The BCNH Board Of Directors

Lindsay Allsop brings to BCNH expertise in measuring the impact of social service programs. As the Data and Organizational Performance Manager at the New Hampshire Children’s Trust, Lindsay manages a statewide database and supports Family Resource Center staff across NH. 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.

Nira Kandel is a public health specialist at the Manchester Department of Health. She also works as a special investigator for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Originally from Nepal, Nira was educated in Nepal, earning a master’s degree in rural development and a law degree. She moved to Manchester in 2021 with her husband and daughter after postings in Nepal, Indonesia, and Egypt. Nira is currently enrolled in a year-long training program at UNH’s Institute on Disabilities to provide enhanced care coordination to children, youth, and their caregivers whose parents are impacted by opioid-use disorders and other substance-use disorders. She was elected to the 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.

Bishnu Khadka is a community health worker in the Manchester Department of Health, where she has worked since February 2021. Prior to that service, she was a community health worker at Building Community in New Hampshire, serving various roles starting in 2015. Bishnu conducted a nutrition research project focused on the Bhutanese community in coordination with the University of New Hampshire’s Sherman Bigornia. She is currently enrolled in a UNH program to learn how to provide specialized care coordination to children, youth, and their caregivers whose parents are impacted by opiod use disorders and other substance use disorders. Bishnu came to the United States as a refugee from Bhutan. She lives in Manchester. Bishnu was elected to the BCNH Board in September 2023.

Dave Kirkpatrick started his career as a reporter at the Montana Standard after earning a BA in Journalism at the University of Montana in Missoula and worked for many years as a writer and editor. In 2013, he earned credentials as teacher of English to speakers of other languages and worked at Concord High School and NH Technical Institute with New Americans, including three people who would become case managers at BCNH and a fourth who would become a member of the Board. Dave has mostly recently served as a kitchen manager at the Friendly Kitchen in Concord and has volunteered at Upreach Therapeutic Equestrian Center and the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness. He was elected to the Board in December 2022. Dave lives in Concord with his wife and daughter.

Jim Snodgrass was the executive director of Second Start from 1974 until his retirment last summer. Second Start is a private, non-profit educational, training, and childcare organization located in Concord, serving over 1,000 individuals yearly statewide with a staff of 65. Many of the people Jim worked with in Concord were people who arrived as refugees. For his long career of service, the Concord Chamber of Commerce named him its 2021 Citizen of the Year.

Jim also servers on the boards of Riverbend Community Mental Health and Overcomers Refugee Services.