BOARD & Staff

David and his wife moved to White River Junction seven years ago to be close to his son and daughter-in-law, both professors at Dartmouth. Since then, three grandchildren and their other son and his partner have joined the Upper Valley Allen family. David is a graduate of the Wharton undergraduate department at Penn and is now retired from a career in healthcare management which began developing HMO’s, shifted to managing physician practices and hospitals and culminated with the founding of a consulting firm specializing in strategic planning issues for hospitals and clinics. 

Currently, David volunteers as an Assistant Director of Finance for large American Red Cross disaster responses, as a board member and Treasurer of CraftStudies, and is a member and past-President of the Hanover Rotary.

Johanna Beliveau, DNP, MBA, RN is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH). Dr. Beliveau is an experienced healthcare leader with 25 years in nursing practice and holds a Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Yale University, a Master of Business Administration from Rosemont College, and a Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt certificate from the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College. She is an active member of the American Organization of Nurse Leaders, American College of Healthcare Executives, and Sigma Theta Tau International, with the mission to bring the best practices available to healthcare delivery and clinical practice.

A dreamer and a doer, Heidi is driven to make a difference and inspired by our collective power to do things together. Heidi currently serves as a major gifts fundraiser for Dartmouth College, and has over a decade of annual giving experience. At Dartmouth, she has recruited and led alumni volunteer teams to set dozens of College fundraising records and win numerous awards. Many of her strategies have been adopted as best-practices throughout the organization. She began her career in political fundraising and community organizing.

Heidi spent her formative years in Chelsea, Vermont and now lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Heidi loves neighborhood life and believes housing is foundational to achieving one’s potential. In Lebanon, she serves as Supervisor of the Checklist, helping people register to vote, is a co-founder of the Upper Valley Women’s Circle, and is known for sharing inspirational messages on her chalkboard during the summer months. She and her goldendoodle Rosie visit schools to “spread smiles” as members of Vermont Therapy Dogs.

Heidi studied history and global development at Grinnell College, in Grinnell, Iowa. She attended The Sharon Academy, where she was exposed to the power of dreaming big, teamwork, and the charm of learning in yurts.

Ethan is the Owner/CEO of Earthshare Construction, based in Lebanon NH.  Founded in 2011, Earthshare Construction does high performance new construction, remodeling, energy retrofits, and weatherization projects throughout the Upper Valley.  They are a Triple Bottom Line company, members of Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s Building Energy Bottom Lines program; members of Efficiency Vermont’s Efficiency Excellence Network, and a NH Saves Partner Contractor; hold Building Analyst Professional certifications from the Building Performance Institute.

Ethan holds a BS in Theater from Skidmore College.  He loves spending time outdoors, building community, and playing music.  He grew up in Thetford, lives in Lebanon, and is grateful to find so much opportunity in the Upper Valley.

Tom is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College and co-author of the leading computer science textbook Introduction to algorithms. He has been living in the Upper Valley since 1992 and in Lebanon since 1993. Tom joined COVER as a community member of the Development Committee in 2021 and helped out as our grant writer for a year. Tom has represented Ward 3 of Lebanon in the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2022. He enjoys working on roofs and ramps at COVER job sites. Ask him about the time he found himself in an elephant pen.

Sam is a marketing professional with more than 10 years of experience working with local non-profits on campaign planning, digital strategy and data management. Sam is the Director of Enrollment Marketing for Beacon College, an educational non-profit serving students with learning differences. She lives in Sutton, NH with her family and also serves on the Town of Sutton Budget Committee and Zoning Board of Adjustment. She currently serves as the Board Chair.

Sean is the Senior Director of Corporate Operations at Hypertherm, an innovative, 100% employee-owned manufacturing company.  Prior to living in the Upper Valley, Sean spent 18 years at another employee-owned company, W.L. Gore and Associates, located in southeastern PA and northern AZ.  He holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Penn State University.   Sean is a 2022 graduate of Leadership Upper Valley and has actively volunteered with Scouting organizations for many years.  He enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and three children.

As COVER’s executive director, Helen serves the COVER Board as a non-voting ex-officio member. Helen is a trained attorney who previously practiced environmental law at a private firm in Washington, D.C. In 2005, Helen moved to Vermont to learn carpentry skills and began working at Twin Pines Housing Trust. Helen spent 13 years at TPHT helping low-income Vermonters access down payments grants to buy their first homes and also funded three net-zero homes.

Helen is passionate about preserving under-resourced homes as a way to tackle the affordable housing crisis.

Helen previously served as a COVER board member from 2012 to 2018.

Julie has been a book reviewer for Kirkus Reviews for twenty years, specializing in children’s literature. Her love of literature drew her to Cover to COVER Books where she has volunteered since its opening. She graduated from Dartmouth, worked for Accenture for ten years and has been an active alumni volunteer, serving as class newsletter editor for fifteen years. Julie received a social justice award from Dartmouth for her work developing an initiative focused on education and respectful dialogue. In her spare time, Julie travels the country with Sight and Sound Vision Clinics providing free vision screenings to musicians. She enjoys the winters here with her husband, Chris, and her dog Frankie who is a therapy dog for students.

Gloria Johnson was born and raised in Claremont, NH. She has 3 children and 3 grandchildren and is retired after 50 years working as secretary/surgical scheduler, including 14 years at New London Hospital. She loves volunteering and has been active with the Ladies Auxiliary of Croydon for 20 years, as well as 6 years for the Special Olympics, and 4 years for both the Newport Senior Center and the Claremont Senior Center. Gloria first reached out to COVER to weatherize her home. She immediately wanted to give back and volunteers at the COVER store when we were short staffed and joined our board in 2021.

Andy is a retired Employee Assistance Program Counselor of 20 years for the State of Vermont. He has a Masters of Social Work Degree and was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for 30 years. Andy’s degrees are from the State University of New York in Albany, University of Wisconsin in Madison, and St. Olaf College in Minnesota.  Andy is a longtime COVER Volunteer in the Home Repair program.  He enjoys helping build community in his home town of Hartland and in the Upper Valley.  Currently, Andy volunteers at the Upper Valley Haven, Hartland Community Resilience, Hartland Community Oven, and recently finished a 6-year term on the Board of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Hartland.  He also enjoys all things outdoors like hiking, biking, canoeing, and cross-country skiing.  

After attending Mass College of Art and working as a graphic designer in the Boston area, Judi moved from Massachusetts to Vermont to work as a designer for Dartmouth College. 

An artist and a maker, Judi learned how to resource materials of all kinds—so first became acquainted with COVER as a
customer. As an entrepreneur she designed a brick and mortar shop in COVER’s neighborhood. From tools to a sink, she bought many things to help build out the shop. Fast forward—as a result of closing shop, many donations were made.

After renting in 05001 for 20 years she moved to a single-family home in Charlestown, NH with her pit bull mix sidekick Daisy. Only after the rose-colored glasses came off did Judi’s attention to craft and design reveal the supposed move-in ready home was a major rehab. With much work already into the project, Judi sought, and received, the help of COVER for repairs and weatherization. 

In addition to her art, Judi is an avid explorer with a particular interest in mycology. She can spot a good mushrooming/foraging spot in all environments, including a McDonald’s parking lot.

Judi considers herself fortunate to have been acquainted with COVER in so many ways and looks forward to contributing more.

Allison Marsh is a financial management professional with extensive experience in financial reporting and analytics. She has served in Financial Systems at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center since 2019. Allison previously held leadership roles at Boston Private Bank and Trust Company including Vice President of Corporate Reporting and Segment Controller for Investment Management & Wealth Advisory. Prior experience includes positions at Fidelity Investments, Varian Semiconductor, and KPMG, LLP, where responsibilities included accounting and financial reporting duties. Allison holds both a Master of Science in Accountancy and a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Wake Forest University. She enjoys exploring the outdoors with her rambunctious weimaraner, Bennet, and spending time with family and friends.

Candy is a life-long Vermonter who recently retired from the U.S. Postal Service. Candy graduated with a B.S. from Johnson State College in 2011. Prior to the USPS, Candy worked in hospice care for several years. Candy also owned and operated a convenience store and deli in Montpelier, VT for 15 years and was also a Supervisor at UPS during that time. Candy also previously owned a women’s exercise salon in Barre, VT for a number of years. Over the past 52 years Candy has worked in customer service in various roles and loves meeting people in every walk of life.

Candy received services from COVER Home Repair in 2023 and since that time knew that she wanted to be part of COVER’s mission when she retired. Candy is a firm believer that helping others is the greatest way to give back.

Mimi’s career has included positions in non-profit management, health care administration, higher education.  As board voted Emerita – Executive Director of the President’s Division at Dartmouth College, she was the fiscal and administrative lead for all departments reporting to the President and managed an annual operating budget of $54M.  Mimi received her MBA from the Tuck School of Business Administration.  Mimi is interested in giving back to the community having done relief work after Hurricanes Katrina and Irene, volunteering on home repair projects at COVER, and managing Dartmouth’s United Way Campaign for seven years.  She is also active on the board of Goodwill Northern New England and serves as the chair of its governance committee. Mimi has lived in the Upper Valley for many years and is an avid gardener, skier/skater and back road biker.