Founding Members
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The Founding Members are some of the individuals from around the state who helped to structure and support the LFDA. The Founding Members hail from all regions of NH and represent all political parties. The table below shows a list of the LFDA Founding Members:
| Name | Region | Affiliation |
| Charlie Arlinghaus | Merrimack Valley | The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy |
| Tom & Virginia Chrisenton | Monadnock | Soil Conservation Service (retired) |
| Andy Crews | Merrimack Valley | AutoFair Manchester |
| Lew Feldstein | Merrimack Valley | NH Charitable Foundation |
| Gary Hirshberg | Merrimack Valley | Stonyfield Farms |
| Paul & Anna Grace Holloway | Seacoast | Holloway Automotive |
| Bruce Keough | Monadnock | Wheelabrator Technologies (retired) |
| Art Klemm | Southern | Former NH Senator |
| Michael Krak | Mountains | Krak Inspection Services (retired) |
| Bob Mallat | Monadnock | Former mayor of Keene |
| Russ & Marcy McCann | Seacoast | Actio Corporation |
| Paul & Sandra Montrone | Lakes | Latona Associates |
| Walter Peterson* | Monadnock | Former NH Governor |
| Bob Preston, Sr. | Seacoast | Preston Real Estate |
| Rick Samson | North Woods | NH Army National Guard (retired) |
| Fred & Donna Seigel | Seacoast | Beacon Capital Partners |
| Ron & Tom Severino | Merrimack Valley | Severino Paving Company |
| Donna Sytek | Merrimack Valley | Former Speaker of NH House of Rep. |
| Tom Thomson | Sunapee | Thomson Family Tree Farm |
| Mark Thurston | Lakes | Thurston Marina |
| Tom Tillotson | North Woods | Healthco |
| Jack & Brenda Tulley | Merrimack Valley | Tulley Buick-Pontiac |
| Michael Whitney | Merrimack Valley | Former President of Bank of America NH |
| Bob & Linda Winmill | Merrimack Valley | Winmill Equipment Co |
*deceased
