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The Lee Organization Appoints Eleanor Stuyvesant Ashford Chief Financial Officer
Dover, New Hampshire
The Lee Organization, LLC today announced the appointment of Eleanor Stuyvesant Ashford as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 1, 2025. Ashford is the first senior appointment made under Chief Executive Officer Charles Prescott Whitmore III.
Ashford has spent her career in finance leadership, with particular experience guiding organizations through restructuring and periods of rapid change. She will oversee all financial operations, planning, and controls.
"Eleanor is one of the best financial executives I've worked with in thirty years," said Whitmore. "She is rigorous, she is direct, and she delivers bad news early, which is when you can still do something about it. I'm very glad to have her."
"An organization planning to grow needs its financial foundation built first, and built well," said Ashford. "That's the work, and I'm looking forward to it."
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