2025 Executive Board
![Ken Tassey](https://www.manchestergop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ken-tassey-sq.jpg)
Ken Tassey
Chair
Ken Tassey Jr. is a resident of Manchester’s Ward 6, and married for 36 to his wife Kazuko. They raised their 3 children in Manchester for over 25 years. Ken represented Ward 6 on Manchester’s Board of School Committee during 2021-2022.
Ken is a small business owner as Realtor® with KW Realty Metropolitan. Ken He is a former director, president, and a co-founder of Boston Therapeutics, a small pharmaceutical company founded in Manchester, focused on a novel diabetes botanical drug. Ken sits on the board of two charities: one which provides nearly $100,000 in grants annually to youth-focused nonprofits in NH, and the other which has, to-date, landed over 450 tons of medical supplies, clothing, food, and other materials to families in need in war-torn Ukraine.
![Ben Prescott](https://www.manchestergop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BP_sr_portrait.png)
Ben Prescott
Secretary
Ben Prescott has been a resident of Manchester for over 20 years and has spent the last 15 years working in the Cybersecurity field. He is passionate about keeping New Hampshire the “Live Free or Die” state and free from destructive Massachusetts and California ideology and polices. He believes in keeping government as unobtrusive as possible and leaving more hard-earned money in the pockets of the taxpayers who earn it.
![Steven Kesselring](https://www.manchestergop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Steven_Kesselring.png)
Steven Kesselring
Vice Chair
Steven Kesselring has built his career through hard work and passion, rather than following a traditional educational path. Guided by his faith, he ha overcome numerous challenges and achieved significant success.
In 2004, Steven launched his first small business in Manchester, NH, driven by a deep love for landscaping. Through dedication and effort, he transformed it into a thriving enterprise. Since 2014, he has served as the President and CEO of Your Oil Tools in Hooksett, NH, a company founded after a life-changing truck fire that redirected his life’s journey.
Among Steven’s notable accomplishments are receiving the 2022 SBA District Director Award for assisting small business owners nationwide through SCORE and other organizations, helping them transition online during the global shutdown. He is also an alumnus of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program through Babson College.
Steven serves as one of our State Representatives from Manchester’s Ward 12.
![Brian Cole](https://www.manchestergop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/brian-cole-2-sq.jpg)
Brian Cole
Chair Emeritus
Brian has been a resident in Manchester since 1998, and lives in Ward 7 of Manchester. He graduated from Southern New Hampshire University in 1995 with a B.S. in Economics and Finance, and an A.S. in Accounting. State Representative for Hillsborough 26, Manchester. State Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee, Appointed to the NH Canadian Trade Council. Former Vice-Chair Manchester Republican Committee, Former Grand Knight & District Deputy Knights of Columbus, Ward 7 Safety Watch.
![Samantha Faucher](https://www.manchestergop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/samantha-faucher.jpg)
Samantha Faucher
Treasurer