Officers & Directors

Officers
President	John Sias
Vice President	Harry Purkhiser
Vice President	James McCormick
Secretary	Bob Dedrick
Treasurer	Russ Leonard
Directors
Michael Anderegg Director since May 2010	Vice President, Systems of Care Southern New Hamshire Medical Center Michael is responsible for strategic planning and business development for the Medical Center and is their primary liaison with academic affiliates. His range of responsibility extends to Southern New Hampshire Health System which encompasses Foundation Medical Partners, a 180 member multispecialty medical practice. Prior to joining the senior management team at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in the summer of 2009, Michael acted as a consultant helping guide the development of the Cancer Center at the hospital. Previously, Michael worked in health care administration at Massachusetts General Hospital between 1988 and 2008. In 1995, Michael joined the Cancer Center and was a major contributor to the development of a world-class program with a focus on comprehensive, compassionate and personalized care. Over the course of the next thirteen years, Michael led an institution-wide strategic planning effort in cancer, led the development of many new multidisciplinary clinical programs resulting in annual visit volume growth of 10-15%, led a major clinical space planning effort, and facilitated the development of a robust patient and family support program. In addition to orchestrating the development of the Cancer Center's Patient & Family Advisory Council at MGH, he obtained approval for the development of the Ulfelder Healing Garden, located on the 7th floor of the Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care. Also, as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network between 2004 and 2008, he served on several Board committees. Michael received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Business Administration from Boston University.
Arlene Creeden Director since November 2009	Volunteer, Community Activist Arlene Creeden, born in Seattle, WA, divides her time between her homes in Middletown, RI and Hudson, NH. She is a graduate of Seattle Community College in Accounting. Arlene spent many years working in banking, accounting offices and volunteering at schools and churches. Currently, she is serving as the General Federation of Women's Club (GFWC) New Hampshire President and also serves on the National Board of Directors for the GFWC. The main focus of the GFWC is community Volunteerism. Arlene also is an active member of two GFWC Clubs in town. She serves on the Hudson Library Board of Trustees as their treasurer in Hudson, NH and was instrumental in the building of their new town library, dedicated in 2009. Arlene is a widow who lost her husband in 2008 as a result of prostate cancer. She shares her loss with three daughters, one son and four grandchildren. The impact on her family led her to want to become involved with saving lives through prostate cancer awareness. By sharing information that might save lives she feels that more families will be able to share memories for years to come. Her interests are numerous: traveling, home remodeling, handicrafts, Volkswalking, birding, letterboxing, genealogy, enjoying the grandchildren, family vacations and full time volunteering.
Robert Dedrick Survivor Secretary	Retired Veterinarian - Nashua, NH Bob Dedrick of Nashua is a retired veterinarian. After growing up in Yonkers, NY, he graduated from Cornell with a BS in 1964, and earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1965. Before he retired, Bob owned the East Side Veterinary Clinic in Meriden, CT, where he provided medicine and surgery for companion animals. He was diagnosed with prostrate cancer in January 2005. His treatments have included radical prostatectomy in April 2005, androgen blockade in August of 2006 to the present, and chemotherapy from August to November 2006. Among his outside interests, Bob lists: American Veterinary Medical Assn.; American Animal Hospital Assn.; and the Meriden Rotary Club, where he was vice president. He was a trustee of the United Methodist Church in Meriden, chair of the Rosa Ponselle Foundation, a member of Chorale Connecticut, and the New Hampshire Prostate Cancer Coalition. He sang with opera choruses at the Schubert Theater in New Haven, the New Britain Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera in Stamford and Connecticut Opera in Hartford. Bob was a captain in the Army Veterinary Corps 1966-68 and was stationed at Fort Knox, KY. Bob and his wife Kay have three daughters and four grandchildren. His interests are many: family, walking, singing, opera, reading, birding, biking, kayaking, and volunteering at St. Joseph Hospital and Massabesic Audubon Center.
Dan Guerrette Survivor Director since March 2009	Human Resources Director - City of Nashua, NH Dan Guerrette is the Director of Human Resources for the City of Nashua, NH. Prior to working for the City of Nashua he had a 20 year career in human resources leadership positions in local defense industries, Sanders Associates (now BAE Systems) and Kollsman Instruments (now Elbit Systems of America). He has a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from St. Anselm College, an M.Ed. from Rivier College in Counseling and an MBA from Rivier College in Human Resources Management, as well as an Advanced Graduate Degree (C.A.G.S.) in Counseling Psychology from Anna Maria College. Dan is a Vietnam-era veteran having served as an Army Intelligence NCO for three years with overseas duty in Munich, Germany, where his first child was born. He is currently an active member of the Rotary Club of Nashua West (Past President & Paul Harris Fellow), serves as the long term State Chairman of the American Legion Boys State Program, he lectors at his church and sings in the choir, and he is co-chair of his high school reunion committee. He formerly served on the Boards of the Nashua Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Greater Nashua, was Chairman of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention, Chair of the Mayor of Nashua's Child Care Advisory Commission and other local agency boards. He has held membership in various professional organizations and was co-founder, leader and facilitator of HR Dialog, a senior human resources group for south central NH. A Nashua native, Dan has lived in Litchfield, NH since the mid-70s with his wife, Patsy, where they raised their three grown children and where their two grandchildren live! His hobbies include sports, music, community service and collecting select classic TV Western DVDs. He was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in October 2008 and his treatment choice was a robotic radical prostatectomy. Dan was elected to the NH Prostate Cancer Coalition Board in March 2009
John Hansel Survivor	President of Filtrine Manufacturing Co., Keene, NH John Hansel is president and CEO of Filtrine Manufacturing Co. of Keene. Filtrine products consist of process chillers to cool radiology equipment such as MRI, CAT scan, and linear accelerators. Filtrine's water chillers help provide purified chilled water in the White House, UN, and other prominent buildings. A native of Cranford, NJ, John is a graduate of Princeton where he earned his BA in 1946. Diagnosed for prostate cancer in June 2006, he received 42 external radiation treatments. He founded Elm Research Institute in 1964 to find a control for Dutch Elm disease and to develop a resistant elm. (Keene is known as the elm city.) With the help of DuPont, Elm Research developed a conrol which prolonged the life of thousands of elm trees. They also developed a resistant variety of elm which has been planted in more than a thousand communities in the US. John has been involved in Trout Unlimited, Heritage Foundation, Princeton University Lecture Series, Wildlife Federation, and Nature Conservancy. He was a soldier in the Marine Corp from 1943-46. His interests include sailing, hunting, fishing, farming and work. He is a resident of Walpole.
Dr. John Heaney Director, Technical Advisor Survivor	Senior Urologist - NHPCC Technical Medical Advisor John A. Heaney, MD, a native of Dublin, Ireland, is the senior urologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, and professor of surgery (urology) at Dartmouth Medical School. His undergraduate degree is from Trinity College at Dublin University. His graduate degrees are MB, BCh, BAO from Trinity College, and MA from Trinity College. His surgery residency was at Dublin U., Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, England and Hammersmith Hospital in London. John's urology residency was at St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin and Massachusetts General Hospital. He served a uro-oncology fellowship at Mass. General. He has been an attending urologist at Mass. General, Tufts-New England Medical Center, St. Vincent's Hospital, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He has written 15 book chapters, four textbooks, and 63 journal articles. A prostate cancer survivor, John was diagnosed in July of 2007 and was treated with radical prostatectomy. He is a past president of New England Section of American Urological Assn., and former Section Chief and Residency Director of Urology at DHMC. John is Chair of the Coalition's Medical Advisory Board. His hobbies include golf and other outdoor activities on foot or by wind, bridge, consuming the arts and reading.
Harvey Keye Survivor Founding Director	Former NH Representative, Political Activist, Concord, NH Harvey Keye, a former two term member of the New Hampshire Legislature, grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC and earned his master's degree in business administration at Rivier College in Nashua. He retired from Verizon in 1997 where he was Regional Sales Manager in the Direct Marketing Center, Braintree, MA, . He currently is VP of Sales for NHToDo magazine and the Public Relatons Manager for The Atlantis Health Club & Spa at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, NH. Diagnosed in 2005, he has had female hormone therapy plus external radiation treatments. Currently a member of NAACP, his past community service includes Chair of Granite State Youth, Chair of the NH Civil Rights Council, director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nashua, and director of NH Citizens Action. He is currently a director of the Downtown Concord Economic Committee. Harvey marched alongside Martin Luther King in Birmingham in 1963. Several years later, New Hampshire was the only state in the US not to have legislated a Martin Luther King holiday. Harvey, then an elected Representative from Nashua, addressed the 400 person New Hampshire House and dramatically described the race relations problems in his youth growing up in Birmingham in the 1930s and 1940s. Most say it was his speech before his fellow legislators that finally convinced New Hampshire to join the rest of the nation in establishing a Martin Luther King holiday. Harvey received the Critical Thinking in Business award from NHToDo magazine. He served in the Army in Germany from 1954-56. His hobbies are golf, reading and service to others.
Jeff Kantor Survivor	Owner and President of Car World A resident of Dunbarton, Jeff is the owner and president of Car World in Candia, the state's largest dealer in used auto parts. Car World is the state's first recognized "Green Yard" auto facility. He started the firm in 1970 which now employs 22 people. Jeff was born in New York City, grew up in Dumont, New Jersey and graduated from New England College in Henniker. ("That's what bought me to New Hampshire") He's been president of Auto and Truck Recyclers of New Hampshire for 20 years. He's been active in the international Auto Recyclers Assn, having been chair of the group's National Airbag Committee and past president of the Education Foundation. Halfway through college, he joined the Army and served in Germany 1962-65. A skier and a salt water boater, Jeff coached youth soccer and skiing and for several years and was the coach of the Manchester High School ski team. Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1998, he was treated with both exterior radiation and seeds. Jeff was elected a director in March of 2010, a few months after he originated and led the Coalition in the most successful fund raiser, the SKIBOARDNTUBE event on Jan. 31 at Manchester's McIntyre Ski Area.
Steve Ladew NHPCC Webmaster Director since November 2007	Retired, Digital Equipment Corporation, Merrimack, NH Steve Ladew, born in Portland, Maine, lives in Merrimack. A graduate of Billerica, Mass. High School, he attended the University of Illinois where he majored in electrical engineering. He worked 30 years in the computer business with Digital Equipment Corp., Compaq and most recently with Hewlett Packard. His primary work areas include marketing, sales and new product education. Now retired, he performs volunteer tax preparation AARP. Steve explains his for supporting the Coalition, "Although I do not have prostate cancer, my father was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1990. His initial diagnosis was Stage 4. Three years later Dad was gone from our lives - diagnosed made much too late." Steve joined the board in 2007. With his expertise and experience building web sites for national industrial firms, it's no surprise that he's in charge of the Coalition's web site. Steve's hobbies include genealogy research, English & American history.
Russ Leonard Treasurer Director since Nov 2009	Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees Southern N.H. Medical Center M. Russell Leonard of Nashua has been elected Treasurer of the N.H. Prostate Cancer Coalition. He succeeds Salvatore Magnano of Hollis, former Chief Financial Officer of Sanders Associates. Leonard is a past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Southern N.H. Medical Center and a 16 year member of that board. He is a former president of Beebe Rubber Co. of Nashua and Chief Operating Officer of Howtek Corp. of Hudson. He was also employed by Nashua Corp., Sanders Associates and Data Products, all in the area of manufacturing and product management. Leonard graduated from Yale University and received his MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. The coach of the Nashua YMCA swim team for eight years, he is a past president of the Nashua Unitarian Universalist Church and is the current Treasurer of the Nashua Cemetery Assn. Director since Novemebr 2009
Salvatore Magnano Founding Director Former Treasurer Survivor	Former Chief Financial Officer, Sanders Associates, Hollis, NH Salvatore Magnano is a former Chief Financial Officer of Sanders Associates, a Lockheed-Martin company, when the firm was the largest employer in the state of New Hampshire. The firm today is known as BAE Systems. Sal was CFO 1986-96, retiring in 1996. A graduate of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, he earned his MBA with distinction from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Sal was diagnosed in 1992. His treatments include surgery in 1992, eradiation in 1995, chemotherapy in 2000 and hormone therapy in 2001. He is a director and past president of the Boys and Girls Club of Nashua, where he has been chair of the Finance Comm. and chair of the Annual Fund.. He is a trustee both of Daniel Webster College in Nashua, and the Hollis Congregational Church. Sal is listed in Who's Who in Business and Finance in America, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. His hobbies include reading and crossword puzzles. Sal was a Lt. JG in the Navy Supply Corps from 1955-57.
James McCormick Survivor NHPCC Speakers Program & NHPCC Executive Recruiting Founding Director	Businessman, Organizer, Nashua, NH Jim McCormick, a native of Watertown, NY, lives in Nashua. He graduated from Cooper Union College for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1966, where he majored in electrical engineering. Currently the owner and managing director of IVEX International, specializing in Japan-oriented management consulting, he was, for over 30 yrs, associated with Hamamatsu Corp., a Japanese manufacturer of photo sensitive electronic components. He served several terms on the board of directors of Hamamatsu's US subsidiary. Key customers included several major US manufacturers of medical diagnostic imaging equipment such as CT scanners. Jim was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1994 and chose radical prostectomy as his treatment. The founder of the Nashua chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Jim was the organization's second president. He was a Big Brother both in Yonkers, NY and Nashua. He is chair of the Nashua Rotary Club's Pure Water for the World project. The committee has raised more than $45,000 to provide low cost, in-the-dwelling water filters in remote areas of third world countries such as Honduras and Haiti. Jim served in the US Army from 1956-64. His hobbies include genealogy, travel and hiking. He has climbed all (46) of the 4,000 high mountain peaks in New Hampshire and, over the past 20 years or so, has hiked the northern half the Appalachian Trail (from northern Maine to southern Pennsylvania).
Jack McBriarty Survivor Director since November 2009	Businessman, Milford, NH Jack McBriarty, owner of McBriarty Insurance Agency of Milford, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the N.H. Prostate Cancer Coalition. A native of Lynn, Mass., he opened the agency in 1987. The firm specializes in property and casualty insurance. He attended Northeastern University and is a former president of the Casualty Underwriters Assn. of Boston. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1998 and received 30 external radiation treatments. He co-founded the Milford Toastmasters chapter in 1999 and has been a Little League coach and a softball umpire. Following high school, he was a member of the Combat Engineers in the National Guard for seven years.
William Mullen Survivor Director since March 2007	Former Gillette Purchasing Agent, Bow, NH Bill Mullen, a resident of Bow and a native of Quincy, Mass., is a former purchasing agent for the Gillette Co. in Andover, Mass. where he was responsible for Procurement of Indirect Items and Services. Bill is a long time member of the Manchester Prostate Cancer Support Group; was an organizer of the state's newest support group at the Concord Hospital Payson Center; and is now active in helping form a new support group in Dover at the Wentworth Douglass Hospital. He is very active volunteering with the Gillette retiree outreach program that supports non profit agencies/programs such as the Boston Food Bank; IMEC (a program that distributes used medical supplies/equipment to third world countries) and Toys for Tots. He is also a member of the Nashua RSVP organization volunteering in local assisted living and nursing home facilities. Bill was diagnosed in January of 2003 and chose the treatment option of surgery via laparoscopic prostatectomy. A veteran, he served with the US Air Force.
Harry Purkhiser Director & Executive Vice President	Proposal Manager, Lockheed Martin & BAE Systems, Hudson, NH Harry Purkhiser of Hudson is a graduate of Indiana University where he majored in journalism. He recently retired as a proposal manager after 34 years with defense electronics contractor Sanders Associates, through its ownership changes from a Lockheed Martin company to finally BAE Systems. His specialty was developing proposals for the firm to make to the US government. Harry's role was to review and understand the government's complicated Request for Proposal (RFP), then guide and manage teams of engineers and managers through a 45 to 90-day process to write a winning proposal. These documents ran to several thousand pages and could represent in excess of $50-$100 million in new business if the company's bid were successful. Harry said, "My job was to help win each proposal by making it persuasive." Harry has been a member of the Nashua chapter of Barbershoppers for more than 32 years and now sings in a quartet. He is member of his church's choir, and is a former director and treasurer of the Nashua Symphony Association. A Vietnam veteran, he was a captain in the US Army Signal Corps. Among his hobbies are travel, kayaking, and photography.
John Sias Survivor Founder, NHPCC	Writer & Organizer, Hollis, NH John Sias of Hollis had his own public relations and marketing firm for 20 years, retiring in 1990. Early in his career, he was on the staff of the Boston office of the Associated Press. He was the CEO of the Chambers of Commerce in Nashua and Keene, where he was brought in to reorganize each group. A native of Medford, Mass, he is a graduate of Colgate University and earned a master's degree in journalism from Boston University. He is the author of seven books. Diagnosed with prostate cancer in January of 1990, he was treated with external radiation and seeds. John was the first president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nashua where he was a director for 20 years and a Big Brother three times. In the process of adopting his first Little Brother at age 25, he ran into a complicated state law that prohibited him from doing so. He spearheaded a change in the state law and both he and his Little Brother were interviewed on the Today Show. John was New Hampshire's Big Brother of the Year in 2002 and the Greater Nashua United Way's Volunteer of the Year in 1997. He was a torch runner in the 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2008, he was one of two people presented the Humanitarian Award by the Nashua Division of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. On October 28, 2008, John was honored by the Nashua, NH Chamber of Commerce with the Citizen of the Year Award. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He was elected to a three year term as a trustee of the Hollis Library in 2004. His hobbies include writing, golf and skiing. John Sias, founder of our New Hampshire Prostate Cancer Coalition is highlighted in a profile by the American Cancer Society in New York. John Sias - Natural Spokesman
Advisors	Activists and Contributors to the NHPCC
Susan Chadwick	Social Media Consultant
Pat Ladew	Healthcare Journalist
Nancy Ryan	Chair, NH Breast Cancer Coalition
Telisa Stewart	Director of Community Education and Prevention, Dartmouth Hitchcock
Marie Sias	Strategic Plan Development and Management
Former Directors	Thank You!
Cheryl Mullen	Founding Director Staff nurse, Concord Hospital
Richard Drisko	Founding Director State of New Hampshire Represenative
Peter Ames	Founding Director State Director of Government Relations and Advocacy for the American Cancer Society
Nancy Kane	Founding Director Program Director, Payson Center for Cancer Care at Concord Hospital
Dr. Bill Santis	Founding Director Urologist, Concord Hospital
Dr. Chris Tessier	Founding Director Urologist, Manchester Urology Associates
Ned Whittington	Founding Director & Survivor Attorney at Law Hanover, NH
Chuck Wood	Survivor Retired business man and resident of Hollis, NH
Alyson Foor	Community Director for Health Initiatives American Cancer Society
Paul Mertzic	Director: Community Health Services Catholic Medical Center
Don Davidson	Survivor Former Mayor of Nashua, NH