Scott Tranchemontagne, President

Scott is responsible for the development and execution of strategic communications programs, including public relations plans, integrated marketing and advertising programs, public affairs/issue advocacy efforts, and political campaigns.  Throughout his 15-year career in public relations and advertising, Scott has served clients including National Grid/Granite State Electric Company, Citizens Bank, The Community Bankers Association of NH, The NH Lottery, The NH Division of Travel and Tourism Development, Plymouth State University, Chelsea Premium Outlets, Waste Management, FairPoint Communications, Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Cabela’s, and AES Energy.

Scott specializes in helping clients strategically communicate with key stakeholders and decision makers.   In one of his higher profile assignments, he developed and coordinated the media relations campaign for the landmark Shirley Barron vs. IRS case – a lawsuit which has been recognized for changing the way the IRS deals with taxpayers and increasing taxpayer rights and protections.    He has become an expert in assisting large, controversial, development projects communicate effectively with the communities in which they are proposed.   Projects that Scott has helped win approval include; The Verizon Wireless Arena, AES Granite Ridge power plant, Merrimack Premium Outlets mall, Cabela’s retail store, Club Motorsports racetrack, and the Portwalk mixed use development in Portsmouth.

Prior to beginning his public relations career in 1994, Scott served as a news reporter, talk show host, and morning-drive anchor for WGIR Radio, New Hampshire’s largest and most-listened-to news and talk station. He began his broadcasting career in 1988 and has worked for several radio and television stations in New Hampshire and Boston, MA.   Born and raised in Nashua, NH, Scott currently resides in Bedford, NH with his wife and two children.


scott@montagnecommunications.com

Kim Moore, Senior Vice President, Public Relations

Kim Moore is an accomplished public relations professional who has been providing public relations and communications service to a diverse client base throughout New England for the past 24 years. Her current clients include Citizens Bank New Hampshire, Waste Management, and the New Hampshire chapter of the American Institute of Architects. From 1993 – 2006, she was employed by Griffin Bodi & Krause, most recently as Vice President, Public Relations. During the course of her 13 years with the agency, she executed numerous media relations and community relations programs for a variety of consumer client accounts including Citizens Bank New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Lottery, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission, Irving Oil, and the Oil Heat Council of New Hampshire, among others.

Prior to her move to New Hampshire, she spent the earlier part of her career working for public relations agencies in New York City, and Stamford, Connecticut, where she specialized in representing real estate developers, and architectural design firms throughout the New York-metropolitan area, as well as pharmaceutical companies, public utilities and environmental organizations. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and public relations from the University of Rhode Island.

kmoore@montagnecommunications.com

E.J. Powers, Vice President, Strategic Communications

E.J. Powers is Montagne Communications’ Vice President of Strategic Communications. E.J. has worn a number of hats as a marketing and communications professional. His public relations experience includes clients such as FairPoint Communications, Irving Oil, The New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism, and Z food and drink. He has managed several advertising, marketing and website clients, including Ken’s Foods, the City of Claremont’s Economic Development Office, Catholic Medical Center, Centex Destination Properties, and the New Hampshire Lottery.

E.J. also works with the firms’ development clients as they navigate the regulatory waters, helping them strategically communicate with key stakeholders and decision makers throughout permitting and construction. He has successfully worked on several major developments, including the Merrimack Premium Outlets, Cabela’s, the Wayland Town Center in Wayland, MA, the Qroe Farms development in Lebanon/Hanover, NH, and Hawthorne Development Partners’ age-restricted residential developments throughout the northeast.  Additionally, E.J. works with corporate clients and interest groups who seek the firms’ public affairs and issue advocacy expertise.

E.J. has established himself as a rising star in New Hampshire’s communications field and is actively involved in his community. He serves as a member of the Saint Anselm College Alumni Council, sits on the board for Share or Strength’s Taste of the Nation event in Manchester, NH, is a board member of the Manchester Young Professional Network and is a graduate of the 2008 class of Leadership Greater Manchester. E.J. graduated from Saint Anselm College, where he studied at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and received a BA in Politics and a Certificate in Public Policy.

epowers@montagnecommunications.com

Matt Hagerty, Vice President, Community and Strategic Relations

Matt Hagerty is Montagne Communications’ Vice President for Community and Strategic Relations, specializing in community outreach and campaign management. Matt has organized and successfully implemented political, business development, and issue advocacy campaigns for a wide array of clients throughout New Hampshire.

Prior to joining Montagne Communications, Matt worked as Senior Director at Dennehy and Bouley, a lobbying, political consulting, and business development firm in Concord. While at Dennehy and Bouley, Matt managed the firm’s grassroots clients and helped to expand their list of business development and political clients, working extensively with the Alliance for American Manufacturing, United for Jobs, the Coalition for Patent Reform, Eaton River Strategies, and International Woodfuels. In addition, Hagerty was registered as a state lobbyist representing clients with interests in New Hampshire’s timber industry, including the American Forest and Paper Association and the Biomass Group.

Hagerty also served in a number of positions for former New Hampshire Congressman Charlie Bass. In both 2004 and 2006, Matt managed the Congressman’s re-election campaign. Between campaigns, Matt worked as a Legislative Assistant in Mr. Bass’ Washington Office.

mhagerty@montagnecommunications.com

Debra Daigle, Media Relations Specialist

Debra Daigle, former news director of WZID-FM Radio in Manchester, is Montagne Communications’ media relations specialist. Daigle has been an award-winning radio and television news broadcaster for nearly 25 years; she has worked in numerous markets, including Manchester, NH, Boston, MA and Washington DC. Debra was part of the WRKO Talk Station’s news team in the mid 1980s, when the station was number one in the Boston market. She was the national recipient of UPI’s 1987 Best Reporting/Individual Achievement Award, for her work on everything from spot and breaking news, to a special series marking the 25th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy.

Debra worked for the former RKO Radio Network (Unistar) in Washington, DC from 1990-92, as a national correspondent, covering Capitol Hill, The White House and Supreme Court. From 1992 to the present, she was employed with various Massachusetts and New Hampshire media outlets, including WGIR-AM and FM in Manchester, WGMC-TV3 in Worcester, Massachusetts and WZID/WFEA in Manchester. As news director/afternoon-drive anchor of WZID, Daigle received the 2004 First Place AP Award for Best Newscast.

Debra graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, with the honor of Distinction in Major Field; she went on to receive a Master’s Degree in Mass Communications from Emerson College in Boston, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.

ddaigle@montagnecommunications.com

 Madeleine Clark, Account Coordinator, Public Relations

Madeleine Clark is a Public Relations Account Coordinator at Montagne Communications. She is responsible for supporting the account teams with client services, including community relations, media outreach, special event planning, web and database management, research and writing.

A graduate of Saint Anselm College, Madeleine received her degree in Politics from the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. She was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Honor Society for Political Science. She also served as a Communications intern for Breathe New Hampshire where she gained valuable hands-on experience in the field of public relations as she assisted in targeting area businesses and soliciting corporate teams to participate in agency sponsored programs, activities and events. While at Saint Anselm College, Madeleine served as an executive chair for the Campus Ministry Core Team where she was responsible developing and implementing student programs and events throughout the academic year. She also served as a Resident Assistant for the Office of Residential Life and Education for two years.

mclark@montagnecommunications.com