Granite United Way Staff Members Selected to 40 Under Forty

Congratulations are in order for Meredith Stidham, Assistant Vice President of Community Impact at Granite United Way, and Deo Mwano, from the BRING IT!!! initiative, for being named among New Hampshire Union Leader's 40 Under Forty list. 

Meredith strives for excellence in everything that she does, making this a well deserved recognition. She is a former teacher from the Salem School District, where she had an opportunity to view the struggles New Hampshire students face. She began her career with Granite United Way as a social work intern during the pursuit of her Masters in Social Work from the University of New Hampshire. Upon her internship she was hired by Granite United Way as Director of Community Impact. In 2013, Meredith was promoted to Assistant Vice President of Community Impact. On a daily basis she demonstrates her dedication and commitment to improving critical issues like literacy rates in children and decreasing poverty in families across our regions.

Deo Mwano has been helping BRING IT!!! program participants express their creative side through dance and other creative mediums for several years now. A refugee from Congo, he has connected with many of the students in the BRING IT!!! program and continues to be a big part of the program. He is an accomplished dancer and choreographer and also works for the College of American at Southern New Hampshire University.

To view the article on Meredith, click here. To view the article on Deo, click here.

Congratulations, Meredith and Deo!