Our Executive Team

Mike Scala accepted the position of Executive Director for CEDC in the fall of 2016.  Five years previous to that, he had relocated to the North Country from the Seacoast to serve as the area Special Assistant to United States Senator Kelly Ayotte.  Mike has a background in both manufacturing and small business, and has worked for manufacturers Tyco Electronics and Lonza Biologics.  Mike honed his small business skills while working in his family’s restaurant businesses, and still finds time to occasionally fill in behind the grill at his parent’s Wakefield, New Hampshire location.

Mike is a SCORE councilor, Adjunct Professor of Business Studies at White Mountains Community College, and serves as a member for both the CASA of NH North Country Advisory Board, and the Berlin Industrial Development and Park Authority.

Mike attended the University of New Hampshire where he received a BA in History and a Masters in Business.

For nearly 30 years, Bob worked at two Fortune 150 companies, Arrow Electronics and Avnet Electronics. Both companies were global distributors of semiconductors, providing supply chain solutions for OEM customers around the world. Beginning his career in an entry-level position, Bob rose to hold positions such as: Director of Sales of Canada & Mid-Atlantic States, Director of Hiring/Recruiting Programs North America, Director of Customer Relations Management programs for North & South America, and one of Arrow’s global leaders for Arrow’s new Oracle ERP design and implementation.

Bob and his wife also owned a Motel, Restaurant and Bar on Cranberry Lake in the Adirondacks. A former Executive Director of CEDC, Bob also serves on the board of Directors at North Country Council.

Avis E. Brosseau, a resident of Brunswick, VT, and is a Senior Vice President - Credit Admin. Manager for Bangor Savings Bank in Colebrook, NH.  Avis began her banking career 30 years ago and joined First Colebrook Bank n/k/a Granite Bank in 1992.  Brosseau has held several positions within the bank to include VP Commercial Loan Officer, VP Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President – Northern Regional Manager, SVP Chief Credit Administration Officer and currently holds the position of SVP Finance. Brosseau also serves as Secretary/Clerk and Treasurer of Granite Bank and First Colebrook Bancorp, Inc.

Brosseau holds a bachelor’s degree from Lyndon State College in Business Administration and received her MBA from Plymouth State University. She attended Northern New England School of Banking as well as the New England School of Banking.

Brosseau’s civic and community involvement currently includes a board seat on Coos Economic Development Corporation as well Vice President, and member of the Finance/Loan and Grant Committees; New Hampshire Small Business Development Center Advisory Board Member; and board member of Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital. Past affiliations include Coos Economic Development Corporation’s Treasurer, board member of both Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital Coalition and North Country Chamber of Commerce and sat on the Finance Committee of Indian Stream Health Center.

Lise T. Howson Vice President/Commercial Loan Officer for Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank in Littleton, NH.

Lise has over 25 years of New Hampshire banking experience.  She studied Business Administration at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics.  She is a member of the Lancaster Rotary, member of GREAT (Groveton Revitalization Economic Action Team), and a board member of The Morrison Hospital Association.  Lise has also been involved with the Nashua Police Athletic League and the Nashua Boys & Girls Club.

Andy Nadeau is president and co-owner of Horizons Engineering, Inc., northern New Hampshire’s leading civil, land surveying and environmental consulting firm.  A licensed surveyor in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, Andy has 25 years’ experience in the land development field.  Andy’s career has spanned seven states, with an emphasis on residential, commercial and institutional development, large-scale utility projects, hotel and resort development and complicated boundary and title issues.  Andy is a former co-owner of a southern Maine firm, and relocated back to the family farm in Lancaster in 2006 with his wife Jeanne and their large family.  Andy also serves as a member of the Lancaster planning board and is a church musician at Gate of Heaven parish in Lancaster.

Berlin – Member, Coös County Delegation representing Berlin

I was born December 8 1949 and brought up in Berlin; graduated from local schools - Notre Dame High School 1967, then

earned a BA (English) at Boston College, 1971.

Returned to the North Country and started to work at the Cog Railway in 1974, then went on to the North Stratford Railroad in 1976 working out of Beecher Falls VT. In 1982 I took work with James River Corporation in Berlin where I managed the Berlin Mills Railway until 1998 when Crown Vantage (local spinoff from James River) sold the railroad operation to St Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad.

I switched careers and was allowed to manage the Mills' 2 Wastewater operations until 2001, when Pulp & Paper of America (successor to CV) declared bankruptcy, and I left the Mills.

In 2002 I accepted work with the City of Berlin as a Lab Technician in their Wastewater Treatment Plant; I promoted to Superintendent of that operation in 2007 when the previous Superintendent left. I worked as Superintendent until my retirement last year in March.

Now retired, I have just been elected one of three Representatives from Berlin to the General Court in Concord.