Staff

Learn about Sam Bergman, Apple Hill’s Executive Director, and the Apple Hill String Quartet.


Richard Anderson, Facilities Manager
Richard AndersonRichard Anderson was born in London, grew up in London and Norwich, Great Britain, and studied physics at the University of London. He worked as a builder before meeting his wife, Suzanne, and moving to the US. He has worked in construction in Oregon and Pennsylvania, taught wood-working at a Waldorf School in San Francisco, and taken care of developmentally disabled people in New Hampshire. After settling in Harrisville with Suzanne and their son, Galen, Richard was a bus driver for the Keene Waldorf School. He began working at Apple Hill in 2002, driving the bus and doing odd jobs, and has worked here full time since 2008. He enjoys reading, watching movies and Boston sports teams, skiing, hiking, camping, and traveling.
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Keegan Brosseau, Facilities Assistant

 

 

Kristina GullaKristina Gulla, Director of Development
Kristina joined Apple Hill in November 2024, bringing nearly two decades of nonprofit leadership in philanthropy, marketing and communications to her role. Music played a big part in Kristina’s upbringing, and she’s very proud of her family’s musical roots—particularly in the Monadnock region.

Prior to joining Apple Hill, Kristina led Development and Public Relations for MoCo Arts in Keene. She managed Concord’s Capital Area Student Leadership program, served Girls at Work on the Marketing Committee, and volunteered for Touchstone Farm’s Fundraising and PR Committees. She currently serves as President of Galloping Growth Investment Club.

Kristina earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Colby Sawyer College and is a Leadership Monadnock and Leadership Greater Concord alumnus. Outside of work, Kristina enjoys long walks with her dogs, her husband’s cooking (IYKYK), snow and equestrian sports, photography, museums, ballroom dance, road trips, discovery and great conversations.

Join Kristina in creating positive change through opportunity at Apple Hill. Contact her about monthly giving, supporting Playing for Peace, scholarships for participants in need, leaving a gift to Apple Hill through your estate, opportunities for corporate giving, community and alumni support. All stewardship inquiries welcomed!
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Gail Malitas, Office Administrator
Gail MalitasGail comes to Apple Hill with a varied background. She spent over 15 years as an outside sales rep of industrial products, then parlayed that experience into being a major gift officer at Northfield Mount Hermon School. It helped that she had been a class agent for her Bowdoin class, raising money for the Alumni Fund, for years.

After leaving NMH, she joined the Keene Chorale and was asked to serve on the board, where she is now the Fundraising Chair. She also serves on the board of Monadnock Arts Alive! and Raylynmor Opera.

She started with Apple Hill as a grant writer, and in the summer of 2013 filled in for Amelia as Summer Coordinator for a month. In November of that year she came on as Administrative Coordinator and continues as such.
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Amelia Perron, Summer Workshop Administrative Director
Amelia Perron 2020Amelia began her association with Apple Hill in 2003 as a Summer Chamber Music Workshop participant. She joined the staff as Summer Coordinator in 2008, after receiving her Bachelor of Music in violin performance, summa cum laude, from Lawrence University. As a freelance violinist, she has performed with several local ensembles, most recently Symphony New Hampshire, and enjoys playing chamber music. In interludes away from Apple Hill, she has lived, studied, and worked in Paris and Provence.
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