Staff
Ashley Andreas, Executive Director
Ashley serves as Executive Director of Upper Valley Habitat, reporting to the Board of Directors. She is responsible for all aspects of leading the affiliate which includes family selection and support, financial management, fundraising, administration, program development, organizational partnerships and raising awareness of Habitat in our community.
Ashley’s professional background is in high-performance new construction as a project manager and estimator. She also has professional and volunteer advocacy experience with affordable housing programs in Vermont and New Hampshire. She is passionate about addressing housing accessibility and homeownership as a catalyst for economic mobility
Ashley and her husband have two young daughters and love attending community events and trying new things. She loves to cook, volunteer, and build connections with all the interesting people and projects in the Upper Valley.
Joe Denny, Operations Manager
As Operations Manager, Joe leads day to day operations, coordinates volunteers, and assist in fundraising, family support, and program development. Joe also leads build days on site with volunteers and manages Upper Valley Habitat’s tools and equipment.
Joe lives in Quechee, Vermont with his wife Laurel and their collection of kayaks, skis, and snowshoes which they use every chance they get to enjoy the abundant outdoor opportunities in the area. When not working Joe is likely to be engaged in one of a series of never ending home improvement projects. They have two adult daughters, Grace and Julia who are working to make their communities and world better today and for future generations.
Kai Brown, Construction Manager
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Board of Directors
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sean Mcintyre, President
Sean McIntyre joined our board in October of 2021 and took on the President role in February of 2023. Sean is Vice President, Regional Relationship Manager for Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. In this role he is responsible for developing relationships with business owners and real estate investors in the Upper Valley and matching them with the best solutions to meet their financial needs. Sean lives in West Fairlee, VT, where he serves as Town Moderator and is on the town’s Planning Commission. He is also on the Board of Junction Arts & Media.
, Vice President
Stephanie Carolan, treasurer
Stephanie Carolan is a CPA Senior Accountant at A.M. Peisch, in West Lebanon, NH. She specializes in non-profit accounting and auditing. Stephanie enjoys spending her free time with her family, hiking, biking, and paddle boarding.
Scott Young, Secretary
As Mascoma Bank’s Chief Retail Banking Officer, Scott Young oversees the Retail Branch Network, Treasury Business Banking, Customer Contact Center, and Deposit Operations. Throughout his career he has participated in supporting non-profits that help people reach their goals of housing, workforce, and achieving economic growth. Scott has been a New Hampshire resident for 30+ years where he enjoys spending time with his wife cooking, hiking/snowshoeing and finding new road trips. He also has three adult kids that like to sign him up for half-marathons which he does every chance he gets. Scott joined the UVHfH board in 2025.
Jeff Acker
Jeff Acker joined the board in 2024. He is the Founder and President of two well-known Upper Valley home improvement businesses - HP Roofing and RestorEAZE. Jeff and his wife Lara live in Hanover, NH. They are the proud parents of five adult children. In addition to professional and family responsibilities, Jeff's passion is coaching soccer, and he has served as the Girls Soccer Coach at Hartford (VT) High School since 2006.
Jim Barry
Jim joined the board in spring of 2024. Jim is a retired building contractor living in Etna, NH. He founded and ran Brown/Barry Carpentry from 1995 until 2022. Hobbies include any type of outdoor recreation, trail building and traveling with his wife Tamara. Jim coached high school basketball in the upper valley for twenty years. He has two grown children and two toddler grandchildren Jim tries to get to one build day a week.
Rob capozzoli
Robert was pleased to join the Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity board in May 2026. As the Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer for Ledyard Bank, he oversees marketing, business intelligence, 360 View CRM, and is the AI Taskforce executive sponsor. Rob has over twenty years in the banking industry and is a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He is a resident of Concord and has two adult daughters who are pursuing their careers in both New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.
kevin davis
Kevin Davis joined our board in October of 2023. He is the Vice President of Sales at Norwich Technologies Inc., a leading renewable energy development and construction firm. In his professional role he works with business owners, municipalities, and a variety of non-profit organizations to develop and finance large-scale solar projects. Kevin is a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and he earned his BS in Business Management from Western Governors University after his tour of duty. He lives in Grantham, NH with his wife Amy. They have two adult children, Kayla and Cody, who are working their way through grad school and law school, respectively.
Ellen Hender
Ellen Hender joined the Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity board in June 2022. Ellen has her Master of Social Work and spent about a decade working with individuals, children, and families experiencing homelessness before shifting to more systems level work on housing and other issues in the Upper Valley. She is the Executive Director at Vital Communities and lives in Hartford with her spouse, two children, and cat.
Doug Staiger
Doug Staiger has lived in Hanover since 1998 with his wife, Beth, and four (now adult) children. He loves watching his new grandson and XC skiing in his spare time. He is a professor of economics at Dartmouth, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and co-founder of ArborMetrix, a healthcare analytics company. His research focuses on education and healthcare. Doug joined the board in January 2022.
Tuck Board Fellows
LIAH D’SA
Liah is an MD-MBA candidate at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and Tuck School of Business (Class of 2027), originally from Gilbert, Arizona. A Santa Clara University graduate in psychology and political science, Liah is pursuing a career in physical medicine and rehabilitation, with a particular interest in the specialty's pediatric-to-adult lifespan scope. Before medical school, she spent roughly a decade in nonprofit and service work across education, food insecurity, homelessness, and domestic violence, including work in Los Angeles's Skid Row and an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship at the Upper Valley Haven. Outside of academics, she plays piano and joins in on jam sessions, paints in watercolor and acrylic, and is rarely without a fantasy novel in progress.
Liah is excited to contribute to Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity as part of her Nonprofit Board Fellow placement. Housing security has been a cause close to her heart since her time working in Skid Row, where she saw firsthand how the lack of stable housing touches nearly every other part of a person's life and health. For her, this fellowship is a chance to bring that long-standing commitment, along with the perspective she's gained in medicine, to Habitat's work of giving families a stable foundation to build from.
Aleksandar Nikolic
Aleksandar Nikolic is an MBA candidate at Tuck School of Business (Class of 2027), originally from Nis, Serbia. A graduate of La Salle University, with a degree in Finance and Accounting, Aleksandar will pursue management consulting after graduation. Outside of academics, he is a former professional swimmer and an outdoors enthusiast, drawn to many activities exploring Upper Valley.
Aleksandar is excited to contribute to Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity as part of his commitment to service and community leadership. He was drawn to Habitat because of its mission to address housing as a fundamental determinant of health, stability, and opportunity. For him, volunteering is a way to translate the discipline and problem-solving he's built in finance and consulting into direct community impact