Trustees

Ed Bergeron – Ed Bergeron and his wife Kathy reside in North Conway. They have two daughters and four granddaughters. Ed is the president of H.E. Bergeron Engineers, Inc., a consulting civil, structural and land surveying firm, which he started in 1974. Ed received his bachelor degree in civil engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 1970 and an MBA from Plymouth State University in 1988. Growing up as a farm boy in Southern New Hampshire, Ed first hiked, climbed and skied in the White Mountains while a member of the UNH Outing Club in the 1960s. His outdoor activities include hiking and climbing all over the US, Europe and New Zealand, as well as bicycling, fly-fishing and outdoor photography. His volunteer involvement in the outdoors includes being a member of the AMC Board of Directors, chairman of the Hut Committee, a member of the Facilities Committee, and a member of the Nature Conservancy Green Hills Committee, as well as teaching photography workshops for the Tin Mountain Conservation Center. Ed has had an interest in weather since his youth on the farm, where his dad was the local NWS cooperative observer. It intensified as part of his pilot training in the 1970s and continued as a backup observer for local weather icon Briggs Bunker. Currently, Ed is the NOAA, National Weather Service cooperative observer for North Conway and reports his observations each morning to the NWS in Gray, ME.

Alexandra T. Breed – Alexandra T. Breed is a Director of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, Professional Association, a general practice firm with offices in Manchester, Concord, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Ms. Breed received her undergraduate degree in History, cum laude, from Vassar College in 1970, a Juris Doctorate degree in 1974, and her LL.M. in Taxation in 1999 from Boston University School of Law.

Ms. Breed is a member of the New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. She formerly served as Governor-At-Large for the New Hampshire Bar Association, member of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct and New Hampshire Bar Association Committee on Professionalism. She is currently a member of the Elder Law Estate Planning and Probate Section and Real Estate Section of the Bar Association. She is a member of the New Hampshire Estate Planning Council.

Before joining the McLane law firm in 1998, Ms. Breed was a Director of the law firm of Nighswander, Lord & Martin, P.A., of Laconia, New Hampshire.

Ms. Breed, who has been recognized as one of "The Top Attorneys in New Hampshire" for the past three years and one of "The Best Lawyers in America" in the 2006-2007 edition, is a member of the Trust and Estates, Corporate and Tax Departments of the McLane law firm. She concentrates her practice in the area of estate planning, estate and gift taxes, probate and trust administration, charitable giving, asset protection, conservation easements and family business succession planning.

Ms. Breed currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Mount Washington Observatory and the Appalachian Mountain Club, and formerly served on the Board of The Nature Conservancy - New Hampshire and Lakes Region Charitable Foundation.

Patrick (Pat) A. Corso – Pat served as President of Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Pinehurst, NH from 1987-2004 and served as The General Chairman of the 1999 US Open Championship won by Payne Stewart. He also oversaw all resort operations for ClubCorp, Inc., including The Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, VA., Firestone Golf & Country Club, Akron, OH., Mount Sainte Anne Ski Resort, Quebec, Canada and Barton Creek Resort, Austin, TX. Pat wasl also Managing partner of National Resort Management Group and President and CEO of the Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, NH. He serves on the NHPTV Board of Governors, and is Chairman of the American Hotel and Lodging Association Resort Committee.

Pat is a graduate of Ball State University. He and his wife Judy are avid skiers and golfers and the parents of three grown children. They reside in Bretton Woods.

John (Jack) A. Dunn, Jr. – Jack Dunn lives in Jackson, N.H. with his wife Patricia. They have three grown children. He comes from a distinguished career in management and planning both in manufacturing and in education. During the late 1960s he served as vice president and general manager of a Budd Company subsidiary in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He served as president of Dean College in Franklin, Mass. following a long tenure at Tufts University, primarily as vice president for Planning. Jack became a member of the Observatory in 1995 after moving to the White Mountains. He was the executive director of the Observatory from 1996 to 1998. Jack is board chair for Mountain Top Music Center and is a trustee of Fryeburg Academy, and has been involved with strategic planning and capital funds for both. He was moderator of the Jackson Community Church and led a capital campaign for them. He has also worked with the Jackson Historical Society and the Mount Washington Valley Arts Association. Jack and Patti enjoy music, the arts, and a variety of outdoor pursuits.

Paul T. Fitzgerald – Paul and Cheryl Ann Fitzgerald live in Laconia, N.H. They have two grown sons, Shawn and Travis. Paul received his B.A. from St. Michael's College in 1972 and earned a law degree four years later in 1976. He is currently the managing director of the law firm of Fitzgerald & Nichols in Laconia. In addition to his law practice, Paul has been active in a number of community organizations and has served as both the Mayor of Laconia and Chairman of the Laconia Police Commission. Paul first became involved with the Observatory as an extension of being an avid hiker when he walked into the summit facility out of curiosity after climbing the mountain back in 1980. After serving on the Summit Operations Committee for several years he was elected a trustee in 1985 and has been active on the Executive Committee and long-range planning committees. Paul is a past president of the Board of Trustees and currently serves on the Observatory's Nominating Committee.

Philip (Phil) T. Gravink – Phil and Shirley Gravink live in Jackson, N.H. They raised three children, and have five grandchildren. Phil received his B.S. from Cornell University in 1957. He retired in 1999 as president and chief operating officer of Attitash Bear Peak for American Skiing Company. During 2000, he and Shirley were on a year-long world-wide bicycle tour. Phil came to know the Observatory through his longstanding work in the ski industry and his role as a north country business-man. He was elected a trustee in 1996.

Dick Hamilton – Dick Hamilton, of Littleton, N.H. has over 50 years experience in the travel and tourism industry including 35 years as CEO of the White Mountains Attractions Association, from which he recently retired. He was the first executive director of SKI 93 and is the founder of the N.H. Travel Council. He currently serves as the chair of the N.H. Scenic Byways Council, the chair of the Department of Resources and Economic Development Advisory Board, the chair of the DTTD Joint Promotional Committee (otherwise known as "tourism matching grants"), a member of the Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund, vice president of the Old Man of the Mountain Museum, a member of N.H. Travel and Tourism Development Advisory Council, a board member of the Flying Yankee Restoration Group and a member of the Littleton Chamber of Commerce. He also served 14 years as a member of the Board of Governors of the N.H. Community Technical College system. As he has been an active promoter of the White Mountains as a tourism destination, he is also an avid collector of vintage White Mountains memorabilia, thus his long love affair with Mount Washington. He has been married for 43 years to his best friend Sandra and has three grown children and six grandchildren aged 2-16. Dick was elected a trustee in 2005.

Hugh Jencks –

Maureen Keliher – Maureen Kelliher is no stranger to the Mount Washington Observatory. She is a five-year member and has participated in numerous events. She is responsible for the investment team of Citizens Bank's investment department in New Hampshire and has over 27 years of investment industry experience and 18 years in investment portfolio management. Previously, Kelliher was Chief Investment Officer for a state-chartered trust company in NH as well as money desk manager for a regional bank. She occasionally conducts economic seminars and writes investment articles for the Boston Business Journal.

Robert C. Kirsch – Rob Kirsch and Anne Renner live in Concord, N.H. with their sons Sam and Jack. Rob attended Phillips Academy, received his B.S. from Middlebury College, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in 1979 and a J.D., cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 1983. He is a partner in the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Boston. Rob learned of the Observatory through hiking and climbing in the White Mountains during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978 he served briefly as a student intern and worked as an observer when not attending college or law school between 1978 and 1981. He has been a trustee since 1985. He is the immediate past president of the Board of Trustees and serves on the Observatory's Capital Campaign Steering Committee.

Robert Larsen – Bob Larsen graduated from St. Olaf College in 1970, obtained a master's degree in Biological Anthropology based on high altitude research in Peru in 1974, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1979 where he was the editor of the Wisconsin Law Review. Bob recently retired from the Sulloway & Hollis law firm where he worked since 1979 and concentrated on the defense of doctors and hospitals in state and federal court and on the representation of health care providers in regulatory matters. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America and has received numerous honors including Merrimack County Lawyer of the Year. Bob is a trustee of The NH Nature Conservancy, on the Advisory Board of the Art Gallery at UNH, President of the Board of the Friends Program, and trustee emeritus of the Mayhew Program. He is the Chair of the United Way Campaign in Merrimack County for 2007. Bob lives with his family in Concord, N.H. He was named a trustee of the Observatory in 2001 and was a co-chair of the Observatory's capital campaign New Horizons.

Sarah Long – Sarah Long has worked at both mountaintop and sea level. She has served as the chief meteorologist and summit manager for the Mount Washington Observatory. After four years of braving the dangerous conditions of Mount Washington, Sarah traded in her commute up the mountain to start her broadcasting career. She is now a broadcast meteorologist for NewsChannel 13 in Portland, Maine. Sarah earned her degree in meteorology from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. She has served as a board member of the American Meteorological Society's Board on Women and Minorities, and a mentor for DataStreme course where she trains weather education resource teachers. Sarah and her husband Tom, a high school science teacher, live in Portland. She was elected a trustee in 2005.

Gail Meka – Gail J. Meka and her husband Dennis live in Stoneham, Maine on a mountaintop in clear view of Mount Washington. Now retired, Gail enjoyed her career with Pfizer and Dupont Pharmaceuticals working in R&D, sales, marketing, manufacturing, quality and business development. She graduated from Merrimack College in 1972 with a B.S. in Chemistry and received an M.S. in Organic Chemistry from Southern Connecticut University. Always a lover of the outdoors, Gail's interests include sea kayaking, skiing, swimming, snorkeling, bicycling and especially hiking. She has hiked in Peru, Alaska, Western Canada, Nepal and Switzerland, but especially loves the White Mountains. In fact, she has climbed Mount Washington 14 times. Gail has volunteered for various Mount Washington Observatory fundraising events in the past few years and looks forward to continuing this effort. Gail was elected a trustee in 2005.

Sam Miller – Samuel Miller received a diploma with honors in weather forecasting from Chanute Air Force Base (Rantoul, Ill.), a B.S. in physics summa cum laude, an M.S. in Earth Science-Oceanography, and a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of New Hampshire. His research interests include mesoscale meteorology (especially coastal circulation, air-sea interaction, and air pullution dispersion) and practical forecasting problems (such as precipitation type and local winds).

Prior to joining the faculty at Plymouth State University in 2005, he worked as a meteorologist for the U.S. National Weather Service (NOAA), Alaskan Region, Anchorage Forecast Office. At UNH, he served as an instructor/lecturer, a research scientist for the Climate Change Research Center, and a research scientist/programmer for the Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory. He worked as weather observer for the Pease Air National Guard Base Weather Station (Portsmouth, N.H.) and as a weather forecaster for the U.S. Airforce at Incirlik Air Base (Adana, Turkey); Plattsburgh AFB (N.Y.); Travis AFB (Calif.); and Loring AFB (Maine). Miller has and continues to serve as a meteorology and physics consultant and software developer for the C-10 Research and Education Foundation (Newburyport, Mass.).

Berrien Moore III joined the University of New Hampshire (UNH) faculty in 1969, soon after receiving his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Virginia. A Professor of Systems Research, he received the University's 1993 Excellence in Research Award and was named University Distinguished Professor in 1997. Professor Moore's research focuses on the carbon cycle, global biogeochemical cycles, and global change as well as policy issues in the area of the global environment. Most recently he was awarded the 2007 Dryden Lectureship in Research by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

The Director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) since 1987, he has simultaneously served on and chaired numerous government affiliated scientific committees (NASA/NOAA, The National Academies), including the NRC Committee on Global Change Research from 1995-1998 which produced the landmark report, "Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade." Most recently he co-chaired the National Research Council's decadal survey, "Earth Observations from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future."

His scientific committee service has spanned continents, including his 4-year tenure ('98-'02) as the Chair of the Science Committee of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and.his service as lead author within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Third Annual Report (TAR) which was released in Spring 2001. In July 2001 he chaired the Global Change Open Science Conference in Amsterdam and is one of the four architects of the Amsterdam Declaration on Global Change.

Professor Moore's current professional affiliations include the following: Member, Board of Trustees, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); Member, Advisory Council, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Munich, Germany; Member, National Academies. Space Studies Board; Chair, Steering Committee, Global Terrestrial Observing System (United Nations Affiliate); Member, Board of Directors, University of New Hampshire Foundation; Member, Board of Trustees, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH; Member, Science Advisory Team-The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS/NOAA).

Richard W. Mulhern – A Maine native, Rick is a resident of Falmouth, Maine where he lives with his wife Sharon and daughter Julia. Rick attended the University of Maine and the University of Maine School of Law. He is the managing partner of the Portland, Maine office of the Sulloway & Hollis law firm and practices in Maine and New Hampshire defending physicians and hospitals in medical negligence cases. He is in his third term as a member of the Falmouth Town Council and also served on the Falmouth Planning Board. Rick's first encounter with Mount Washington was hiking to the summit via Tuckerman in 1968 while a high school student. He has since climbed the mountain numerous times in all seasons, including participating in rescues on the mountain in the 1970s while teaching climbing for Eastern Mountain Sports. During his period as an active technical climber, his climbing included an ascent of the Nose Route on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Rick has run the Mount Washington Auto Race a total of 17 times since 1979. In addition to be an aging (and slowing) runner, Rick is an avid sea kayaker. Rick was elected a trustee in 2005 and serves on the Observatory's Capital Campaign Steering Committee.

Gail Paine – Gail is a retired Program Coordinator for the University System of New Hampshire College for Lifelong Learning, now Granite State College, having worked in the North Country of New Hampshire from 1980 until 2004. She is a University of Michigan graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Gail formerly served on the NH State Board of Education from 1995 - 2005, was a member and Chairman of the New Hampshire Juvenile Parole Board from 1995-2006; Member of the New Hampshire Distance Learning Commission 1994-2003 ; Former board member of the Northern NH Charitable Foundation, Mt. Washington Valley School-Career, Bartlett School Board, NH Farm Museum Board, Memorial Hospital (past president) 1774-1996, YMCA Camp Nellie Huckins board, 1984-1995. Presently she serves as a board member on the Goldberg Foundation, Walker Foundation, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Foundation, and Tillotson Foundation, Visiting Nurses of Northern Carroll County, Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council from 1991 - present; Mt. Musictop Music Advisory Committee; and Secretary of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative. Gail represents New Hampshire on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association board in Arlington, Virginia and serve on both the Administrative Committee and as chairman of the CEO Evaluation Committee for that organization. She is currently a Credentialed Cooperative Director and taking courses towards the Credentialed Leadership Director degree for the National Rural Electric Association directors. Gail is active in the Town of Bartlett, serving as the Chairman of The Lower Bartlett Water Commission ZBA, and Chairman of the Supervisors of the Bartlett Voter Checklist Her hobbies are fly fishing, ornithology, golf, hiking, skiing and traveling.

Marsha Rich – Marsha Rich and Steve Camerino live in Chichester with their children, Claudia and Alexander. Marsha was awarded a B.A. by Dartmouth College in 1980 and a Master of Education from U.N.H. in 1985. She taught middle school earth science and served as the science department chair at the Derryfield School in Manchester, N.H. Currently, Marsha serves as a resource agent for the American Meteorological Society's educational outreach program, facilitating the DataStreme Atmosphere teacher enhancement course and offering workshops on meteorology and weather for K-12 teachers. She also teaches meteorology courses both in the classroom and on-line at Granite State College and the New Hampshire Technical Institute. Marsha loves to ski, hike, bike and travel with her family, and is a retired sea captain, having skippered charter sailboats in the Virgin Islands in the 1980s. Marsha currently serves as chair of the Educational Programs Committee.

Brian Underwood – Brian and his wife Patricia Underwood and daughter live in Wolfeboro, N.H. Brian attended Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania. He is the principal of B.C. Underwood LLC Real Estate Counseling & Appraisal in Wolfeboro. Brian became involved with the Observatory through serving as a volunteer on the summit in 1993. Since then he has assisted the Observatory in a number of ways and was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1994. Brian was instrumental in the success of the Observatory's volunteer program which resulted in significant benefits to the Observatory over the years. He has served as treasurer of the Board of Trustees and chair of the Finance Committee.

Mark Van Baalen – Mark Van Baalen Mark has been an Observatory member since 1966, and a Trustee since 1984. He earned an A.B. degree in astronomy in 1966, and a Ph.D. in geology in 1995, both from Harvard. He is now a lecturer on Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard. Mark first became acquainted with the Observatory in 1966 through its quarterly publication, now called Windswept but then known as the News Bulletin. He has served the Observatory in a variety of roles, having been a member of the Executive Committee for 15 years. He also has chaired the Personnel Committee, and a has been a member of the Long Range Planning Committee. He currently is a member of the Nominating Committee, and previously chaired that group. He also leads the Science Advisory Committee, and was the program chair for the successful 75th Anniversary Symposium for Air and Climate in 2007. Mark has been a regular Edutrip leader since the inception of that program.Mark and his wife Louisa reside in Harvard, Mass., and have one grown daughter.He is a member of the American Alpine Club and a life member of the Harvard Mountaineering Club. He is also a sailor and a commercial pilot.

Howie Wemyss – Howie Wemyss ("weemz") was born in Cambridge, Mass. and raised in Biddeford, Maine where he graduated from Biddeford High School. After several years at Colorado State University, he spent two years in the Army, mostly in Germany, before returning to New England and settling in the Mt. Washington Valley in 1971. Howie was employed by the Mt. Washington Auto Road in the late 70s as a stage driver while working on the ski patrol at Wildcat Mountain in the winter. He later worked for the Merrimack Valley YMCA at their Bear Island facilities on Lake Winnipesaukee. In 1987 he took over as general manager of the Auto Road upon the retirement of Doug Philbrook and in 1995 began managing the Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center as well. He and his wife Sue spend the summer in Green's Grant, and move north for the winter to Randolph, N.H. Howie has a daughter, Cory, who is working toward a certificate in Massage Therapy at the New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic Arts. Howie and Sue enjoy cross country skiing, trail running and mountain biking. Howie was elected a trustee in 2005.