Hanover Board of Directors

Listed below are those serving on the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society Board of Directors

martaceroni [at] board.coopfoodstore.com ( Mary Lou Aleskie )
Email: maryloualeskie [at] board.coopfoodstore.com
Full bio coming soon. Term ends in 2024.

nickclark [at] board.coopfoodstore.com ( Nick Clark, President)
Email: nickclark [at] board.coopfoodstore.com
Nick grew up in Norwich, and frequented the Co-op almost daily while attending Hanover High School. After traveling in his early 20’s, he returned to the Upper Valley for its natural resources and strong sense of community. He currently lives in Thetford where he works as a freelance web developer. He served on the Thetford Selectboard for 3 years, including 14 months as Chair. He was first elected to the Co-op board in 2020. Term ends in 2026.

martaceroni [at] board.coopfoodstore.com ( Tracy Cutter )
Email: tracycutter [at] board.coopfoodstore.com
Full bio coming soon. Term ends in 2026.

martaceroni [at] board.coopfoodstore.com ( Eric DeLuca )
Email: ericdeluca [at] board.coopfoodstore.com
Eric is the Food Systems Expert-in-Residence at Food Finance Institute. He has engaged in $10+ million in funding decisions since 2010 and serves on the national Food Systems Finance Advisory Council of the Council of Development Finance Agencies. He managed the U.S. Program for the UN-declared International Year of Cooperatives and guided the development of the Neighboring Food Co-op Association. He served as Board Secretary of Franklin Community Co–op. For 11+ years, DeLuca played leadership roles in the VT Farm to Plate Network.

He served nine years—four as vice-chair—on the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board. He co-founded the University of Vermont Food Hub Management Professional Certificate program, the first in the country. Eric is Principal of Leverage Point Consulting. Term ends in 2025.

jessicagiordani [at] board.coopfoodstore.com (Jessica Giordani)
Email: jessicagiordani [at] board.coopfoodstore.com
One of the owners of Scratch, a yarn shop specializing in fine fiber and indie-dyed yarn located in downtown Lebanon. She’s currently serving on the Arts & Culture Taskforce, and is also the Farmers’ Market Coordinator for the city of Lebanon. Jessica has spent the last fifteen years as a small business owner, and has been directly involved in local food production and farmers markets since 2011. She lives in Lebanon with her family, their four dogs, many chickens, and a surly rabbit. Term ends in 2025.

Conicia Jackson: Vice President
Email: coniciajackson [at] board.coopfoodstore.com.
CJ grew up in a small town known as East St. Louis, IL, which sits along the Mississippi River and borders St. Louis, MO. With a passion for food quality that began as a child after noticing that her community did not have access to healthy/quality food options, she began passionately pursing ways in which she could lend her voice towards aiding underserved communities with gaining access to adequate housing, healthier food options, and quality education and healthcare.

Before moving to Vermont, CJ worked in the Finance/Supply Chain department for a large managed healthcare company for ten years. Currently, she works for a wonderful nonprofit known as NeighborWorks of Western Vermont where she aids landlords in obtaining grant funding to rebuild their vacant/blighted apartment units to rent to the homeless or low-income. She has a degree in Economics and an MBA and is currently pursuing a JD at Vermont Law School where she will finish in spring of 2022. CJ plans to use her experience and knowledge to continue to advocate for healthy communities.

CJ and her daughter Addison are residents of Lyme, NH. She enjoys cheering Addison on at sporting events, trying new restaurants, and anything that allows her to get outdoor to enjoy fresh air (volleyball, hiking, skiing, biking, traveling, etc.). You can catch her shopping at her favorite place on any given day…the COOP of course! Feel free to say hello when you do see her. Term ends 2024.

Peggy O’Neil: Treasurer
Email: peggyo'neil [at] board.coopfoodstore.com
Peggy has been the Executive Director at WISE for 17 years. WISE operates out of its Program Center in Lebanon, NH and has offices in White River Junction and Windsor, Vermont and on the campus at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. For over thirty years, Peggy has worked in nonprofits advocating on behalf of people who interact with public and private support systems often inadequate to support their needs. Peggy lives in Cornish, NH. Term ends in 2023.

martaceroni [at] board.coopfoodstore.com ( Eileen O’Toole )
Email:
Full bio coming soon. Term ends in 2026.

Orin Pacht: Secretary
Email: orinpacht [at] board.coopfoodstore.com
Biography Coming Soon

martaceroni [at] board.coopfoodstore.com ( Lynn Ellen Schimoler )
Email:
Full bio coming soon. Term ends in 2026.

martaceroni [at] board.coopfoodstore.com ( Jennifer Tietz )
Email: jennifertietz [at] board.coopfoodstore.com
Full bio coming soon. Term ends in 2024.

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