Bank NH announces promotions

LACONIA — Bank of New Hampshire has promoted four key employees to various positions — Jared Price, Lisa Byars, Elizabeth Brothers and David Howes.

Price was promoted to vice president – loan operations manager. Price joined Bank of New Hampshire in February 2012 as a loan servicing specialist. He was promoted in January 2014 as operations officer and again in January 2016 to assistant vice president – loan operations manager. Price holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire. Price is also a 2013 graduate of the Northern New England School of Banking, a 2015 graduate of Leadership Lakes Region, a 2016 graduate of the New England School of Financial Studies and is currently enrolled in the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He is active in the community and serves as the President of the Central New Hampshire VNA and Hospice and is co-chair of the bank’s United Way Committee.

Byars has been promoted to assistant vice president - human resources officer. Byars joined the bank in March 2014 as human resources operations supervisor and was promoted to human resources officer in January 2016. Her experience in human resources spans over 25 years in manufacturing and banking, serving as a generalist and manager for large companies. Byars graduated from the Northern New England School of Banking in the fall of 2015 and holds a Human Resources Management Certification from Southern New Hampshire University. She is currently enrolled in Granite State College to complete her Bachelor of Science degree in human resource administration. She is an active volunteer within the Gilford school system and youth sports programs.

Brothers has been promoted to assistant vice president - retail lending officer. Joining the bank in April 2010, Elizabeth started her banking career as a mortgage loan processor and closer. She quickly became a systems expert within the department and in April 2012 added the responsibility of assistant systems administrator. She was promoted in March 2015 to retail loan processing supervisor and assistant systems administrator and then to retail lending officer in January 2016. Brothers is currently enrolled in Granite State College to complete her degree in business science. She serves on the board of the Santa Fund which is a non-profit organization that has committed to provide community assistance to needy and under privileged children of the Lakes Region. In addition she volunteers at Pleasant Street School in Laconia.

Howes was promoted to commercial analyst officer. He joined Bank of New Hampshire in January 2016 as a credit analyst. He has more than 20 years of experience starting his commercial banking career in Australia in 1996. David holds an associate's degree in business accounting from TAFE College in Australia, and has participated in numerous banking/finance courses during his career. Howes is active in the community and currently serves on a finance committee for a non-profit charter school in Conway.

Jared Price         Lisa Byars            Elizabeth Brothers David Howes