Cynthia Crutchfield works in Advancement at Dartmouth College, currently as the
Senior Associate Director of Recognition and Stewardship. During her decades-long
career at Dartmouth, she developed a unique perspective of higher education
administration through serving in leadership roles across multiple functional areas of the
campus. Her previous volunteer service with the Granite United Way and as a youth
track coach inspired her to join the New Hampshire Hunger Solutions board.
Cynthia received her bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire, and her
MBA and Doctor of Arts degrees from Franklin Pierce University. She lives in Lebanon
with her husband, where they raised their son and multiple dogs, both large and small.

Joanne Delaney Burke is a nutrition and sustainable food system consultant, a registered dietitian, and a clinical professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). Professional and personal efforts are directed toward promoting nutrition & wellness equity via community, state, regional, and national policies and programs. She believes in the critical need for systems change and the power of education,
engagement, advocacy, and policy to advance food and climate justice.

In addition to serving on the NHHS Board of Directors, Joanne is also a member of the NH Food Access Coalition, and the Racial Equity and Climate Action teams of the statewide NH Food Alliance. She is on
the steering committee for the Food Solutions New England 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge, a national online initiative designed to explore racial equity using a food systems lens. She is a NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action member and serves on the steering committee for Sustainable Food Systems of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Joanne earned her BS in
nutritional sciences from the University of Rhode, her master's with dietetic internship from Tufts, and her PhD from UNH.

Ray is an attorney at New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA), where he directs the Energy and Utility Justice Project and co-directs the Benefits Project.

In this work, he represents clients in administrative proceedings before the NH Public Utilities Commission and the NH Department of Health and Human Services regarding issues that impact low-income Granite Staters. Ray represents clients facing barriers to accessing critical safety net programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. His work also includes policy advocacy before the legislature and state agencies and litigation in state and federal court to ensure low-income households have access to benefit programs that provide crucial economic support to help meet their basic needs.

Ray started working on benefits issues as a paralegal in 2009 for Legal Aid of Western Missouri and has continued to work in legal services since graduating from Boston College Law School in 2014.

Terry Sturke has had extensive experience in mental health administration in both the public and private sectors. Her specific areas of expertise are operations and quality management. Terry was the Director of Catholic Medical Center’s Psychiatric Institute and then was Director of Behavioral and Psychiatric Services for Optima Healthcare in Manchester. She was the director of quality improvement at Behavioral Health Network, Inc. in Concord and worked at Riverbend Community Mental Health Center in Concord, NH for over 15 years where she currently is a project manager. Terry has served on many community organizations including Merrimack Valley Day Care, NH Office of Public Guardian, Dress for Success NH, NH Coalition against Domestic and Sexual Violence, NH Family Mediation Certification board, Concord Multicultural Festival, Womankind Counseling and Capital Region Food Program.

Heidi Barker is a Field Specialist based in Coös County with UNH Extension in Nutrition and Healthy Living. In her regional role, she collaborates with community partners to create model programs to expand access and affordability for healthy, fresh foods. Highlights of this community-level work include connecting farm-to-school initiatives in the Androscoggin Valley, partnering with other networks to support Granite State Market Match, and implementing Smarter Lunchroom Movement in Berlin schools.

Jenn is a native Granite Stater, the Program Manager for Community Health at New London Hospital, where she provides leadership for the population health initiatives of New London Hospital and Dartmouth Health. Jennifer earned a bachelor’s degree in Geography followed by a master’s degree in Applied Geography along with a post-baccalaureate degree in Geographic Information Science (GIS) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG); as well as a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of New Hampshire (UNH). Jenn’s career has focused on applying geographic methods to measure disparities related to geographic access to health care services with a particular focus on rural cancer care. Jenn lives in Sutton, NH, with her husband Jason, daughter Birdie, and two dogs: Doc and Pepper.

John A. Manning, CPA, recently retired from Southwestern Community Services, Inc. (SCS), the community action agency covering Sullivan and Cheshire Counties in NH., serving most recently as their Chief Executive Officer. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts. In addition to NH Hunger Solutions, he is on the NH Community Development Finance Authority board.

John has been a member of the Marlborough Fire Department for 40 years and has served as its Chief for the last 20 years. He and his wife, Phylis, live in Marlborough with their 2 dogs, Misha and Hachi.

Sam Imlay is a research scientist at the College Board, where he researches college admissions, enrollment, and completion, focusing on improving college access for underserved populations. Sam received his bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from Grinnell College and his MA and PhD in Government from Harvard University. He lives in Concord with his family.

Ernie Tao is a graduating student at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and will be matching into Emergency Medicine. He previously worked to improve access to public health and nutrition resources at the U.S. House of Representatives, Mathematica Policy Research, Kaiser Permanente, and the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.