Claremont
Catherine “Cat” Andrews, the general manager at Amcomm Wireless; Cory LeClair, the assistant superintendent of schools at SAU 6; and TLC Family Resource Center, also were selected for this year’s President’s Awards from member nominations submitted to the chamber.
National Field Representatives serves lenders holding mortgages on residential properties that are in delinquency, ensuring that properties are inspected, secured, repaired and maintained. The company was started by Deborah and Steve Cossingham in 1989 in Windsor before moving to Old Church Road in Claremont a year later.
More recently, the company has operated from three different locations in the city, including the Wainshal building on Water Street and on Maple Avenue, where an addition, scheduled to be finished in July, will allow for the consolidation of all the company’s offices in one location.
“Their decision to locate in Claremont and their … decision to expand their extensive physical building when they could have chosen to go elsewhere speaks volumes about their commitment to our community,” the award nomination states.
Young Professional of the Year
Andrews, 27, was named the chamber’s Young Professional of the Year. A 2007 graduate of Hartford High School, she has been with Amcomm, a Verizon wireless franchise, for 11 years, including the last four as general manager of the Claremont store and locations in Lebanon, Hanover and two in Maine.
She is a member of the Greater Claremont Chamber of Commerce and the chambers in Lebanon, Hanover and Hartford, as well as the Sullivan County Young Professionals organization.
“Cat is very organized and demonstrates leadership in a way that appears effortless,” reads one of her nomination submissions.
Citizen of the Year
LeClair, this year’s recipient of the chamber’s Citizen of the Year award, has been the SAU 6 assistant superintendent of schools since 2014. She graduated from Stevens High School in 1998. After college, she lived and worked in New York state, where she earned her master’s degree in education before returning to Claremont in 2010.
Those who nominated LeClair said she is passionate about helping solve problems for area children and noted her participation in the Claremont Green Dot Planning Committee, which seeks to address domestic violence issues.
“Her efforts are a major contribution to improving the quality of life in Claremont now and in the future,” her nomination reads.
Nonprofit of the Year
For 25 years, the TLC Family Resource Center has assisted families with services and information about pregnancy and raising a healthy child.
“This anniversary year is a springboard for our work for the next 25 years,” Executive Director Maggie Monroe-Cassel said. “We are confident, based on our history, that we will be able to continue to serve families in even broader ways in the years ahead.”
The nonprofit was praised in the nominations for its mission of making health and development of children and families its focus, with case management and a home visiting model that includes parent educators, a nurse, mental health counselors and a curriculum for the first three years of a child’s life.
The awards, now in their 60th year, will be presented at the chamber’s annual banquet on Friday, at the Common Man Restaurant, beginning with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 and the award presentations at 7.
Advance tickets are required by calling the chamber at 603-543-1296.
Patrick O’Grady can be reached at pogclmt@gmail.com.
