About Us
The Loeb School
Founded in 1999, the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications is a private education nonprofit (501c3) in Manchester, NH, with a mission to promote and defend the First Amendment and foster interest, integrity, and excellence in journalism and other forms of communication by educating students of various ages and providing them with the tools and knowledge to improve their skills.
The Loeb School hosts the state’s premier First Amendment event, an annual celebration recognizing local individuals and groups commitment to defending, protecting, or exercising our protected freedoms.
What We Do
Through expert-led workshops, programs, and events, we empower people from all backgrounds to learn how to speak up, speak out, and make sense of today’s media environment. We offer accessible, high-value training through free and low-cost offerings.
The Loeb School supports high school and college journalists, community-based initiatives to boost local news coverage, and professional development for businesses and organizations in the Granite State.
The Loeb School is located at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) at Saint Anselm College through a strategic alliance.
“The accessibility of knowledge is an invaluable asset. The School providing courses for free shows the integrity of its purpose,” Justine B., Brookline, NH
Who We Are
Staff
Susan Geier, Executive Director
sgeier@loebschool.org
A former print journalist, Susan has nearly two decades of experience in marketing and communications across the nonprofit, legal, civic engagement, and public health sectors. She is on the NH Press Association’s executive board and an advisor for the New England First Amendment Coalition. A freelance writer and communications consultant Susan has served on the boards of Dismas Home of New Hampshire, Leadership Seacoast, and the Yankee Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
Sammantha Boulay, Program Assistant
loebschool@loebschool.org
Board of Trustees
Katie McQuaid, Member
NH Community Loan Fund
Dianne Mercier, Member
Retired
Gregory V. Sullivan, Member
Malloy & Sullivan, Lawyers Professional Corp.
Alex Walker, Member
Catholic Health Care Foundation of Greater Manchester
Joseph W. McQuaid, President & Chairman
Retired, Union Leader Corp.
Vice President (vacant)
Jim Merrill, Secretary
Bernstein Shur
Pamela Diamantis, Treasurer
Curbstone Financial Management
Stephen Duprey, Trustee
The Duprey Companies
Dirk F. Ruemenapp, Trustee
Retired
Betty Tamposi, Trustee
The Tamposi Foundation
The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, Inc., admits students of any race, color, sex, age, religion, national and ethnic origin to all of the rights, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, disability, color, sex, age, religion, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other school administered programs.