BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dot Sheehan
Dot Sheehan is the Founder, President and CEO of Operation Hat Trick, a non profit organization that “supports the recovery of wounded service members and veterans through the sale of OHT branded merchandise, proceeds of which are donated to those organizations that support OHT’s mission”. From a simple idea, Dot has created a brand that has grown into a globally recognized multi million dollar business at retail.
Prior to Operation Hat Trick, Dot was the Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Relations at the University of New Hampshire for almost 20 years. She oversaw all areas that affected the external public at this Division I, 20-sport University.
Prior to her time in the Athletic Department, Dot was President of Sheehan Sports Marketing, a consulting firm that represented professional athletes on the marketing side of their lives. She forged partnerships with corporations whose goal was to have their brand partnered with sports.
Dot was one of the first female “agents” in sports and has continued to work with women whose goal is to make sports their career. In 2012, she was awarded the UNH Alumni Association Profile of Service Award for contributions made to the university. She also received the 2013 Innovators’ Award for her vision and work with Operation Hat Trick. She is the first female and the first UNH staff member to receive the award. In 2020, Dot was announced as an International Collegiate Licensing Association (ICLA) 2020 Hall of Fame inductee. In 2019, Dot became only the 10th recipient of the multi-decade old International Collegiate Licensing Association’s coveted ICLA Service Award. Dot lives in Hampton, NH.
Andy Beaupre
As an entrepreneur, Andy measurably increased purpose, credibility,, support and valuation for hundreds of Beaupre & Co. clients within technology, B2B, higher-ed and nonprofit sectors. Nearly 50 of his clients were acquired in successful M&A deals by such industry giants as IBM, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, HP, Verizon, Symantec, Canon, Saint-Gobain, Computer Associates, Lucent and Dassault Systemes.
Beaupre & Co. was ultimately acquired by Brodeur Partners and Omnicom Group, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange traded Fortune 500 company.
In 2017, he co-founded Soulful Advantage, a strategic consultancy at the intersection of purpose and profit. The firm helps businesses meaningfully communicate purpose, expand social impact, expand stakeholder support and gain competitive advantage.
He is the author of The Purposeful Nine (2021), which tells the stories of nine inspiring business founders who share how they became more purposeful, what they did and why it created remarkable competitive advantage.
Before founding Soulful Advantage and Beaupre & Co., Andy led communications initiatives for The Muscular Dystrophy Association; Prime Computer (which became a Fortune 500 company) and The Strayton Corporation, America’s first tech focused PR firm.
Current Board positions include Co-Chair of Operation Hat Trick (OHT) which he has served for over a decade and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Sustainability Institute. Earlier Board positions include The Granite State Children’s Alliance; NH Hunger Solutions; The UNH Foundation and NH Kids Count. In 2023, Andy was named a UNH Hall of Fame Entrepreneur; earlier he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree Cum Laude in Communications.
Chris Nyland
Chris Nyland is the President of The Campus Agency, an award-winning, nontraditional media, and marketing agency based in Boston, MA that specializes in helping brands make strong consumer connections with the college/Gen Z demographic via influencer, digital and experiential marketing campaigns.
Prior to his time at The Campus Agency, Nyland has led branded partnership divisions at the University of Connecticut and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. He has also gained relevant marketing experience at the University of New Hampshire, University of Miami, IMG, and the World Baseball Classic/Major League Baseball.
Reggie Baird
My life has been dedicated to serving others and making our world a better and safer place. My experience includes learning important life lessons while growing up in Granada, serving in the U.S. Coast Guard for 33 years and helping a variety of nonprofits and social cause organizations as a Board member for over a decade.
Mr. Baird began his career as an Enlisted E-1 and worked my way up to E-8 before being promoted to a Chief Warrant Officer, followed by promotion to a Fully Commissioned Officer, and retiring as an O-4 Lieutenant Commander in 2013.
Mr. Baird was the Building Commissioner, General Contractor, St. John’s Episcopal Church Portsmouth NH. Responsible for managing and supervising a $1.6 million renovation to preserve the historic church and make it handicapped accessible. Begun in 2019, the project included building a new connecting hall between the church and parish hall. It was completed on-time and within budget in 2022. Built in 1807, St. John’s Church is on the National Historic Register and hosted two presidents, George Washington and James Monroe. It began as Queen’s Chapel in 1732 at the current location.
Board member: New Hampshire Hunger Solutions
Board member: St John's Church Building Committee
GATHER - Volunteered and assisted the leading nonprofit feeding Seacoast New Hampshire and Maine via its pantry market, mobile markets and innovative food access programs.
Volunteer St. John’s Church Common Table, Portsmouth, NH. Member of a compassionate team of volunteers who support individuals impacted by food insecurity within the Seacoast NH community.
Authored and forged a strategic Expansion Business Model that introduced a more effective Common Table program for members of the Portsmouth Baptist Church.
Ongoing Coast Guard education across three decades of service included active participation at, and graduation from, approximately two dozen Military Naval Engineering and civilian schools.
Other universities attended included Bridgewater State College and Northeastern University.
Brandy Dupper-Macy
Brandy is a current PhD student majoring in Industrial Organizational Psychology at Capella University. Professionally, Brandy’s experience is diverse. In her most recent role at a veteran staffing agency as the senior account manager she managed key accounts (such as BlackRock, Cisco, Splunk, Texas Instruments, and more).
Brandy worked in the nonprofit sector for more than 10 years managing development, fundraising, events, and marketing efforts in multiple organizations. Her research, change management initiatives, strategy, and people-centered approach to relationship management drove community engagement and retention. Brandy has been part of several capital campaigns ($3M fixed wing aircraft, $7.5M helicopter, $3M eldercare facility, and $6M wellness center). Her strategic efforts in communications and donor relations drove the end-of-year annual giving campaign from $70k to more than $650k in her tenure at her last nonprofit. She also has instituted or been part of change management implementations for customer relations management tools (primarily Salesforce).
Before going into the nonprofit sector, Brandy served for six years in the United States Air Force in one of the busiest and most complex control towers as an air traffic controller and then pivoted to public affairs specialist working with the media (on projects with National Geographic, a presidential visit, air shows, and more) and led the team for the weekly publication.
Brandy has her Master’s degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Southern New Hampshire University and is currently pursuing her PhD at Capella in IO Psychology.
Brandy has volunteered for multiple veteran organizations such as FourBlock, Veterati, and Vet2Industry. Brandy is a current member of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Military and Veteran Initiative (MVI) Task Force to help aid in building collaborations and enact projects aimed at increasing workplace resources and their dissemination to support those in the military community. Brandy is active in multiple associations for I/O psychology, change management, and organizational development. She has served on the board for the Minnesota Professionals for Psychology Applied to Work, Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Women’s Inclusion Network, and other boards throughout her career. Brandy helped lead the SEBOC (Science for Evidence-Based Consulting) regional meetups in the Northeast Region and co-lead the Keeping the Drive Alive monthly meetups. She volunteers on the Minnesota Organizational Development Network (MNODN) as a consultant helping nonprofits.
Brandy’s passion for human potential, connection, and belonging is her driving force in all her work and she enjoys helping improve and develop programs that drive change and build community improvement - especially in the veteran and I/O psych community. Brandy lives in Maine with her husband and two children.
Todd Regonini
Todd Regonini is a senior-level executive with over 25 years experience in the technology industry. During this time, he held leadership roles in Pre-Sales Engineering, Post-Sales Customer Support, Professional Services, and Customer Success. He holds board and advisory positions with Operation Hat Trick (OHT) and Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA).
In his current role as Vice President of Customer Engagement for Zscaler he is responsible for defining the post sales lifecycle strategy to help customers achieve their business objectives, shorten time to value and maximize adoption of Zscaler’s products. This includes global responsibility for professional services, customer success, product renewals & portfolio management.
Todd is a veteran of the United States Air Force and holds an MBA from Northeastern University with dual concentration in Finance and International Management. He resides in Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.
Mike Sullivan
Dr. Mike Sullivan is the law enforcement and military lead for Red Team Thinking. Dr. Sullivan served as the Director of Programs for Strategic Capacity Group. Dr. Sullivan served 28 years as a U.S. Army armor and infantry officer. His service included five deployments to Iraq, one to Afghanistan, and one to Kosovo, all in a Security Force Assistance Role. He served as the Chief of Plans for the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia, as the United States Army Garrison Baumholder Commander in Germany, and as the Director of the Chief’s Initiative Group in the Office of Security Cooperation, Iraq, at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. His last assignment in the Army was at the College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, where Dr. Sullivan taught irregular warfare, counterinsurgency, and counter terrorism courses to U.S. and foreign military officers. He currently serves as adjunct faculty for the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, McCourt School of Public Policy, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Dr. Sullivan holds a Ph.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Master of Arts degrees from Kansas State University, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and American Military University. Dr. Sullivan holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy where he graduated from in 1994. Dr. Sullivan is fluent in German.
Steve Hardy
Stephen Hardy, Ph.D., retired in 2014 as Professor of Kinesiology and Affiliate Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Bowdoin College and his graduate degrees at the University of Massachusetts. He worked in the sport industry over four decades, as a coach, an administrator, a board member, and an NCAA faculty athletics representative. He taught sport management and sport studies courses at University of Washington, Robert Morris University, Carnegie Mellon University, and UNH. He is a co-author of Sport Marketing (5E 2021) which has been translated into eight languages. His publications also include How Boston Played (1982, 2003), Hockey: A Global History (2018) and numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews in academic presses and newspapers. In 1997, he was elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He won college and university awards for excellence in research and teaching. He was a founder of the Charles Holt Archives of American Hockey, which are located at UNH’s Dimond Library. He and his wife Donna raised three wonderful sons: Josh, Ben, and Nate. Josh’s death (1993) and Nate’s death (2008) immersed Steve in the practical and intellectual world of grief and grief support. He has written on grief and resilience at OneSummit.org and runs support programs for spouses/partners, siblings, and parents. He is now writing a trilogy of historical novels that trace a family’s experience with corruption in sports, the wounds of war, grief, and resilience.
