Barbara Potvin

Current

• Founder at The Shoppes of Historic Downtown Merchants Association
• Owner at The New England Sampler (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Special Education Director/Assistant Principal at Pittsfield Elementary
• Special Ed. Coord. at Hollis School District

Education

• Notre Dame College
• Notre Dame College

Recommended

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Connections

264 connections

Industry

Retail

Websites

• My Website
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Barbara Potvin’s Summary

Founder and business Owner of The New England Sampler since Dec. 2003.
Founder of The Shoppes of Historic Downtown Manchester, since Sept. 2008.
Board Member of The Way Home since March 2009
Making Strides Committee for Manchester, 2009
Intown Manchester Retailers Committee Member
Dec. 2006 to June 2008- Board Member of Southern NH Women's Business Network.

Barbara Potvin’s Specialties:

Gift Basket Sales and Corporate Business to Business Gift Sales
NH and New England made products, specialty foods, gift baskets, wedding favors sales

Barbara Potvin’s Experience

• Founder

  The Shoppes of Historic Downtown Merchants Association

  (Retail industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  The Shoppes of Historic Downtown Manchester was founded in Sept. 2008, by Barbara Potvin, with the desire to promote the New England Sampler and cross promote other locally owned businesses in the Downtown Manchester area. Goals were set by the association that include jointly planning family oriented events and fundraisers (for non-profits) that make shopping and spending the day in Downtown Manchester an extremely pleasurable experience for the whole family.

• Owner

  The New England Sampler (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Retail industry)

  December 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)

  Founder and Owner of NH and New England made retail store in Downtown Manchester, NH. Sales of NH and New England made products, specialty foods, gift baskets and wedding favors. Purchaser for local hotel, offering NH made specialty foods.

• Special Education Director/Assistant Principal

  Pittsfield Elementary

  (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

  August 2002 — June 2003 (11 months)

  17 year veteran in Special Education throughout NH

• Special Ed. Coord.

  Hollis School District

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

  August 2000 — June 2002 (1 year 11 months)

Barbara Potvin’s Education

• Notre Dame College

  Master Ed. , Administration , 1991 — 1995

• Notre Dame College

  1981 — 1985

Additional Information

Barbara Potvin’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Website
• My Website

Barbara Potvin’s Interests:

Business: Pursuing Corporate Gift Buying Accounts, Increasing Sales, Personal: Camping and Boating, Reading

Barbara Potvin’s Groups:

March 2008 Joined The Way Home Board of Directors
Sept. 2008 to present Founded The Shoppes of Historic Downtown Manchester Merchant's Association
Dec. 2006-June 2008 SNHWBN Board of Directors

•    American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
•    Linked Manchester
•    The Shoppes of Historic Downtown Manchester
•    Grace Capital Church

Barbara Potvin’s Honors:

Pride of New England Retailers Award, 2007
Individual Commercial Golden Mike Award, 2006
Fast 50 for Growth Development in Gift Baskets, 2006

Barbara Potvin’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch