UVLSRPC Commissioners -
ACWORTH - Laurence Williamson
CHARLESTOWN - Steven Smith
CLAREMONT - Bernard Folta, Peter Guillette
CORNISH - William Lipfert
CROYDON - Vacant
DORCHESTER - William Trought
ENFIELD - Dan Kiley, Steven Schneider
GOSHEN - Vacant
GRAFTON COUNTY - Ken Morley
GRANTHAM - Thain Allan-Treasurer, Ken Ryder
HANOVER - Katherine Connolly-Secretary/Asst Treasurer, Joanna Whitcomb
LEBANON - Larry LeClair-Vice Chair, Shawn Donovan, Joan Monroe
LEMPSTER - Vacant
LYME - Daniel Brand, Sam Greene
NEW LONDON - Peter Stanley
NEWBURY - Claire Vannatta, Judy Healey
NEWPORT - Jeffrey Kessler
ORANGE - Jay Heinrichs
ORFORD - Paul Dalton
PIERMONT - Helga Mueller
PLAINFIELD - James Taylor
SPRINGFIELD - Kevin Lee, George McCusker
SUNAPEE - Aaron Simpson-Chair, Susanne Gottling, Joshua Trow
UNITY - Vacant
WASHINGTON - Vacant
WILMOT - John O'Connor, Linda Scofield
SULLIVAN COUNTY - Jeff Barrett
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE - Peter Gregory, Mark Scarano, Nancy Merrill
Staff Bios
Chris Courtemanche - Administrative Assistant
Patricia C. Crocker - Planner, Community Transportation
Victoria Davis – Planner
Michael P. McCrory - Senior Planner
Nathan Miller - AICP - Senior Transportation Planner
Adam Ricker - Assistant Planner
Rachel Ruppel - GIS Analyst/Planner
Christine Walker – Executive Director
Yutian Zhang - Finance Manager
Steve Eisenberg - Traffic Assistant
Chris Courtemanche joined Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (UVLSRPC) in July 2009. As an Administrative Assistant, Chris supports the Executive Director and Planners with organizing, preparing general correspondence, reviewing invoices for granting agencies, scheduling of meetings, updating contract books, reviewing timesheets and expense reports and other every day administrative duties. email Chris
Pat Crocker joined the planning staff of the UVLSRPC in December 2008. She is responsible for the management of a number of grants and contracts to develop coordinated human service and public transportation programs to enhance passenger transportation services in our region. Pat has extensive experience in public transportation policy including two terms in the Vermont Legislature where she served on the transportation and commerce committees. During her career she has managed a variety of federal and state transportation programs including Rural Transit Assistance, Rideshare and statewide Medicaid transportation. She completed a BA in Economics at Fordham University and Masters in Public Administration at the University of Vermont. email Patricia
Vickie Davis joined the planning staff in November 2007. She holds a B.S. from Plymouth State University in Local & Regional Planning and a M.S. from Antioch New England in Resource Management and Administration as well as Environmental Education. She has over 15 years in the planning field including work as a municipal Planning & Zoning Administrator for over seven years. She has over 10 years of experience specifically within the solid waste management field including working with regional solid waste management districts in Mississippi and Tennessee and developing their solid waste management plans; writing the first solid waste management plan for the State of Mississippi; developing a cost model for Davidson County (Nashville), Tennessee to evaluate its various waste management systems including a landfill and waste-to-energy facility; working with communities through a Massachusetts grant program to increase waste reduction and recycling on Cape Cod and the South Shore; supervising a regional transfer station and recycling center in Vermont; developing a transfer station operations plan for a New Hampshire municipality; and implementing a solid waste technical assistance and education program in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
Vickie currently works on hazard mitigation plans, emergency management plans, planning circuit riding, and solid waste technical assistance. email Victoria
Mike McCrory joined the planning staff of the Commission in August 2009. Over the past 14 years Mike has developed expertise in the interrelationship between community planning, land development, and impacts on water resources. Prior experience as a private consultant provided Mike with valuable insight regarding the interactions and relationships between developers and regulators. As Senior Planner at UVLSRPC, he is responsible for a broad range of planning initiatives that affect the region and its constituent towns. Mike focuses on assisting member communities with identifying and implementing appropriate and sustainable land use regulations. email Michael
As the manager of the Commission’s transportation planning program, Nate Miller's duties include providing transportation-related technical assistance to member communities and partner agencies, coordinating the development of special transportation studies, and implementing New Hampshire’s Ten-Year Transportation Improvement Program. Nathan earned his Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and serves as Secretary of the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association (NNECAPA). He also serves on the North Country Resource Conservation and Development Council and the Advance Transit Board of Directors. email Nathan
Adam Ricker joined the staff at UVLSRP in September of 2011. Adam is the Assistant Planner at the commission, working on a variety of projects. One of Adam’s duties is to collect the traffic data for the New Hampshire DOT, as well as, to provide general support and assistance to the other planners in the office. Adam graduated in 2011 with a B.A. in Environmental Design from the State University of New York at Buffalo: School of Architecture and Planning.email Adam
Rachel Ruppel has provided mapping and technical assistance to communities since 2007. She manages the RPC's geographic information system (GIS) and provides mapping services for Natural Resources Inventories, Master Plans, zoning ordinance amendments, watershed studies, transportation plans and other planning projects. In addition, Rachel provides routine technical assistance to planning boards as a Circuit Rider, assists communities with natural resources and conservation planning projects, serves on the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway Committee, and coordinates broadband (high-speed Internet) mapping and planning activities in the region.
Rachel holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, with a dual concentration in Wetlands Science and Environmental Mapping and Spatial Information.email Rachel
Christine Walker is the Executive Director of the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission in Lebanon, NH, which works with its 27 municipalities to find solutions to shared regional land use issues. She is responsible for the oversight, management and execution of all programs and activities associated with the day-to-day and long-term functioning of the organization.
Christine has managed a great variety of projects, water and sewer infrastructure development, all-hazard and wildfire mitigation planning, natural resource planning, and economic development initiatives. She managed the financing and construction of the Dartmouth Regional Technology Center, a bio-tech business incubator that has been instrumental in creating over forty businesses.
Christine is currently investigating the geographic availability of healthy food options in relation to housing in an effort to recommend changes to local land use regulations that will reduce single-passenger vehicle use, improve community walkability, and induce positive public health outcomes. This project received funding in the inaugural round of the Federal Sustainable Communities Initiative Community Challenge Planning Grant Program.
At the invitation of the National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board, Christine recently presented the results of a planning process she led to identify the site for a new regional multi-modal transportation facility. She is a frequent lecturer at conferences of the National Association of Development Organizations and elsewhere. Most recently Christine was asked to speak at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Smart Growth Leadership Forum.
Christine has served on the Board of Directors of the Passumpsic Valley Land Trust, the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire and the Grafton County Economic Development Council. She received a B.S. from the School of Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. email Christine
Yutian Zhang CPA, is the financial accounting manager at the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, an association of 27 communities in the Connecticut River Valley of western New Hampshire. As the financial accounting manager, his duties include financial accounting, budgeting and forecasting. Yutian also assists other planners in grant applications and full-costing accounting for certain towns. Yutian earned his graduate diploma from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Yutian speaks and writes Chinese and Japanese. He is currently living in Hanover, NH with his wife and two kids.