Meet Our Board
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
President
Kerry Laufer
Kerry Laufer is a higher education administrator with over twenty years of experience in strategic planning, consulting project management, business development, international education, and experiential learning design and delivery. She is currently Deputy Director of the Dartmouth-American University of Kuwait program at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Treasurer
Thomas Hudson, CFA
Thomas Hudson, CFA joined Ledyard Financial Advisors in 2023 as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Investment
Strategist Tom has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. His primary
responsibilities include investing client portfolios and working with clients to help them meet their
objectives. He also helps develop investment strategy for Ledyard including asset allocation, manager
diligence research, security analysis and client communications.
Vice President
Joseph Deffner
Joseph Deffner works at Thetford Academy, an independent school which serves as the public school for Thetford, Vermont and surrounding communities. Joe has been on the faculty and coaching staff there as an English/social studies teacher and cross-country coach since 1994. His past teaching lives include working in Kenya as a Peace Corps volunteer, in inner-city schools as a substitute teacher, in a residential school for students with learning disabilities in Massachusetts, and in Fukuoka, Japan (2011-2012) during a sabbatical year as a part of the community of Fukuoka International School (FIS).
Secretary
Nate Hill
Nate Hill has worked as a banker for many years and is currently an AVP Branch Manager at Rockland Trust. Nate brings vast institutional knowledge to the board, having worked at Maynard House as a Resident Manager for 5 Years and then as the Executive Director for 1 year. Nate has served in many leadership roles with numerous nonprofit boards, ranging from a volunteer to a member of the Executive Committee.
Board Member
Jeana E. Havidich, MD, MS
Jeana E. Havidich, MD, MS is double-boarded in Pediatric and Adult Anesthesiology with over twenty years of clinical experience and currently practices at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. Her academic career has focused on graduate medical education, pediatric anesthesiology in Non-Operating Room locations, safety and quality initiatives, and outcomes research. She has worked with regional and national organizations developing patient safety guidelines and legislation, simulation centers, graduate medical education programs, and quality/outcome databases.
Board Member
Melissa Dalton
Melissa Dalton joined Alice Peck Day (APD) as the Director of Development in 2022. Melissa has more than 20 years of non-profit experience and 12 of those years in health care fundraising. She is experienced at major gift solicitation and donor relations. Melissa implemented and formalized a grateful patients program and is recognized for her ability to plan and execute successful fundraising events.
Melissa worked for the Baylor Health System Foundation for 11 years. Prior to Baylor, she spent time as a fundraising consultant for Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance and as Project Director at John B. Cummings Company, a non-profit consulting firm. Melissa received her B.S. in Psychology at West Texas A&M University.
Board Member
Terri Lewinson, Ph.D., MSW
Medical social worker Terri Lewinson, PhD, MSW, is an associate professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Her research focuses on the experience of home environments for people who have been marginalized—whether that may be in an extended-stay hotel, assisted-living facilities, or senior housing—to gain an intimate understanding of what it’s like for them to reside there. As her research has evolved, Lewinson’s focus has broadened to include determining the impacts of environmental factors—such as exposure to toxins in non-traditional home environments and forced housing evictions exacerbated by COVID-19—on health and well-being.
Board Member
Margot Stephens
Margot Stephens, MD is a Board-Certified Family Physician who has lived in the area for 26 years. She is in the primary care practice at Alice Peck Day Hospital where she enjoys delivering care to all ages. She is on the Peer Review Committee and the Provider Operations Council at the hospital and participates in teaching medical and nurse practitioner students on their clinical rotations. She was previously on the Maternal and Infant Care Committee at APD, and also on the same committee at Springfield Hospital where she was a staff physician prior to coming to APD. She was also a founding physician of Family Medicine Associates in Worcester MA just after completing her residency at U Mass Medical Center and before the family moved to Vermont.
Board Member
John Brown
Johnathan Brown is the Director of Buildings and Grounds at Thetford Academy, Vermont's oldest independent school.
Johnathan oversees all physical plant operations, capital forecasting and planning, construction, custodial services, buildings and grounds maintenance, and safety. His professional career spans 25 years working in commercial construction project management, facilities management and occupational health and safety. He previously volunteered as an Easement Monitor for the Upper Valley Land Trust and served 10 years as a Firefighter/Captain for the Thetford Volunteer Fire Department.
Non-Voting Board Member
Ivy Lung
Ivy Lung is a current student at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Prior to Tuck, she worked in the investment management industry helping nonprofit organizations invest their money. Her primarily responsibilities include conducting due diligence on hedge funds and making investment recommendations. Ivy received her bachelor’s degree in economics from UCLA.