New Faces
July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
Nancy Bennett, Controller
NHPR added Nancy Bennett to the team in the summer of 2024 as controller, bringing more than 25 years of financial and leadership experience across multiple industries. She previously served as Director of Finance and Interim CFO at Speare Memorial Hospital and held key financial roles at Associated Grocers of New England and Granite State Independent Living. Bennett holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Southern New Hampshire University and an MBA from Plymouth State University.
Megan Fowler, Leadership Circle Gift Officer
NHPR welcomed Megan Fowler in early 2025 as the organization’s first Leadership Circle Gift Officer, supported by her strong background in fundraising and donor engagement. She previously worked at the Maine People’s Alliance, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council New England and most recently served as Development Manager at Widen the Circle. Fowler began her fundraising career as a canvass director and has experience with events, sustaining gift programs and digital fundraising tools.
Lau Guzmán, Reporter
NHPR welcomed Lau Guzmán in the summer of 2024 as the newest reporter for ¿Qué Hay de Nuevo, New Hampshire?. She brought a strong record of bilingual journalism focused on Latino and immigrant communities. Guzmán previously covered these communities in central Connecticut as a Report for America corps member and as part of the Record Journal’s Latino Communities Reporting Lab. A Bogotá native, she graduated with Latin honors from New York University and was recognized by the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists.
Marina Henke, Producer/Reporter
In the summer of 2024, Marina Henke became part of NHPR’s Creative Production Unit, contributing to Outside/In and Civics 101. She previously worked at Pineapple Street Studios, where she produced narrative shows including the award winning Classy with Jonathan Menjivar, and helped launch Trevor Noah’s weekly podcast What Now?. Originally from St. Louis, Henke earned her undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and graduated from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.
Karen Meros, Financial and Operations Assistant
In the fall of 2024, Karen Meros stepped into the role of Finance and Operations Assistant after first supporting NHPR’s accounting functions as a temporary employee beginning in April 2021. A Certified Public Accountant, she brought a wealth of experience from a variety of financial roles before joining the team. NHPR was thrilled to welcome her in house as a key member of the finance department.
Helen Sexton, Development Support Specialist
Winter 2025 brought Helen Sexton to NHPR as the Development Support Specialist on our database management team. She has extensive experience in managing detailed service agreements, maintaining thorough documentation, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to streamline processes. A recent arrival to New Hampshire, Sexton first discovered NHPR as a way to learn about her new state. Her strength in systems-oriented work made her a great fit for supporting our data and donors.
Annmarie Timmins, Senior Youth and Education Reporter
Fall 2024 marked the arrival of Annmarie Timmins as NHPR’s Senior Youth and Education Reporter, bringing with her more than two decades of reporting experience in New Hampshire. She spent much of her career at the Concord Monitor and the New Hampshire Bulletin, where she became known for her persistent yet empathetic approach to covering the issues shaping the Granite State. A New Hampshire native and UNH journalism graduate, Timmins also brings experience as a middle school guidance counselor to the education beat, giving her valuable insight into the challenges facing students, families and schools.
Amy Warnock, Membership Director
The summer of 2024 brought Amy Warnock to NHPR as Membership Director, adding more than a decade of nonprofit experience to the team. A New Hampshire native, she has worked across museums, public media and international development in positions spanning event management, grant writing, donor stewardship and educational content creation. Before coming to NHPR, Warnock served as Development Manager at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, contributing to community focused arts and cultural programming.
Conversations that cut through the noise
We know your attention is pulled in a lot of different directions. That’s why we work hard to focus on substance over soundbites.
That means seeking out sources who can invite us to look at things through a new point of view. That also means, in some cases, posing tough but necessary questions to people in power. Whenever possible, we also ask for your help shaping those conversations, based on your own questions and concerns.
We promise to keep making space for perspectives you can’t find anywhere else. But we need your help to make that happen.
When you donate in any amount, you give us the support we need to keep the conversation going.
Sincerely,
Mary McIntyre
Senior Producer of News Magazines
