Valley Promotions

   The plan for Mount Washington Valley Promotions was conceived by Lisa Saunders-DuFault, who serves as Executive Director of the organization.  A native of the Mount Washington Valley, DuFault graduated from Kennett High School and attended White Pines College, where she majored in Photo-Journalism.  She has worked as a wedding and portrait photographer for more than 30 years and has served on numerous non-profit boards.  Her college training has been invaluable in designing and producing "Charity Chatter", the twice monthly newsletter of non-profit Mount Washington Valley events.  In addition to the newsletter, DuFault maintains the website and on-line calendar.  She and Victoria Laracy also co-host the weekly television program, "Charity Chatter on Channel 3".

In 2022, Lisa received a White Mountain Treasures Award at the Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and was named Business Person of the Year by the Greater Ossipee Area Chamber of Commerce.

Patty Tilton is a lifelong resident (& truly qualifies as being a native) of the Mount Washington Valley, being descended from one of North Conway’s town founders, Richard Eastman.

After graduating from Kennett High School, she received her college degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, NY in Printing Technology, and has worked as a graphic artist in the newspaper field ever since. Her first job out of college was at the Venice Gondolier newspaper, when she moved to Florida for a short 3 years. She has spent the rest of her working life here in the Valley at The MountainEar, The Carroll County Independent, The Granite State News, and currently (for the last 18 years!) at The Conway Daily Sun. She really thinks she has newspaper ink in her veins now! Patty has done freelance work throughout the Valley and is proud to say that she has produced the MWV MudBowl Program for well over 20 years.

Her two kids attended Madison Elementary & Kennett High. Mike still lives and works here in the Valley, and Brian found his way to Mountainview, CA… which is a lovely place to visit in the wintertime (thank you, Brian!). There have also been numerous dogs, cats, rabbits, rats & fish along the way. While the boys were busy growing, Patty spent time as a Sunday School teacher, Cub Scout den leader, and PTO member.

Currently, she is on the board of hery housing co-op in Conway, where she lives with her 3 cats. She's not quite a crazy cat lady yet, but give her time! Patty enjoys painting (or at least trying to!), crafting, reading, exploring the internet and wasting time on a few computer games.