Alexander J. Walker, President of Devine, Millimet and Branch, PA in Manchester, was elected to the Business and Industry Association of NH’s Board of Directors. The BIA’s mission is to promote a healthy business climate and robust economic future for New Hampshire.

Melinda Gehris, of Hess Gehris Solutions in Bow was re-elected to a second term as trustee of the Five Rivers Conservation Trust in Concord. The Five Rivers Conservation Trust is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting open space across the heartland of central New Hampshire.

Carolyn Baldwin, of Baldwin & Callen in Concord was elected as Secretary of Five Rivers Conservation Trust in Concord. The Five Rivers Conservation Trust is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting open space across the heartland of central New Hampshire.

The Duprey Companies, in Concord, owned by Bar member Stephen Duprey, recently was honored as a Business NH Magazine Business of the Year in the hospitality/tourism category.

Laconia Savings Bank, recognized as a Leadership Bank by the NH Bar Foundation for paying preferred interest rates on IOLTA accounts, was the Business of the Year in the banking category.