NEDCC Appoints New Executive Director

The Northeast Document Conservation Center is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Executive Director after a nine-month search. William P. Veillette, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Historical Society since 2004, will head the nonprofit conservation center in Andover, Massachusetts.

Michele Cloonan, Dean of Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science and Chair of NEDCC’s Board of Directors, made the announcement. “The NEDCC Board was impressed by Mr. Veillette’s leadership skills, enthusiasm, creativity, and business acumen. It is rare to find this combination of talents.”

After earning an MBA at Harvard Business School, Veillette worked in the business world for more than ten years before moving to New Hampshire in 1998, where he has since immersed himself in the preservation of New Hampshire’s historic buildings, collections, archives, and the promotion of its history.

“The New Hampshire Historical Society is infinitely stronger today than it was when Bill took the helm almost five years ago,” said John Robinson, President
of the Society. “His successful tenure will long be remembered as one of solid leadership, practical vision, fiscal responsibility, and significant accomplishment.”
A resident of Amherst, NH, Veillette will continue his involvement in the New Hampshire Historical Society as a lifetime member.

Veillette has been an active and influential advocate of local, state, and regional historical organizations. He
co-founded the Heritage Commission of Amherst, NH, and served as treasurer and chairman of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. He is a trustee of Historic New England; a board member of New Hampshire’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program authority; and treasurer of the Historical Society of Amherst. Veillette has co-authored two publications, An Early History of New Concord, N.Y. (1990) and Amherst Historical Moments (2004).

Veillette will begin his position at the Center on September 1, 2009. “I am very excited by this unique opportunity,” he says. “The Northeast Document Conservation Center is a world-class operation, and its mission of conserving and preserving some of the nation’s most precious archives, rare books, and works of art on paper is extremely important. I am honored
and look forward to getting to work.”

NEDCC is a nonprofit, regional conservation center specializing in the preservation of paper-based
materials for libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other cultural institutions, as well as private collections.

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