Integrating Faith
and Social Enterprise
3:10 PM • General Motors Classroom
There are many ways for faith to influence the workplace. This influence is often reflected in an emphasis on improving social conditions, whether internal to the company, in the surrounding community, or in a foreign field. How, though, should a company balance focus on social initiatives with the financial bottom line? How do faith commitments influence the goals and strategies of a company?
This panel will focus on the work of Turbocam International, a company committed to following Christian business principles, both locally and through service abroad. The panelists will speak about how Turbocam sees its mission and objectives, discuss the role of faith in social service and activism, and share their experiences as a community of Dartmouth alumni.
Moderator
Villamor Asuncion TU’11
Panelists
Marian Noronha
Founder & CEO, Turbocam International
Marian Noronha founded Turbocam International, a turbomachinery manufacturing company, in 1985. The company now employs 350 people in 9 countries. In 2009, Business NH named Marian New Hampshire’s Business Leader of the Year. Marian is also active in Nepal, where between 1999 and 2000 he helped redeem 42 slave families. He aids many former slaves with microloans and community development projects, and also helps them get clean water, schools, and churches for their community. Marian typically leads teams of volunteers to work in Nepal every year.
He is married to Suzie - a member of the Dartmouth class of 1980 - and they have five sons. The Noronhas have lived in Madbury, NH since 1983, when they moved to the area to join a church planted by the Dartmouth Area Christian Fellowship to UNH in Durham.
David Zelie D’73
Comptroller, Turbocam International
Upon graduating from Dartmouth, David Zelie ’73 pastored the newly formed Dartmouth Area Christian Fellowship in its infancy and then led several church plants to other New England college campuses in the early 1980's with his wife, Susan Brand Zelie ’79, and other Dartmouth alums. After pastoring the church plant at UNH in Durham for 10 years, he joined Turbocam Inc., eventually becoming the comptroller. He is the proud father of 4 children.
John Bressoud D’78 TH’79
General Manager, Turbocam Industrials Division
John Bressoud is a graduate of both Dartmouth College and the Thayer School of Engineering. He joined Turbocam in 1990 and became General Manager of the Industrial Division in 2008. Prior to Turbocam, he worked at Split Ball Bearing (Timken), in Lebanon NH, and at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
John has always been active in the local church, serving in many functions including eldership, leading worship and mentoring. He and his wife Cindy have been married 31 years; they have four married children and two grandchildren.
Bill Cole D’79
Sales Manager, Turbocam International
William Cole graduated from Dartmouth College in 1979, receiving a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Religion. He was part of the Dartmouth Area Christian Fellowship, and later moved to Durham, NH as part of a New Testament-style church plant to the UNH campus and surrounding region.
He has worked in business management for two industrial supply firms, in public accounting, and for 15 years in sales management and customer service at Turbocam International. Bill and his wife, Judy, have been married for more than 30 years, and are privileged to have nine children and two grandchildren.
