2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
This award recognizes business leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to leadership in their professions, communities, and New Hampshire. Award recipients help shape their local communities and the state through successful business endeavors, active participation in civic organizations, involvement in boards, and service to local and state government.
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Dean Christon, who served as executive director and CEO of New Hampshire Housing from 2007 through 2021, will be one of three recipients of the Business & Industry Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award at BIA’s Annual Dinner and Celebration, presented by Eversource, Wednesday, Oct. 25 in Manchester.
Sherilyn Young, a founder, shareholder and past president of the law firm of Rath, Young and Pignatelli, will be one of three recipients of the Business & Industry Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award at BIA’s Annual Dinner and Celebration, presented by Eversource, Wednesday, Oct. 25 in Manchester.
Christine and David Phillips, cofounders of Friends of Aine, stand outside the agency’s Center for Grieving Children & Families in Manchester. Friends of Aine’s mission is to help children and families grieving a death navigate their path to a hopeful future. Services are offered at no cost to families thanks to the generosity of donors. (Courtesy photo)
New Hampshire state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, a Manchester Democrat, is one of three recipients of the Business & Industry Association’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor will be bestowed at BIA’s Annual Dinner and Awards Celebration, presented by Eversource on Wednesday, Oct. 25 in Manchester.
Christine Phillips, cofounder and executive director of Friends of Aine, discusses the agency’s “Grief Backpack Initiative.” Backpacks containing a 5-week program to help social workers, counselors and teachers assist grieving children are distributed to 110 schools in the state. (Courtesy photo)
Christine Phillips, cofounder and executive director of Friends of Aine, sits inside the agency’s Center for Grieving Children & Families in Manchester. Friends of Aine provides grief support services for children and families through a peer-to-peer based approach. (Courtesy photo)