PORTSMOUTH – After 39 years at Piscataqua Savings Bank, President and CEO Rick Wallis will retire on Sept. 30.
Wallis, who has served as president and CEO since 2012, will be succeeded in the bank’s top leadership position by Joan Gile, who has been with the mutual savings bank 34 years.
Gile will be the 13th president and CEO of the local bank, founded in 1877. All 12 of her predecessors were men.
“I’m honored to be the first female president of the bank,” Gile, 61, said in an interview Thursday.
Wallis, 62, joined Pisacataqua Savings Bank upon graduation from University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business in 1981. He was recruited into a newly created officer training program and steadily rose through the ranks, spending the bulk of his career as a mortgage loan officer.
Cross Roads did not specify in its release a timetable for finding a replacement.
Stone came to Cross Roads in 2004, tasked with serving as the organization s first development director. At that time, Cross Roads was putting together a major capital campaign to raise funds for a new shelter facility. The campaign hit its $5 million goal and the new shelter opened in 2009.
Stone was promoted to executive director in 2013, a role she’s served in ever since.
“Cross Roads House is in an excellent position right now. The organization’s finances are healthy, and our facilities are in great condition. We have a talented and dedicated management team, case management, and direct care staff, along with an extraordinary board of directors,” Stone said in the release.
Cross Roads House receives Nonprofit Impact Award
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PORTSMOUTH Cross Roads House received the 2021 Nonprofit Impact Award from the NH Center for Nonprofits.
The Nonprofit Impact Award recognizes nonprofit organizations whose performance and exceptional service to the community sets a high standard of quality and demonstrates effective strategy execution and impact.
When presenting the award, Kathleen Reardon, NH Center for Nonprofits Executive Director said, The team at Cross Roads House met the challenges of the pandemic head-on, ever focused on keeping their clients safe, and continuing their important work of breaking the cycle of homelessness.
Reardon also noted, “Their highly skilled staff helped transition these families from difficult situations to safer, sounder, healthier ones. The Board of Directors works closely with senior staff to create and execute annual goals for programs, fundraising, and financial stability for the organization
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PORTSMOUTH Peverly Hill Road residents will soon get another opportunity to tell city officials whether they want a more ambitious sidewalk and shared use path project for their neighborhood, or if they only want a sidewalk.
The City Council voted 9-0 to hold another in-person public hearing so Peverly Hill Road residents can weigh in on three options being considered for the project.
City Councilor Cliff Lazenby, who made the motion to have the yet-to-be-scheduled public meeting, pointed to the benefit of allowing residents “to all come together” so they could “all have an opportunity to give input.”
That way, Lazenby said, city officials could “get an updated sense of how they (residents) feel about the project prior to the council figuring out a path forward.”