Board of Directors & Staff

Staff

  • Julie Gustafson, President & CEO
  • Michele Petersen, Vice President 
  • Jennifer Bush, Office Manager

 

 

Board of Directors

Bellman, G.G. David H. Bellman, G.G., Treasurer
Owner of Bellman Jewlers
David is the President and co-founder of Bellman Jewelers, Inc Established in 1981. Bellman’s is one of New England largest retailing/manufacturing jewelers. In addition to its retail sales, Bellman's is the largest jewelry Replacement Company for over 40 of New England insurance companies. Bellman's is also co-owners of a diamond-cutting factory located in Ramat-Gan, Israel. David is also the inventor of the AuquaSonic Jewelry Cleaner and the President and Founder of Black Diamond Industries, distributor of the AuquaSonic Jewelry Cleaner.
Freiburger Dr. James Freiburger, Secretary
Southern New Hampshire University Professor
Dr. James Freiburger teaches graduate business courses in the Department of Organizational Leadership at the Southern New Hampshire University. Previous to joining the SNHU faculty he was a Human Resource Manager with First NH Banks and Omni Hotels. In addition to the ABI Board, he is a Board member of the Heritage United Way, The Way Home, and the Diocesan Camps.
French Ed French
MBA Director of Franklin Pierce College
Ed recently joined Franklin Pierce College as their MBA Director. Previously Ed had been in the financial services industry for twenty-five years. He has been associated with the Incubator as a board member for over five years. Ed is also a member of the Heritage United Way Community Investment team, a member of the Raymond Economic Development Council, the Raymond Budget Committee and is the Raymond School District Treasurer.
Lachance, C.P.A. Peter C. Lachance, C.P.A., Chairman
William Steele & Associates, P.C.
Pete is a CPA with William Steele & Associates, PC a firm of CPAs specializing in complex income and estate tax planning, tax compliance and accounting services for startup to mature technology, real estate, manufacturing, non-profit and professional service companies. He has a MS in Taxation from Bentley University, an MBA from the University of Massachuetts-Lowell and a BS in Actuarial Mathematics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Pete volunteers his time for the MYPN NH Startup Challenge, Entrepreneurs Foundation of NH, and the NH Society of CPAs charity golf tournament.
Schneiderman Paul Schneiderman
Southern New Hampshire University Professor
Paul Schneiderman, Ph.D. has been a faculty member of Southern New Hampshire University since 1976. Dr. Schneiderman led the School of Business as it's dean from 1998 to 2004, and presently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in finance and economics. Prior to coming to the university (then New Hampshire College) he was a research economist with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington D.C. and later an economist with the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Paul is currently a member of the Alumni Committee of Leadership New Hampshire and president-elect of the Northeast Council of the Association of College Business School and Programs. He earned his BBA and MBA at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst and his MA and Ph.D. at Clark University. A founding member of the Amoskeag Business Incubator, he continues to volunteer his services to the organization and its clients.
Webster Luke Webster
Wiggin & Nourie, P.A.
Luke Webster is a Manchester, NH native. Luke received a Bachelor of Arts in government from Colby College in Waterville, ME before working in Washington, DC as a national field consultant for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. In 2005, Luke returned to New Hampshire to complete his legal education at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, NH. Since graduating from Franklin Pierce, Luke has joined the law firm of Wiggin & Nourie, P.A. and is a member of the Business Law and Real Estate, Land Use and Development Practice Groups.