Exeter Hospital Welcomes New Board Members
New Members Will Help Guide Exeter's Mission
Exeter, NH – Exeter Hospital announced today that three new members have joined the hospital’s Board of Trustees: Lauren B. Messmore, James L. Thompson, and Derek J. Trapasso, MD.
Exeter Hospital’s board is made up of dedicated professionals with a wealth of personal and professional experience and a shared commitment to the hospital’s mission to create healthier communities — one person at a time — through seamless care and ground-breaking science, driven by excellence, innovation and equity.
“I am proud to welcome Lauren, James, and Derek to our Board of Trustees,” said Debra Cresta, President, Exeter Hospital. “Their backgrounds in health care and in business will provide insights to help us drive forward innovation in the care we deliver while keeping our community-minded mission at our core.”
“Our new board members bring both a depth of knowledge and a passion for service,” said Rob Eberle, Chair, Exeter Hospital Board of Trustees. “I am thrilled that they have joined Exeter Hospital’s board and look forward to working with them to advance Exeter’s commitment to our community.”
View a full list of members of the Exeter Hospital Board of Trustees.
About Exeter Hospital's New Trustees
Lauren B. Messmore
Ms. Messmore recently retired as Director and President of the BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund, as well as an advisory board member to Fintech Companies Artificial Intelligence Risk, Inc. and FiVerity, Inc. She has previous experience as a Chief Financial Officer of Nasdaq-listed community banks operating in Massachusetts.
Ms. Messmore holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard College and resides with her husband in Atkinson, New Hampshire.
James L. Thompson
Mr. Thompson recently retired after forty years of banking, most recently as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at River Run Bancorp in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He is active in the community in several roles including as Chairman of the Newfields Town Planning Board, a member of the Exeter Hospital United in Wellness Committee, a director of a Marina Condo Association, as well as a financial and membership clerk for his church.
Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelor of Arts from Rider University and attended the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware. He resides with his family in Newfields, New Hampshire.
Derek J. Trapasso, MD
Dr. Trapasso is Medical Director at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. Board-certified in Pediatric Hospital Medicine and General Pediatrics, Dr. Trapasso has more than 20 years of clinical and administrative leadership experience, including prior roles as Medical Director for MassGeneral Children’s Pediatric Hospitalist Programs at Exeter, Wentworth-Douglas, and Norwood Hospitals.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Siena College and a medical degree from Albany Medical College. Dr. Trapasso resides in Exeter, New Hampshire with his family.
About Exeter Hospital
For more than 125 years, Exeter Hospital has been integral to the health and wellness of communities in the Seacoast Region. The hospital opened in 1897 as a small cottage hospital on Pine Street in Exeter with accommodations for 10 patients. Since then, Exeter Hospital has grown into a 100-bed community-based acute care hospital that also provides extensive outpatient services.
Exeter Hospital is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a healthcare system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.
