Board of Directors

The Danahys: 18 South Drive; 603-239-4881; jfdanahy@gmail.com 

John and his wife, Mary Ann, have owned the house at 18 South Drive since 1988, but have lived there (mostly) full time since 2008. John is from Hopkinton, Mass, and Mary Ann is from Hartford, Conn. They have 4 children, 11 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, and a Golden Retriever named Gracie. John can be seen many days walking Gracie in and around Forest Lake Road.

John is retired from the May Department Stores Company after 38 years, with 30 of those years in St. Louis.  

Mary Ann is a dedicated home maker, loves puzzles, but does not care for New England winters. Hence, they also have a home in Mt. Pleasant, SC where they sometimes reside for about 4 months when the snow flies. John serves on the boards of several non-profits, as well as the FLIA. He loves reading, travel, “producing” family videos, and is a published author of short fiction. 

Tim and his wife Sue started coming to Forest Lake in  2011. What started as a weekend get-a-way camp is now their year around  home. Tim has worked for several excavation and construction companies  in southern New Hampshire specializing in road construction, foundation  excavation and site work for new home construction. Tim is retired from  Hudson Quarry in Hudson and Allentown NH where he served as General  Manager for 33 years. While his children were growing up in Hudson Tim  enjoyed coaching basketball, baseball and soccer. Tim enjoys fishing,  working on the camp and traveling with his wife Sue and their dog Penny.

Sue is a recent addition to the Board of Directors as Treasurer and the newest transplant to Winchester moving permanently to her dream house on the lake in July of 2020. She  has two daughters, two sons-in-law, and one granddaughter who all love the lake as much as she does. Sue has been coming to the Keene area since 1989 when her parents retired to a farmhouse on Rt 63 in Spofford. She was born in Rhode Island and moved to Connecticut when she was nine, and then went on to obtain her degree in both Accounting and IT at Nichols College outside of Worcester. After working in Boston for a “Big Eight” (now big four) accounting firm, she and her husband moved to Virginia where she changed careers and pursued her love of IT by working for MCI as the Director of Switch Systems Engineering. In 1999, the family moved back to New England where Sue took some time off and eventually went back to work as an Accountant. She opened her own bookkeeping/accounting firm in 2013 and is still working in that capacity. When not working Sue enjoys spending time with her family and friends at the lake, boating, reading, puzzling, playing games (card or board) and swimming.

Hannah is a lifelong Forest Lake summer resident, where her Grandparents  and extended family have had cottages dating back to the 50s. She and  her sister, Sarah, are now co-owning 25 Forest Ave, where they are  currently doing some long-needed  renovations, and plan to uphold traditions like Saturday night picnics,  kick the can, fourth of July water balloon fights and more. Hannah grew  up in Boston, and now lives full time in Nashville, Tennessee, where  she is a Financial Advisor at Bernstein Private  Wealth. She loves to travel and get outdoors, and spend time with  family and friends. You’ve probably seen Hannah running on Forest Lake  road (often braving running up the hill to the Evergreen cemetery, even  on dump day!). 

Doug serves as the Association’s VLAP Director and has occupied several offices with the Association over the years. His primary role currently (at Forest Lake) is the person who organizes the water sampling in order to provide water quality samples to the lab operated by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services in Concord. You are likely to see him around the Lake dipping plastic bottles into the various tributaries from which we collect samples. Doug is a Forest Lake lifer who started coming to the Lake shortly after his birthday in June of 1953. When he is not at Forest Lake he serves as Vice President and Chief of Staff to the President of Boston University. Doug served four years of active duty in the US Foreign Service with postings in the Philippines and Switzerland.

Sue Baney lives on 19 Whitcomb Court on Forest Lake. Sue and her husband, Tim, came to the lake in 2011 and retired in 2020 to the lake as full-time residents. They have 2 children and 1 grandchild - all love coming to the lake for fun and relaxation. Sue worked as an LMNA, using her degree in computer information systems to help medical coworkers achieve computer proficiency. She also works in the computer lab at Southern New Hampshire University. Sue has a love for animals and has volunteered at the humane society taking care of their sickly Kittens and getting them ready for adoption. While raising her children, she was a Den Mother, Girl Scout leader, and Girl Scouts summer counselor. Sue enjoys cooking, kayaking with her dog Penny, hammocking, being out walking with nature, traveling, and has a love for training dogs.

Liz Macdonald graduated with a design degree in the UK that enabled her to emigrate to the US while working for Timberland in Exeter NH, soon after that she met Mac and they married and now have two grown up Children – John and Daisy. 

Liz and Mac settled in Hinsdale for 20+ years, then made Forest Lake their forever home in 2022.

While the kids where young Liz took on the welfare directors’ role, worked as parent advocate for the Parent Information Center and coordinated volunteers for classroom assistance and the running of a playgroup in Hinsdale.

She was able to put her design training to use developing properties in the area, taking them from derelict to divine and continues to work on construction projects.

Originally from Nottingham in England, home of Robin Hood. Came to the USA to work in 1997 originally thought I would stay for 18months, still here 29 years later, married with two grown children and along the way became an American citizen. I am an engineer by training and presently work for Microsoft as a sales engineer.

Traveled many millions of miles for business and pleasure but delighted to call Forest Lake home. I also have a side gig in the importation and sale of electric outboards, two of which you can see on the back of our Pontoon boat as we cruise around the lake. We enjoy watching the amazing bird life on the water.

Lauren has been coming to Forest Lake her whole life. Her family has owned cottages on the lake since 1934. Her great-grandmother used to camp and rent cottages during the summer in the 20s and eventually built a cottage. The tradition of coming to Forest Lake has been carried on through multiple generations. Lauren grew up in West Palm Beach, FL, and has a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She now lives full time on Forest Lake, working remotely as a Software Product Designer at IBM. Lauren likes to spend time with friends and family, renovating her family's cottage,  riding horses, and traveling. You may frequently see Lauren walking her two mischievous cats Gatsby and Sinatra.

Jim and his wife, Dana have been on Forest Lake since 2018. They have two children (Alex in

Connecticut and Katie in Arizona) who love coming to the lake for fun and relaxation. Jim is a

CPA, who retired in 2024 after 40 years primarily in the insurance industry. He is an avid golfer

and softball player. No matter what season it is you will find Jim and Dana outside at Forest

Lake, bicycling and kayaking in the summer, and when the weather permits in the winter, cross-

country skiing. Jim and Dana enjoy traveling, especially seeing Katie in Arizona along with their

goal of visiting every National Park in the United States. They split their time between their

home in Hebron, CT and Forest Lake.