Event Year: 2022

Julie Machado

Julie is a Portsmouth native whose career path has been anything but linear. She has lived on a cruise ship, taken groups on trips around the world, written articles for...

John Monaghan

John is a retired police chief whose work on unpacking gender-based violence and challenging assumptions about what it means to be “a real man” helped transform his department. His approach...

Erin Santini Bell

Erin Santini Bell is a professor and department chair of civil and environmental engineering at the University of New Hampshire. Her research expertise is in the area of structural health...

Emily Hazelwood

Emily Hazelwood is a marine conservation biologist, explorer, and entrepreneur. She’s a co-founder of Blue Latitudes, a women-owned marine environmental consulting firm, where she works repurposing offshore oil platforms as...

Angel Simone

As a person with a marginalized identity, Angel Simone is dedicated to creating spaces where people from diverse backgrounds and experiences can come together in ways that foster meaningful connections....

Amy-Mae Court

Amy-Mae Court is co-chair of the Blue Ribbon Skatepark committee where her 15-year-old son, Jesse, is a member. In 2021 she helped lead the initiative to fund a state-of-the-art skate...

DJ Skooch

Jen Scumaci (DJ Skooch) has been beat-mixing, remixing, and mashing-up groovy tunes as a digital DJ since 2014. She has been the opening DJ for the Ladies...

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