Hearthside - The House That Love Built

New Members Elected to Board of Directors

At the Annual Meeting of the Friends of Hearthside on March 21, 2009, the board of directors expanded to nine members with the addition of the following new directors.

Linda Noble
Bringing a wide range of interests and skills, Linda is an English teacher at Pilgrim High School in Warwick. She is a resident of Lincoln, and has a long history of involvement in her community, especially in fundraising for youth groups. She is currently a member of the Lincoln Budget Board, which she has served for several years, including a term as Vice Chair. She also owns Jessie's Dessert Bar on Federal Hill and helps with the family business, Cricket's Restaurant in Smithfield.

Kevin Klyberg
Kevin is a Park Ranger with the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission. He is a historian who presents a variety of educational and public programs around the Blackstone Valley on boats, bikes and buses as well as on foot. He specializes in the Rhode Island communities of the Valley, but does many programs north of the border as well. He is extremely knowledgeable about Great Road history and has been involved over the past several years with the development of the Moffett Mill site, as the Corridor has funded that project. Kevin and his family reside in Warwick.

Janet Heberlein
A supporter of Hearthside's programs over the past several years, Janet's interest is in helping raise revenue through fundraising events. She has an extensive background in running events for church and other nonprofits. Retired from an earlier career working in an office, she now uses her administrative and creative skills to run her own ceramics business, teaching classes from her home and supplying gift shops with her hand-crafted items. Janet earned her degree in history and continues her deep interest in both local and U.S. history. She and her family reside in Seekonk.

Seth Hamilton
Seth Hamilton is a freelance communications executive whose skills include being a writer and designer of a wide range of marketing communications and promotional programs over the past 20 years. In addition, he has done website design and management, newsletters, brand management, strategic marketing planning and membership development. He has worked in-house as Marketing Communications Manager or Director in corporate, nonprofit and professional association settings. Seth and his family live in Lincoln in a historic home that was part of his wife's family's former dairy farm, the Jordan Echo Farm on Louisquisset Pike. He has two children currently in the Lincoln school system.

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