William H. Dunlap Elected Chairman of the Board at Merrimack County Savings Bank

The Board of Directors of Merrimack County Savings Bank recently elected William H. Dunlap as chairman of the Board. He succeeds Ronald Wilbur who left the position in May to accept his nomination as N.H. Banking Commissioner. Dunlap has ably served on the bank’s board since 2005.

“I am truly pleased that Bill is willing to serve as Chair. We have already benefited from his membership on the board, and his knowledge and leadership make him an ideal choice,” said Paul C. Rizzi, Jr., President and CEO.

Dunlap is CEO of the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord and resides in Amherst, NH. His varied career places him in good stead for his new role. It has included work with small entrepreneurial companies, a large public corporation, not-for-profits, investment mutual funds, and commercial real estate. At age thirty he started a business which over the next 16 years grew to over 200 employees. After selling the business he was retained by the acquiring corporation to oversee a $270 million annual revenue business. He currently serves on the board of the Pear Tree Funds, a Boston-area mutual fund group with approximately $1 billion under management. Dunlap also has chaired a number of not-for-profit boards, including the Society for the Protection of NH Forests and Colby-Sawyer College.