meet a director: Barbara Hughes
GUNDALOW ROLE
Barbara serves Gundalow Company in numerous ways. In addition to being a member of Gundalow’s board of directors, she is also a Member, Donor, Volunteer, Camp Assistant, and frequent passenger aboard the Piscataqua for Tuesday sunset sails.
PERSONAL DEETS
Dr. Barbara Hughes is a former healthcare executive with a DNP in Nursing, having retired from Exeter Hospital as Vice President of System Quality. Her husband, Jeff, is Chief Operating Officer at Wentworth Douglass Hospital. Daughter Moura (Los Angeles) and son Jonathan (Reston, VA). Grandson: Finnigan (7). Salve Regina Univ. (undergrad); URI (grad school); Case Western Reserve Univ. (Doctor of Nursing Practice).
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Exercising her 18-month-old “puppy,” Bos’n, a 120-pound Newfoundland dog (pictured below). Creating seaweed prints. Sailing.
A FAVORITE FAMILIAR QUOTATION
“You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.” John Knox (founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, 1514-1572).
HOW SHE CAME TO LOVE GUNDALOW
“It was an evolutionary thing for me,” says Barbara. Having spent more than 40 years in healthcare, I am a mission-driven person. Gundalow’s mission — protecting the Piscataqua region’s maritime heritage and environment through education and action — resonated with me right from the start. I feel very committed to the mission because, yes, we are doing something important.”
