David L. Underhill
District Governor 2017-18
District 7780


Dave Underhill is a media and marketing consultant in Portsmouth NH, past president of the Portsmouth NH Rotary Club (2013-2014) and of the Brattleboro VT Rotary Club (District 7870, 1989-1990).  
 
His broadcasting and publishing career began in Boston (WGBH-TV, WBZ-TV, WCVB-TV).  Moving to Vermont, he and his wife Linda owned and operated radio station WKVT AM/FM from 1983-1994.  Joining the Brattleboro Rotary Club in 1984, he served on the board, as club secretary and in 1989-1990 as club president, and chaired the club’s Gateway Foundation.  In 1994, he was on a pilot team that traveled to El Salvador to explore starting clean-water projects. 
 
His Rotary service was interrupted when his career took him to Tribune Company in Chicago as a senior executive in broadcasting, cable and internet publishing.  He and Linda returned to New England and settled in Portsmouth in 2006; their son and daughter-in-law live nearby.
 
Dave has chaired Portsmouth Rotary’s finance, Interact and Foundation committees as well as the board of directors.  He is a member of Rotary’s Bequest Society and a Major Donor member of the Paul Harris Society. 
 
In addition to his Rotary service, he serves as a volunteer small-business mentor for SCORE.   Dave Underhill was born in upstate New York, and is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy (NH) and Boston University, with a B.S. in Broadcasting and Film.  When he’s not in Rotary you may find him on skis or on the golf course.

Contact Information
603-706-3143 Mobile
dave.underhill.nh@gmail.com