COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY

RATH, YOUNG AND PIGNATELLI has a strong and long-standing commitment to community service. Our vision for building a fulfilling work environment depends not only on attracting challenging and complex legal work, but also on enabling and encouraging our professionals to participate in organizations that establish the community fabric in which we live, work and play. Our professionals donate hundreds of hours every year as board members and volunteers with local non-profit organizations. Life is more than work, and we are exceptionally proud of the communities where we and our families live and thrive.

At the left is a photo of Concord Community Music School Faculty Member John Faggiano with some of his percussion students. John has developed drumming programs for "at risk" students for the Music School's Music in the Community Initiative and Creative Communities programs at the O'Neil Center in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Some examples of recent community service by our professionals are:

Tom Rath: Chairman, New England Council, 2005-present; Board of Directors, New England Council, 1998-present
Sherry Young: Board of Trustees, New Hampshire Historical Society, 2001-2007; President 2004-2006
Mike Pignatelli: Commissioner, Nashua Police Department, 1998-2001
Bill Ardinger: Board of Trustees, Concord Community Music School, 1999-2005; Chairperson, 2004-2005
Stan Arnold: President, New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery Association, 2003-2005
Ken Bartholomew: Board of Directors, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, 2001-present
Dave Collins: Board of Trustees, Visiting Nurse Association, Manchester, 2003-present
Steve Fowler: Volunteer, Upper Valley Land Trust and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Barbara Greenwood: Volunteer, Friends of Manchester Animal Shelter, 2004-present
Lucy Hodder: Member, Regional Board of New Hampshire Child and Family Services, 2005-present
Rose Marie Joly: Founding Member, Dress for Success, 1998-2001
Joe Kennedy: Trustee, St. Michael's College, Vermont, 1986-1994
Ann McLane Kuster: Chairperson, Capital Center for the Arts, 2001-present
Steve Lauwers: Trustee, Capital Region Visiting Nurse Association, 2002-present
Drew Serell: Member, Town of Warner Planning Board, 1991-present
Woody Stalter: Member, Advisory Board, Center for Higher Education in the Middle East, Inc., 1998-2004
Chris Sullivan: Coach, Concord High School Girls Track and Field, 2000-present
Gil Whittemore: Trustee, American Precision Museum, Windsor, VT , 2005-present
Chuck Willing: Board of Directors, Friends Program, 1992-2001; Chair, Friends Program, 1999-2001; Chair, Corporate Sponsorship Committee, Friends Program, 2002-2006