Capstone Poster Session Celebrates Community Partnerships
LEND Director Sarah Smith welcomes trainees, faculty, and guests.
This past May, the 2025 NH-ME LEND Cohort shared their scholarship and leadership development during the annual Capstone Poster Session and Celebration. Held annually at UNH, the session celebrates the culmination of 8 months of independent work which trainees complete during their leadership placements with community partners throughout Maine and New Hampshire.
Every year the projects encompass a rich range of topics including health and education policy, family and community engagement, and access to care. A sampling of this year’s topics included: Sibling Role in Supported Decision Making and Navigating the Complex Early Childhood System.
Karin Mortimer discusses her poster with LEND Faculty Kathy Bates and Megan Henly from the NH Institute on Disability
A special thanks to all the organizations that sponsored leadership projects this year and provided opportunities for trainees to develop and apply their leadership skills:
- Community Crossroads
- Disability Rights Center NH
- Healthy Families Research Program
- NH Council on Developmental Disabilities
- NH Department of Health and Human Services
- NH Family Voices
- New Mainers Public Health Initiative
- Maine Education Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Maine Center for Disease Control
- Maine Parent Federation
- People First of NH
- UNH Center for Digital Health Innovation
- UNH Institute on Disability
This year’s event concluded with the presentation of LEND certificates, well-earned accolades, and a celebratory lunch shared with faculty, trainees, partners, and family members. LEND thanks this year’s trainees and leadership partners for their contribution to projects that explore, research, and work to improve the lives of children and families.
Congratulations and well wishes to our 2025 LEND graduates!
LEND Training Director Stacy Driscoll congratulates Ivy Foster with Sarah Smith and Marnie Morneault watching.
