2014 Best Practices Conference on School Operations, Finance and Business Leadership Exhibitor Guide Sponsored by the New Hampshire School Administrators Association and the New Hampshire School Business Officials ­­­­ October 30 & 31, 2014 Grappone Conference Center Concord, NH Thank you for your support! Banwell Architects 6 South Park Street Lebanon, NH 03766 Phone: 603-448-3778 Fax: 603-443-5555 Contact: Jennifer Darling, Office Manager jennifer@banwellnh.com Banwell Architect is a Professional Corporation located on The Green, 6 South Park Street, Lebanon, NH and on 1856 Main Street in Quechee, Vermont. We have been in business since 1966 and currently have two principals and seven design and support staff. At Banwell Architects, we see design as problem solving by listening carefully to our client’s needs for practical, creative, and sustainable buildings. Then with an integrated, team-focused approach, both with our own in-house people and with expert consulting engineers, we examine options for client’s review and feedback. We implement project solutions with comprehensive services and documents for permitting, bidding, and construction. Banwell Architects is a leader in exploration and application of sustainable principles to building design. We offer our clients the best value for services, and we take great pride in our work. Citizens Bank 900 Elm Street Manchester, NH 03101 Phone: 603-634-7174 Fax: 888-716-4840 Contact: Lyn Gelinas, CTP – Vice President lyn.gelinas@citizensbank.com Patrick Barry, Vice President patrick.barry@citizensbank.com Christine Therrien, Vice President christine.therrien@citizensbank.com Our Government Banking team is dedicated to providing banking solutions to the schools of New Hampshire. We want to be your trusted advisor and have a proven track record in implementing effective, targeted strategies for all of your banking needs. The pressures our school clients face in this current economy has never been more acute. Understanding those pressures and providing viable solutions is the cornerstone of our service. Enhancing that understanding is our active role in the national, state, and local associations that are important to New Hampshire’s educational system. Conway Office Solutions 10 Capitol Street Nashua, NH 03063 Phone: 603-689-2269 Fax: 603-889-4275 Contact: Jerry Creteau jcreteau@conwayoffice.com Steve Regan sregan@conwayoffice.com Conway Office Solutions is a leading provider of office technology and related services, including multi-functional office equipment, managed print services, production and professional color systems, and document management software. Founded in 1977 by two Dartmouth graduates who were focused on providing exceptional value and the highest level of customer service in the industry, Conway has grown from it's beginning as a small local distributor to become one of the largest Xerox and Konica-Minolta dealers in the United States. Guided by our founding principles to deliver exactly what we promise, we back all of our solutions with our goal of complete and total customer satisfaction, and we continue with our strong tradition of local billing, local decision-making, and local service. We strive to satisfy our customers' changing needs by consistently meeting and exceeding their expectations while maintaining the highest quality standards in the industry. Guaranteed. Energy Efficient Investments, Inc. (EEI) 26A Columbia Circle Merrimack, NH 03054 Phone: 603-423-6000 Fax: 603-423-6001 Website: www.eeiservices.com Contact: Tom LoPizzo, Business Development Manager tlopizzo@eeiservices.com Energy Efficient Investments, Inc. (EEI) is a Merrimack, New Hampshire, based energy improvement contractor and energy services company specializing in guaranteed energy savings through performance contracting for schools, municipalities, and counties. At EEI, our construction and engineering teams are both in-house and work closely together to develop energy improvements for your buildings that include the latest technologies and competitive project pricing. EEI is unique to the marketplace because we are the only mid-sized, turn-key performance contracting company in New Hampshire offering comprehensive energy audits, HVAC improvements, lighting technology upgrades, energy management controls, and long-term maintenance services HealthTrust, Inc. 25 Triangle Park Concord, NH 03302-0617 Phone: 603-226-2861 Website: www.healthtrustnh.org Contact: Darlene Simmons, Member Relations Advisor dsimmons@healthtrustnh.org HealthTrust is an employee benefits risk pool, which provides high quality, costeffective employee benefit products and services for public employers and employees in New Hampshire in order to reduce costs through pooling strategies with a commitment to education, health promotion, and disease prevention. Integrated Classroom Technology 480 Doves Road Westwood, MA 02090 Phone: 781-864-7116 Fax: 781-538-0558 Website: www.integratedclasstech.com Contact: Chuck Pirello, President chuck.pirello@integratedclasstech.com CrisisGo takes districts’ emergency plans out of three-ring binders and puts them into smartphones, pads, or desktops. Users can: • Send alerts notifying others of a specific emergency. • Access checklists for each person’s role and location. • Quickly access emergency contacts. • Refer to evacuation maps to safely exit their building. • Access student rosters for reunification purposes. • Send messages to other group users. • Stream live video to administrators or police. The CrisisGo reporting console provides emergency response teams with vital feedback as to the effectiveness of their plan. CrisisGo will equip districts with information to help them respond more effectively during a crisis. Mosse & Mosse Associates 50 Salem Street Building B Lynnfield, MA 01940 Phone: 781-224-1709 Fax: 781-224-1724 Website: www.mosseandmosse.com Contact: Brian Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President brf@mosseandmosse.com Mosse & Mosse Associates currently offers in-depth employee benefits consulting and brokerage services to over 80 school and municipal organizations throughout New England. These organizations include private and public schools, SAUs, regional school districts, vocational technical schools, cities, towns, and educational collaboratives. Many of our school groups have trusted our firm’s guidance for over 10 years to help meet their employee benefit needs. Our recent market studies have helped numerous SAUs save hundreds of thousands of dollars in the area of their Group Life and Long Term Disability programs. People’s United Bank 1750 Elm Street, Suite 110 Manchester, NH 03104 Phone: 207-828-3131 Fax: 603-621-7146 Contact: Nicole Pellenz, Senior Vice President Nicole.Pellenz@Peoples.com Christina Dow, Senior Associate Christina.Dow@Peoples.com When local governments seek innovative financial solutions, they turn to People’s United Bank. We provide services to meet your ever-changing banking needs. It all starts with building strong relationships and delivering a superior customer experience. Contact one of our Government Banking & Finance experts to discuss how we can help. Nicky Pellenz, Manager, SVP Government Banking & Finance, 207-828-3131 or Christina Dow, Senior Associate, 603-2225931. You can also visit us online at peoples.com. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender. Primex3 46 Donovan Street Concord, NH 03301 Phone: 800-698-2364 (in NH) Fax: 603-228-0650 Website: www.nhprimex.org Contact: Monica Panait, Senior Risk Management Consultant mpanait@nhprimex.org Carl Weber, Director of Member Services cweber@nhprimex.org 3 Primex is your premier risk management partner delivering superior coverage programs, trainings, and services that create extraordinary value for our member municipalities, schools, counties, and other governmental entities. Founded in 3 1979, Primex is a non-profit, public entity risk pool organized and operating as a 3 trust on behalf of New Hampshire members. Primex offers workers' compensation, property & liability, and unemployment compensation coverage. Property-Liability Trust (PLT) 25 Triangle Park Concord, NH 03302-0617 Phone: 603-226-2861 Website: www.pltnh.org Contact: Ron O’Keefe, Risk Management Manager rokeefe@pltnh.org Property-Liability Trust is a Member-driven, risk pool that provides property liability, workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation coverages exclusively to New Hampshire’s public sector. Our Member groups include cities, towns, schools and other public and quasi-public entities. Since our founding in 1986 we have been providing high quality, affordable coverages to our Member groups by pooling their risk and stabilizing costs through innovative loss prevention programs and effective risk management services and trainings. Please visit our website at www.pltnh.org. “The Provider” Enterprises, Inc. P.O. Box 172 Fremont, NH 03044 Phone: 603-895-9664 Fax: 603-895-9702 Contact: Garrett Scholes, President/CEO gscholes@theprovider.org In 1981 “The Provider” recognized the need to provide transportation services to children with special needs that standard bus companies were unable or unequipped to deliver. Since incorporating in 1987, Provider has become the largest company in New Hampshire dedicated exclusively to serving children with special needs. Provider currently has a fleet of 250 +/- vehicles that provide daily transportation to more than 1,600 children from over 55 school districts. SchoolCare (NH School Health Care Coalition) 370 Harvey Road, Suite 4 Manchester, NH 03103 Phone: 800-562-5254 Fax: 603-782-4079 Website: www.schoolcare.org Contact: Lisa Duquette, Executive Director lduquette@schoolcare.org Joanne Trainor, Group Relations Specialist jtrainor@schoolcare.org SchoolCare is a public entity risk pool operating as non-profit corporation serving NH school districts, municipalities, and counties. Currently, SchoolCare provides medical and dental benefits to more than 10,000 employees and their dependents. SchoolCare also provides a full range of wellness programs, educational training, and administrative services. Cigna HealthCare administers benefits for SchoolCare. Cigna insures over 120,000 lives in New Hampshire. Cigna HealthCare of NH has earned NCQA’s highest level of accreditation and maintains its J.D. Power “Outstanding Customer Service” designation. The Scott Lawson Companies 20 Chenell Drive Concord, NH 03302 Phone: 1-800-645-7674 Fax: 603-228-3871 Contact: Melissa Bowler, Client Services melissa@slgl.com For over 30 years, The Scott Lawson Companies have been committed to providing every client with a better way to prevent injury on the job, lower workers’ compensation costs, and improve the health and wellness of workers – all under one umbrella. Our proactive approach helps change the culture of business to one where employees are safer, healthier, and more productive. Our clients overwhelmingly agree that our proactive approach, attention, and responsiveness help them keep their employees safer and healthier – a benefit that can be seen in productivity and, ultimately, in their bottom lines. TD Bank 143 Main Street Concord, NH 03301 Phone: 800-400-5163 Fax: 877-203-4860 www.tdbank.com Contact: Keith Pike, Vice President keith.pike@td.com TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, is committed to delivering a banking experience that's smart and easy. Your needs are different and we understand that. That's why we offer a wide array of deposit, investment, and loan products designed to meet your special needs. You can count on the expertise of our Government Banking Relationship Managers, who have direct experience in governmental affairs and banking. This knowledge, combined with local decision-making and the power to personally deliver virtually any banking request you may have, produces results for the citizens and taxpayers you serve. Tyler Technologies 1 Tyler Drive Yarmouth, ME 04096 Phone: 800-772-2260 www.tylertech.com Contact: Nick Haas, Account Executive nick.haas@tylertech.com Designed with an insider’s understanding of the K-12 market, Tyler Technologies’ comprehensive school software and service solutions – financial, student information, transportation, special education, human resources, and district planning – empower schools and school districts of all sizes to spend more time with their students and less time with their data. Co-Sponsors of the Conference New Hampshire School Administrators Association 46 Donovan Street, Suite 3 Concord, NH 03301 Phone: 603-225-3230 Website: www.nhsaa.org Contact: Mark Joyce, Executive Director mark@nhsaa.org The New Hampshire School Administrators Association in a non-profit, taxexempt corporation dedicated to providing the best possible public education for the children of New Hampshire. The membership includes superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents, school business officials, special education directors, curriculum coordinators and other system administrators. New Hampshire Association of School Business Officials 46 Donovan Street, Suite 4 Concord, NH 03301 Phone: 603-223-2011 Contact: Stephen Martin, Representative New Hampshire Association of School Business Officials was formally organized and received affiliation with the Association of School Business Officials International in 1977. Our mission is to ensure excellence in the practices of school business management to benefit the educational community. It’s Free… It’s Powerful… It’s Connected Serving New Hampshire’s Public School Districts All Educational Vacancies Are Listed FREE ~ Post a Resume ~ Search for a Job ~ FREE ~ Apply Online ~ www.EDjobsNH.com Service provided by The New Hampshire School Administrators Association Call us at 603-225-3230 or visit us online at www.nhsaa.org