Our Board of Directors - The New Hampshire Women's Policy Institute

Jennifer L. Frizzell works as the Director of Policy for the NH State Senate. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the Franklin Pierce Law Center. Prior to joining the Senate, Jennifer was director of special projects for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, and public policy director for New Hampshire Legal Assistance. Jennifer currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Endowment for Health; her past board memberships and affiliations include the NH Coalition on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Northern NH Mental Health and Developmental Services, and the NH Reproductive Health Association. Jennifer earned her juris doctorate from Franklin Pierce Law Center and graduated cum laude from the University of New Hampshire. She and her husband and two sons live in Concord.

Julie Alig is Director of Institutional Research at Saint Anselm College. She graduated cum laude from Columbia College in New York City with a double major in History and French Literature, and earned her Master’s and her Doctorate degrees in Political Science at the University of Chicago. Her dissertation investigated the ISO 9000 series of quality assurance standards in German industry, and was based upon extensive field research in Germany as a Fulbright scholar. Julie lives in Manchester with her husband and children.

Jonathan Baird is Policy Director of New Hampshire Legal Assistance and managing attorney of their Claremont office. He has worked at Legal Assistance since 1986. Jon is on the steering committee of the NH Child Advocacy Network, and has served on the boards of the Disabilities Rights Center and the NH Citizens Alliance for Action. He was a member of the NH Citizens Commission on the State Courts, and has been on the Board of Contributors of the Concord Monitor. Before becoming a lawyer, Jon worked as a labor union organizer for 10 years. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and got a J.D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center. Jon and his wife Debra live in Wilmot. They have three grown-up sons.

Edda has been the Executive Director of Leadership New Hampshire since November of 2001. In this capacity, she is responsible for the development of curriculum, alumni programming, and incorporating learning about the most recent challenges the state faces. Edda retired from state service in January, 2001 as the the Assistant Commissioner for the NH Department of Corrections, and served in various capacities within the department from 1980 to 2001, most notably serving for five years as the first Warden of the Women's Prison. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from American University in Washington, D.C. and a Masters of Education in Counseling from Antioch/New England Graduate School in Keene, N.H.

Martha Fuller Clark has served six terms in the New Hampshire House and is currently serving her second term in the New Hampshire Senate. As a legislator, Martha has made the well-being of New Hampshire’s women a top priority, including supporting and sponsoring legislation to raise the minimum wage and provide greater access to health care. Her background includes teaching and consultation as an art historian. Martha currently serves on the boards of Strawberry Banke, the Seacoast Workforce Housing Coalition, and AIDS Response Seacoast. Martha graduated from Mills College in 1964 and Boston University in 1977. She and her husband Dr. Geoffrey Clark have been residents of Portsmouth for over 30 years and have three grown children.

Carrie K. Griffiths is director of corporate communications for Waste Management in Hampton. Prior to joining Waste Management, Carrie was director of communications for Wheelabrator Technologies. From 1992 to 2003 Carrie worked at Tyco International, ultimately managing employee communications for 270,000 employees worldwide. Early in her career Carrie was associate editor for New England GetAways magazine, director of communications for the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, and account executive for Prince Communications in Portsmouth. Carrie attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and graduated cum laude from the University of New Hampshire. She lives with her husband and two children in Rye.

Lucy Hodder

Lucy Hodder is a shareholder in the law firm of Rath, Young and Pignatelli, PC and a leader in the firm’s health care and employment practice groups. Before joining this firm, Lucy served as an assistant attorney general in the Civil Bureau of the NH Department of Justice. Lucy was appointed to the NH Commission on the Status of Women beginning in 1998, and chaired the commission from 2003-2004. She is an adjunct professor at Franklin Pierce Law Center and a member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the NH Bar Association. She serves on the boards of Riverbend Community Mental Health and the Vestry of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Hopkinton. Lucy lives in Hopkinton with her husband and two children.

Alida Millham is a state representative representing Alton, Barnstead, Belmont and Gilford. She represented the Town of Gilford for two terms from 1999 to 2002. Alida has served on Gilford’s school board, budget committee, planning board, and school building committees. She was executive director of Community Health and Hospice, a local home health agency she helped form in 1975. She currently serves on several local not-for-profit boards and is a member of the Healthy New Hampshire Foundation as well as the New Hampshire Lakes Association. She is the past Chair of the Belknap County Citizens Council on Children and Families. Alida received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Columbia University and her masters degree from Boston University. She has been a resident of Gilford for 45 years.

Elizabeth D. Murphy is a lobbyist and consultant in government relations. Ms. Murphy founded Murphy Public Affairs in 1991 and recently merged her practice with Sheehan Phinney Capitol Group, an affiliate of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green. She was named one of New Hampshire ’s three most effective lobbyists in Business New Hampshire magazine. Prior to starting Murphy Public Affairs, she represented a variety of clients as Vice President of BMc Strategies –independent public relations firm. While at BMc, Ms. Murphy successfully developed and directed community relations and government affairs for New Hampshire Yankee, the company responsible for the licensing and operation of the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant. Prior to joining BMc Strategies, Ms. Murphy worked for the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire. Ms. Murphy also served as a State Representative in the New Hampshire Legislature, and was Co-Chair of New Hampshire YMCA Youth and Government. She currently serves on the Advisory Board to the president of Granite State College and is a member of the Board of Directors of Kids Voting . A graduate of the Granite State College, Ms. Murphy completed the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program – affiliated with The Program on Negotiations at Harvard Law School

Connie K. Rakowsky has been a lawyer with Orr & Reno in Concord since 1981 where she concentrates her practice on business, financing, and mediation. She is a member of the Executive Committee of New Hampshire Legal Assistance and Legal Advice and Referral Center, and serves on the Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Council. Connie also has served on the boards of Meritas, an international alliance of 200 law firms, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and has twice served on the Merit Selection Panel to select bankruptcy judges in the District of New Hampshire and the United States District Court Mediator Panel. She graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University, and received her juris doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law cum laude.

Mary Rauh is a retired organizational consultant who is currently writing a historical novel about the impact of European settlers on Algonquins and Mohawks in 17th century North America. She is chair of the Women’s Fund of New Hampshire and serves on a number of other non-profit boards including the Wentworth-Coolidge Commission and the Mill Pond Homeowners Association. Mary was a Democratic candidate for Congress in the second Congressional District in 1998. She received her bachelor of arts from Northwestern University. She and her husband John Rauh live in New Castle and have three grown sons.

Barbara Zeckhausen served three terms in the New Hampshire Legislature in the 1980s where her focus was on tax policy. Barbara was a founder of the Women’s Fund of New Hampshire and the Lakes Region Charitable Foundation, and was a member of the League of Women Voters State Board. She has served on a number of boards including Spaulding Youth Center, Lakes Region United Way, Lakes Region Mental Health Center, and the Tilton School. In 1991 she received the Governor’s Volunteer award. Barbara was a member of the Josiah Bartlett Center’s “Better Government” contest committee for three years. She attended Mt. Holyoke College and graduated from the University of New Hampshire. Barbara has been a resident of Laconia for 38 years.