Nicole Henry – Secretary

Nicole Henry – Secretary

Board Member Nicole currently lives in Massachusetts but holds close ties to New Hampshire. With a professional background in Communications, Nicole contributes to many of the Friends of Benson Park marketing efforts. Nicole discovered Benson Park in 2024 and...
Natalie Newell – Chairman/President

Natalie Newell – Chairman/President

Board Chairman/President For many years, I lived across the street from Benson Park with my husband, Don, and we walked there daily.  I started volunteering with the monthly “Park Clean-up” crew from the GFWC Hudson Women’s Club doing some gardening in the...
Karen McLavey – Treasurer

Karen McLavey – Treasurer

Friends of Benson Park – Treasurer since July 2021 Born and raised in Hudson and worked at Benson’s for two years as a teenager selling hot dogs and other items in the main food stand.  I have been married to my husband David for 42 years and have...
John Horvath – Board Member

John Horvath – Board Member

Board Member I was born and grew up in former Czechoslovakia. I did like and participated in field and track sports and achieved few records. Graduated from College of Transportation Engineering with MSEE. Went to one year mandatory military service, ending as a ...
Bill Zink – Board Member

Bill Zink – Board Member

Board Member Bill Zink of Hudson has joined the Friends of Benson Park Board of Directors. Bill grew up in Ohio, but his wife, Linda, is from Rhode Island and as a child she and her family made the trip from Rhode Island every summer to Benson’s Wild Animal Farm!...
John Leone – Board Member

John Leone – Board Member

Board Member John moved to Hudson in 2005.  He had no idea that his new street bordered the former Benson’s Animal Farm he visited as a child from MA.  He drove by the Hazelton barn every day and never say anyone coming or going.  On a whim, he...