CONWAY — Jen’s Friends, this year’s Bob Morrell Award recipients for civic entrepreneurship, and local attorney Leslie M. Leonard of Cooper Cargill Chant, winner of the Bruni Award for young leadership, were honored at the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council's 28th annual business meeting and dinner, held Nov. 15 at the Red Jacket Mountain View Resort in North Conway.
Also honored were Allen Gould of TD Bank, who was named as the MWVEC Board Member of the Year, and the MWVEC Revolving Loan Committee received the Volunteers of the year award. Revolving Loan Board members are Tom Roberts of Leone, McDonnell and Roberts, CPAs; Gould; Dot Seybold, the 2017 Morrell Award winner and general manager of Settlers Green; consultant Bruce Campbell; Scott Badger of LupinePet, Nancy Clark of Drive Brand Studio and Vincent Osgood of Norway Savings Bank.
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