Board Members
Kim Bellemore
President
Kimberly currently manages a multimillion dollar real estate portfolio and has been a New Hampshire Real Estate Agent for 14 years. She is a Greater Nashua Board of Realtors member and a senior property manager managing over 460 rentals over a span of 17 properties. Kimberly loves working with families to find their dream homes. She continues to further her education through quarterly and yearly certifications and classes to guarantee her clients have the most updated knowledge about the market. Prior to real estate, she worked as a supervisor for a prominent financial corporation in the insurance and payroll departments , and also working on production teams for a Fortune 500 company.
Kimberly grew up in the Milford area in a loving family of five that was deep-rooted in core values and learned the essential life skills. Her parents owned a construction company where Kimberly was very hands on in her young adult years. Therefore, Kim has experience in both practical components of STEAM and the mission and vision of Dream AcadeME. Her youth was spent farming, learning holistic health, beekeeping, and caring for livestock animals. Kimberly continues on her own growing farmstead called Bellemore Farms. This is where she is passionate about raising bees, chickens, and gardening. Helping on the farm alongside Kimberly are her four rescued pooches Ava, Abby, Max, and Benjamin. Kimberly is also an incredible auntie that educates and nurtures her nieces and nephews about the farm and the importance of the mind-body connection.
With Kimberly's nieces, nephews, and future children in mind, she has a priority and interest in a natural and holistic approach to an educational environment. She was a founder of a chartered public school in southern NH with similar values around health and wellness. She is an experienced charter board member and chaired the facilities committee. She has a deep understanding of the need for alternative education services that Dream AcadeME offers Southern NH.
Traci Korhonen, Ed.D.
FOUNDER & Secretary
Traci Korhonen started Dream AcadeME in 2013 to create opportunities for children to learn from the lens of their dreams while meeting their needs. In order to build this type of learning dynamic, Traci viewed the parent-teacher partnership as a vital component to the model’s success. Over the years as Dream AcadeME was formed into a nonprofit, the business expanded because of word of mouth from parents. Traci remains forever grateful to these families who were the cornerstones of Dream AcadeME’s early days and its success.
Since founding Dream AcadeME, Traci has worked with school choice initiatives to support public charter schools and education freedom. She was the visionary and founder of a chartered public school in southern NH and worked with families to build and offer a microschool in the same area.
Traci believes the that the industrialized model of education where children and families are separated all day is phasing out. Instead, more intimate school communities similar to one room schoolhouses with multiple ages are replacing the large buildings with long hallways where children were separated by age.
Traci reimagines education by looking at what families and children want/need and evolving in the face of challenges. Although research is slow to be integrated into the real world, we now know much more about psychology, child development, motivation, biology, and sociology to create a model that is unique and adaptable for all children. A place where children love to come to learn, and where families feel confident in their school choice.
Success is bred from curiosity and wonder, finding out what you are good at and love, and bringing those aspects into your work and life. In Traci’s humble opinion, children need more wonder with time outdoors and less time on devices. Technological devices limited to intentional and restricted supervised use as a learning and research tool. A tool that invites children to be inventors and engineers. Technology expands beyond computers and ipads to real tools and other machines that allow children time and space to bring their ideas to life. The technology is a small piece, but it is not the center of education. What is at the center is the child and their interests, needs, and what is developmentally appropriate.
Students developed as lifelong learners with emotional intelligence believe that they can make a difference in the world doing what they love. They need to spend a lot of time outdoors at all ages! Indoors they need a comfortable space, warm and cozy, like a home with intimate spaces for discussions and small group work. Outside there are quiet areas in nature for independent study, access to animals, and for mindfulness that develops the heart, mind, and soul of the child.
Students also need to be taught about the connection between their mind and their body, their gut and their brain. They will understand how a mind and body will feel stressed, depleted, depressed, anxious, etc. when it is low in certain nutrients and minerals and overloaded with toxins in the environment. They need to learn how animals and healthy soil are the source of these nutrients and minerals and understand the importance of biodynamic growing practices that enrich their food. Assuming a child needs to change their behavior without looking at their diet and surrounding environment is illogical. Traci believes we can cultivate mental and physical health by empowering students with skills and knowledge that will improve their overall wellbeing for a lifetime.
Stephanie LaFlam
Vice President
Stephanie has a bachelor's degree in Environmental Planning and Policy and Geography. In addition to her degree, she is also a Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST), a licensed foster parent in the state of New Hampshire, a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), and a mother of four wonderful little people.
Stephanie understands that poverty not only has an affect on people, but it also affects our environment. She comes from a tumultuous and poverty ridden background and has always wanted to help those in need or who are underserved; particularly families with children. Stephanie looks for ways to support environmentally influenced teaching moments whenever possible and would like to be a part of an organization that is working toward a similar goal. She believes in empowerment through education.
Her life experience has shown Stephanie that support in early childhood years is not only good for the child, but the family and helps to create a happier, healthier community. She has worked with mothers and children in the natural birth and home birth world as an office manager at a birthing center with midwives. In order to further the notion of support early development, she is working to start a public PreK in her home town in western NH. Stephanie enjoys working on her home, canning homemade jams and pie fillings amongst other delicious things, and caring for her family.
Noah Boudreault
Treasurer
Noah is a proud father of three amazing kids, ages 9 to 16, and has been lucky enough to share the last 20 years with his incredible wife. Family means everything to him, and it’s what drives much of the work he does, both professionally and in my community. By day, Noah serves as the Chief Technical Officer for a well-respected law firm in the Boston area. He leads our tech strategy and innovation efforts, helping our teams work smarter and stay ahead in a rapidly changing legal landscape.
Outside of work, Noah has always been passionate about giving back. Over the years, he’s coached various sports and also served on several town and school committees, including three years on the school board most recently. Noah has also been involved with the Town Capital Improvement Committee, School Policy Committee, School Budget Committees, School Facilities Committees, and the School Community Engagement & Communication Committee. Through each of these roles, Noah’s focus has been on making thoughtful, forward-looking decisions that strengthen our community.
One of Noah’s core beliefs is that every child deserves access to high-quality, well-rounded educational opportunities. He believes that a community should create and offer as many different educational avenues for our children as possible since every child learns differently and deserves to succeed. Noah is committed to doing his part to ensure our region continues to grow and invest in the future of our students and schools.
Katrice Grady
board member
Katrice is the Director of Operations at Sonic Boom Ventures, a multi-entity family office based in Boston, MA. She also oversees operations for her husband’s business, Aspen Grove Woodworking. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a focus on entrepreneurship and is a commissioned Notary Public in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Before her current roles, Katrice served as Director of Executive Operations at a fintech start-up, where she led a team of Executive Assistants, Facilities, and Administrative staff. Over the course of her career, she has held numerous high-level support roles, including Executive Assistant to various CEOs and C-suite executives. Her work has spanned a wide range of responsibilities, from complex calendar and travel coordination to managing confidential M&A projects, board meetings, corporate events, facilities transitions, and organizational change initiatives. Known for her ability to bring order and calm to fast-paced environments, Katrice thrives on solving complex problems with creativity, reliability, and a fresh perspective.
Prior to starting a family, she ran her own wedding and event planning business, helping clients bring their social gatherings to life while reducing the stress of the planning process. Today, that same passion lives on in the form of elaborate birthday parties and holiday celebrations for her children, friends, and family.
Katrice lives in New Hampshire with her husband Andrew, their two daughters, and a beloved rescue pup. Motherhood has deepened her interest in intuitive parenting that is inspired by cultures across the globe. She is particularly fond of nature-based and child-led learning, and her oldest child is currently enrolled in a local full-time forest school program —an experience that has provided confidence, social skills and curiosity. Katrice feels passionately about expanding educational options in the state that cultivate raw childhood, while teaching life skills and foster organic learning. Her involvement with DreamAcadeME reflects that commitment.
In her (rare) spare time, Katrice enjoys exploring nearby gardens and beaches, cooking and entertaining, trying new restaurants, diving into holistic living practices, tackling home remodeling projects, and staying active through fitness.
Bill King
Board Member
Bill King has an affinity for education, business, health, and family. Bill earned a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at SUNY and spent 40 years working with forgings, casting, and machining processes. During this time, he worked with aerospace components, including airfoils and medical implants. For 38 of those years, Bill worked in management continuously trying to grow people in their career and in life in general. Bill has a hobby business that focuses on professional growth mainly attuned to Juniors and Seniors in high school before committing to unnecessary college debt.
Bill represented Milford in the State House from 2020 through 2024. He ran to help work with mental health and substance use recovery legislation. While working with fellow legislators, Bill found alternative education was a big need in NH. As Bill works toward his third retirement (although Bill will never retire), he is putting his energy into helping families and youth find their purpose by building up their love of learning.
Bill King has lived in Milford for the last 31 years after building his family home in North Milford. He and his wife, Linda, raised four children and they all went through the Milford school system 1st-12th grade. Education was always important in the King house with an emphasis on reading, time management, and commitment to learning. Both Bill and Linda were closely involved in their children’s education and connected to the teachers until they graduated high school. One thing they found is that every child learns differently, and it is important to engage the student in the way they learn.
October 20, 2016, Linda lost her battle with Sarcoma and the family lost the family cheerleader and educational catalyst. However, she left her mark on her children and they continue to grow through reading and continuing education. She was, in many ways, the reason why his family has become successful in the marketplace and also the reason why Bill continues to help in the Milford community.
Bill’s love for education and his love for business led him recently to an opportunity to help a local charter school set up their facility at the favorite Milford Mile Away restaurant. Bill has a special place in his heart for the Mile Away since it is where he and his current wife, Sandy, were married on July 18, 2021. He has many years of experience restoring buildings and hopes to be part of recreating the Mile Away restaurant into a school for alternative education while keeping its historic charm.
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