Staff of Monadnock Art x Tech

Roy Schlieben
Executive Director
roy@maxtmakerspace.org

Roy has been with MAXT as its Executive Director since its founding – First as a volunteer and then as a full-time employee since 2018. Roy is a Peterborough native and is passionate about community and about the power of making. His first love is woodworking, but he now can be found dabbling in pretty much everything MAXT does.

Before MAXT, Roy worked as a non-profit fundraising consultant in New Hampshire and previously worked on international development programming around the world.

David Broughton
Programs Manager
david@maxtmakerspace.org

Dave has wide and varied experience as a maker and organizer on both sides of the pond. Growing up in rural Norfolk in the UK in a family of makers, Dave continued his love of craft, graduating in 2010 from University of Sheffield with an MSc in Archaeomaterials: studying and reconstructing ceramics, metals and glass from antiquity.

In this past 13 years, his path has been less conventional. Whilst working at the University of York he co-founded Edible York a city-wide community gardening organization and met his now wife Erica. In 2012 the pair moved to her hometown in Indiana to run Nomad Yarns, a yarn store and hub for fiber arts education. In 2022 Nomad Yarns moved fully online becoming Nomad On Toast, selling exclusively their hand dyed yarns, craft kits and other artwork. Dave and family resettled in Keene and instantly fell in love with the Monadnock region’s beautiful scenery and lively arts community. David has been organizing MAXT’s classes and programming since 2023.

Max Roy
Ceramics Center Manager

Ceramics@maxtmakerspace.org

Max has helped run our operations at the Dublin ceramics center since 2022, managing membership, volunteers, firings, glazing and classes.

Board of Monadnock Art x Tech

The MAXT Board of Directors, is a dedicated group of community leaders, educators, artists, and innovators who guide and support our mission to foster creativity, collaboration, and hands-on learning. As stewards of our makerspace, the board helps shape strategic direction, ensures sustainability, and champions inclusive access to tools, technology, and creative opportunities.

With a shared passion for making and community engagement, our board works to grow MAXT as a vibrant hub for innovation in the Monadnock region.

Board of Directors

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Chair

PAUL TULLER

Treasurer

BOB HARING-SMITH

With my wife, I retired to Peterborough in 2017 from a career spent either teaching math and computer science or providing IT support, mostly in higher education, in the United States and Africa. Since moving here, I have provided tech support for the library renovation campaign, Peterborough Players, and others. I chaired the Monadnock Summer Lyceum committee and continue to serve as co-coordinator of the Peterborough Renewable Energy Project (PREP). I've taken woodworking classes at MAXT and joined the board in 2024.

Secretary

PATSY TOMPKINS

I split my time between New York City and Peterborough. Since 1972 I have worked at The James Goodman Gallery in New York. The gallery dealt in Modern and Contemporary masters such as Picasso, Matisse, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Calder, and Moore. For the last 38 years there I am Executive Director and Vice-President of Operations. The gallery closed the physical space in 2020 upon the death of James Goodman. I continue to work with the gallery and his estate. Currently I am the Treasurer of The Monadnock Art Tour as well as working privately as a bookkeeper.

MAXT At Large

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CRAIG DICKSTEIN

JONATHAN GARHART

KATHERINE GEKAS

CHRISTY KEEFE

Christy Keefe is a big fan of the Makerspace (having taken classes & workshops in wood work, soap making, cross stitch and knitting) and a 3 year member of the Ceramic Studio, where she runs Monday nights Open Studio. She works at the Peterborough Players as their Director of Marketing and Community Engagement and is currently a member of the Leadership Monadnock class of 2026/27. She has spent the last decade working in the nonprofit sector and prior to that worked as an associate producer in theme park entertainment. She had previously been on the board of the Sante D’Or Foundation, an animal rescue in Los Angeles.

DANICA MILLER

MITCHELL SCHOFIELD

Originally from Leominster, Massachusetts, Mitchell relocated to Peterborough from Columbia, South Carolina, in the summer of 2024. With a decade of experience as an IT administrator, he has spent his career working with technology, systems, and troubleshooting. Mitchell is passionate about 3D printing and enjoys exploring the creative possibilities of digital fabrication. Outside of his professional and maker interests, he is an avid gamer and longtime Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast. He values collaboration, learning, and community engagement, and is excited to help support MAXT's continued growth and success.

PELAGIA VINCENT