Leslie Goldman

LESLIE GOLDMAN came to Bellows Falls in 1982 as a newly graduated Family Nurse Practitioner with her husband, Dr. Matthew Peake, to start a primary care medical practice at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. They went into private practice in 1986 and operated their small business until Rockingham Memorial Hospital closed in 1990. Out patient services were taken over by Springfield Hospital and she worked in Primary Care in Bellows Falls until 2008. In 2008, Goldman completed a master’s of public health at the Dartmouth Medical School with a focus on systems thinking and quality improvement, and then went on to practice primary care at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene, where she gained an understanding of large, complex organizations. After 37 years in medicine, she retired in 2018. Goldman served on the Bellows Falls Union High School Board for 12 years and on the Rockingham Selectboard for three years, where she learned the skill of crafting a budget. She believes a budget is a statement of philosophy and limited funds requires choosing one program over another. Goldman served as a board member of Parks Place, a nonprofit organization supporting vulnerable and marginalized populations…