Rob Richard-Snipes works at Greater Nashua Mental Health as a group facilitator focused on substance use disorders, and as a certified community behavioral health clinic project evaluator.  Originally from Virginia, Rob earned a BA in Political Science and a BA in Women’s Studies from the University of New Hampshire, as well as a master’s degree in Community Development Policy and Practice at the UNH Carsey School of Public Policy, and an addiction certificate from the UNH College of Professional studies. He is a board member and treasurer of Black Lives Matter NH.  Rob lives in Manchester.  He was elected to the BCNH board in May 2025.

Mohammad Anis Arifi left Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021 to finish his Ph.D. in geology in India.  Anis had earned his master’s degree in geology and mining from the University of Kabul Polytechnic in 2017 and then worked as head of technical analysis for the housing department within the Afghan Ministry of Urban Development and Land.  He moved his family to Concord in 2022  and almost immediately started working as a groundwater geologist for GZA, an international geoengineering firm with an office in Meredith.  Anis was elected to the Board in December 2024.

Dhan Timsina was elected to the BCNH Board of Directors in December 2022, soon after founding a new business in Concord, Universal Care Alliance, which provides home-health aides. Previously, he had been the marketing manager of CarePoint Plus, a home-health business based in Manchester. Dhan came to the United States as a refugee from Bhutan and was resettled in Concord. After graduating from Concord High School, he started working with people with developmental impairments and went to Southern New Hampshire University and earned an associate degree in Healthcare Management with a specialization in logistics and operations. Dhan has been an active volunteer with BCNH and with the Bhutanese community.  Dhan is a member of the Union Leader’s 40 Under 40 class of 2025.  He served as board chair from December 2022 through May 2025. He lives in Concord with his wife and two daughters.

Lena Neruk earned her first law degree at Odessa State University in Ukraine in 2000, and she practiced law in the Odessa region for the next 16 years.  After immigrating to the United States in 2016, she earned a Certificate in Paralegal Studies from Boston University in 2017 and an LLM degree from Suffolk University School of Law in Boston in 2021.  She is currently a paralegal at Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A. in Manchester.  Lena started her volunteer work in Odessa in 1998 in support of UNICEF.  In 2022, she was a cofounder of Dobro New England, a nonprofit organization that sends humanitarian aid back to Ukraine.  Lena lives in Londonderry with her husband.  She speaks Ukrainian, Russian, and English.  She was elected to the Board in August 2024.

Lindsay Allsop brings to BCNH expertise in strategic planning, project management, business analytics, and information systems. She currently serves as the Director of Impact at the New Hampshire Children’s Trust. Prior to joining NHCT, Lindsay coordinated communications and marketing initiatives at the UNH Institute on Disability and worked in marketing and product development departments at Wayfair in Boston and Sydney, Australia. Lindsay grew up in Concord, where she now lives with her husband, graduated from Bates College, and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Paul College of Business and Economics at UNH. She was elected to the BCNH Board in October 2023.

Dorsa Razi immigrated to the United States from Iran in 2017. She had earned an associates degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tehran, learned English at New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture at Keene State College in 2022. She now works as an architectural designer at Warrenstreet Architects in Concord. Dorsa lives in Concord with her husband. She was elected to the Board in October 2023.

Blaise is originally from Congo. In 2003, he left for Belgium where he earned a MS in military construction. He received another engineering degree in Montreal in 2014, and an MS in structural engineering at UNH in 2017. He lives in Manchester with his wife and children and works at an engineering firm in Bedford. From 2018-2020, Blaise served a term as president of the Congolese Community of New Hampshire.