REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS / QUALIFICATIONS, FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT - 2019 SEDC The Strafford Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) is requesting proposals for providing financial and management consultancy services. Copies of the RFP may be found on the SEDC website, www.sedcnh.org or at the office at 100 Main Street, Suite 101, Dover NH 03820, during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., M-Th. Proposals must be submitted either by email to dmccann@sedcnh.org or received by SEDC via US mail, by 5:00 PM on July 25, 2019.

​Esther Varnum is a current intern at SEDC. Her work has included grant research and application writing in addition to assisting in the recommendation of potential projects that are presented to the Board. She has also created a Three Statement Model in Excel that uses a business’ financial history to project their future financials.
Esther is pursuing a B.S. in Statistics at the University of New Hampshire and will graduate in the spring of 2020.


Jack Russo recently completed his internship at SEDC. His work at SEDC involved analyzing and interpreting financial spreadsheets as well as assisting in the loan application review process of potential borrowers. One of Jack’s biggest contributions to SEDC was the creation of a program that utilizes an R based logistic regression to determine the likelihood of loan repayment of a borrower. 

A 2019 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Jack holds a B.S. in Information Technology with a concentration in Finance and has accepted a financial consultant position at Merchants Auto.