Governance

Allysia Guy (Trustee); MD RDMS, is a mother of three and a practicing board certified Emergency Medicine physician. She moved to the North Country shortly after the birth of her first child after serving as Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Lincoln Hospital in NYC and at Brown University in Providence, RI. She now serves as an assistant Director of EMS in Wolfeboro NH and owns a naturopathic candy company. When she is not in the ED she spends time on her family farm, raising sheep, growing food, snowboarding and atv-ing.    

Ben Hardy (Trustee, Chair); BA English/Film is a father and small business owner in the media and marketing industry. He served as Athletic Director for Vermont Athletic Academy and Director of Coaching for Far Post Soccer Club, where he oversaw curriculum development/implementation, managed a staff of coaches, and worked with young athletes from ages ranging 5-18. He served as a board member for both the Vermont Amateur Soccer League and the Oyster River Alumni Association.

Bethany Bond (Trustee, Secretary), MFA Photography, BA Studio Art/Anthropology, a North Country native and Heartwood founder, is a mother and educator who has taught at the college level for the last 15 years. Beyond working in education, she has managed both an herb grower’s cooperative & medicinal herb farm office, led a small farm and community supported agriculture program, and has utilized her formal training to provide affordable web design to artists, farmers, and herbalists. She considers her most important work to be raising her children, who she also homeschooled for three years. Both parenting and teaching over the years have inspired her to do my best to live intentionally & to contribute to the cultivation of vibrant and resilient communities, of which she believes education is at the root. When not working, she enjoys spending time with her family and being outside in nature. She is currently the Assistant Head of School at Heartwood.

Dana Holcomb (Trustee) is a mother of four, photographer, small business owner, and vice president of the Littleton Studio School Board. Dana, along with her family, made the move to New Hampshire in 2018 and quickly found her heart captured by the beauty and people of the North Country. Beyond her many roles, Dana enjoys quality time outdoors with her kids and husband, soaking in the natural beauty of the White Mountains. Her interests extend to quilting, painting, crafting, reading, music and the arts.

Heather McIntire (Trustee, Treasurer); BS Business Management, is a mother of one, a North Country Native, and an Accounting Supervisor for White Mountain Int’l.  She left the area to attend college in Boston, MA but moved back to be closer to family in 1998.  She has more than 35 years’ experience in the field of finance, while working in the banking, fitness and shoe industries, as well as serving on several boards throughout the years.  She spent 8 yrs volunteering as a Coach for a local Special Olympics team and participated in a three-week trip to South Africa, working with and bringing sports curriculums to children in the school systems. When not working, she enjoys spending time with her son, skiing, hiking and traveling to see and learn about other cultures within this vast and beautiful world.

Marissa Rexford (Trustee); BA Language/Linguistics, is a mother of one, and a Marketing and Communications Coordinator for North Country Healthcare, a non-profit affiliation of four medical facilities in the White Mountains Region of New Hampshire. She has close to 30 years of working in various capacities within the healthcare industry. Marissa left the Boston area after graduation from college, traveling and residing out west in Colorado and Montana. Although the Rockies were wonderful, she realized that New England was home, and moved to New Hampshire in 2006 with her husband, a Lancaster native and licensed acupuncturist. In addition to spending time with her husband, son and pup, Marissa's interests also include painting, photography, and camping. She also served as a board member for Sunnybrook Montessori School in Lancaster. Marissa is proud to call the beautiful North Country her home.

Stacey Zemla (Trustee, Vice Chair), BFA Graphic Design, MAT, is a mother, an artist, a dreamer and a native of Lancaster, who recently returned home to raise her family and is happy to call Coös county her home. Before settling down in her hometown, she studied fine arts at the Maine College of Art, where she earned her BFA in Graphic Design. After college, Stacey served as an AmeriCorps volunteer with University of VT extension, where she spent two years designing and implementing science and technology curriculum for youth-at-risk in the Northeast Kingdom of VT. In 2005, Stacey enrolled in the Visual Arts Education program at Tufts University, where she earned her MAT and fulfilled her practicum in Boston area schools. Over the years, Stacey has taught and worked with youth in a range of ages and a variety of contexts: she’s been a coach, a counselor, a teacher, a nanny, and an instructor. Stacey holds certifications to teach art in both MA and NH and currently teaches at Lancaster Elementary School.

Tom Schram  (Trustee), Ph.D. Education, has worked in the field of education for over forty years, including directorship of outdoor/wilderness programs; teaching in rural elementary schools; and teaching, research, and administration at the university level. He retired in 2022 after 32 years as a professor at the University of New Hampshire where he also served as Director of Educator Preparation and, most recently, helped to coordinate the Teacher Residency for Rural Education (TRRE) Program, recruiting and preparing new teachers for schools throughout the North Country. Tom began his professional career at a rural elementary school in Wyoming where he taught grades 4-6 in a two-teacher school with his wife, who taught grades K-3. Prior to that, they served as directors for an outdoor education center and wilderness ranch-camp for children in the mountains bordering Yellowstone National Park. An avid reader and writer, Tom enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and camping.