Dr. Gerardo Gauthier-Zayas has dedicated his career to creating business strategies for more than twenty years. He mentors and sponsors individuals and organizations to conceptualize, launch, and sustain calling-in processes and quality service delivery models in healthcare, government programs, higher education, and other nonprofit sectors. Throughout his career, he has performed program reviews, strategic planning, and leadership coaching based on a systemic equity infrastructure model deeply rooted in principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. His approach to creating this framework emphasizes collaboration, which includes active listening, learning, questioning, and valuing differences. Dr. Gauthier-Zayas is proud to create curricula and feels privileged to instruct courses on leadership, nonprofit management, community engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion, social justice, and social policy throughout associate, bachelor’s, and master's programs in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts.

Beth Tener is a facilitator and change consultant who specializes in the art of bringing people together in ways that unlock and ignite personal, group, and community potential. She has worked with over 200 organizations to create gatherings, navigate change, and get work done in ways that build a foundation of authentic relationships and trust. She created the initiative Kinship, as a hub to activate the power of community, offering people exceptional experiences of what is possible in a group. Her workshops and facilitation approaches offer practical ways for creating meaningful conversations to find wise action and unity in response to complex challenges. She is based in Portsmouth, NH.

For the past 12 years, Liz has worked to strengthen NAMI New Hamshire's services by developing robust volunteer programming, cultivating relationships with an essential network of 200+ statewide volunteers, advancing mission-driven programming, and growing the organization’s peer support capacity at transitional housing programs throughout the state. Liz’s extensive experience as a dedicated program and volunteer manager makes her adept at assessing community needs and effectively engaging staff, community, and volunteer leaders to advance organizational goals and principles. Specializing in maintaining strong relationships with volunteers and stakeholders, Liz works to grow community connections and amplify the voices and perspectives of lived experience. With community and collaboration in mind, Liz tirelessly seeks opportunities to expand and improve access to programming that benefits all Granite Staters affected by mental illness and suicide.

Sarah Horne is the Director of Human Resources with Easterseals NH & VT, and has worked there for 20 years. She has a BA in Psychology, HR Management Certification and a SHRM-CP certification. Sarah serves on the board for the Manchester Area Human Resources Association. Sarah is a volunteer with NAMI NH as an In Our Own Voice Presenter, Trainer and Board Member, sharing her story of her own lived experience with mental illness and her path to recovery. Sarah is passionate about decreasing the stigma attached to mental illness and advocating for this cause. Sarah currently lives in Manchester and is a mom to a beautiful four-year-old boy.