcare and the work-life balance. Biggest challenge during the pandemic: The apparatus of government transformed during the pandemic. New formal and informal methods of policy development as well as major relief programs emerged. Rapidly understanding these changes and crafting new advocacy methods proved to be a necessary but complex challenge during the pandemic. Hobby/passion: I’m an endurance athlete and I train and compete in longcourse Ironman Triathlons.
Education: University of New Hampshire (BS) Career history: Mosca has worked as a CPA since 1985 in the public space, with three years at Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (Big 8), and then for over 30 years at Nathan Wechsler and Co. He became managing director of the firm in 2014, and still holds the position to this day. Mosca is proud to have served in officer positions on various boards, including as the current chair of Leadership NH. Industry advice: This is an industry that offers great careers if you are willing to be always challenged, constantly learning, not afraid to make mistakes and happy to talk in public. This is a great job! Plus, you get to work with amazing, entrepreneurial clients. What has you most excited about your industry’s future? The young leadership and the industry moving to more consulting roles as opposed to the traditional CPA roles firms have had in the past. What keeps you up at night? Workforce and people choosing other professions. Most important business lesson: Talk less, listen more. Work hard and make no excuses. Enjoy what you do and be humble. Bucket list item: Visit every major sports’ baseball and hockey stadiums.
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