The Endowment for Health has appointed three local leaders – Alex Mason, Zach Palmer, and Julia Williams – to its Board of Directors for three-year terms effective Oct. 1.

Mason, an Antrim resident and assistant vice president of commercial credit and portfolio management at Millyard Bank, brings 16 years of banking and finance experience to the board. He currently chairs the organization’s Finance Committee and serves on the Audit Committee. Prior to his appointment to the Board of Directors, he served on the Endowment Advisory Council. A lifelong New Hampshire resident, he serves on the NHPR Advisory Board and recently concluded his service as treasurer and chair of the Governance Committee for Monadnock Worksource. He holds an associate’s degree in human services from New Hampshire Technical Institute.

Palmer, of Hillsborough County, brings background in commercial development and banking alongside experience with several regional nonprofits.

Williams, a Hopkinton resident, serves as vice president of strategy and strategic initiatives at Point32Health and holds leadership experience across the health care sector.

The Concord-based foundation works to improve community health and reduce health burdens for vulnerable populations across the state, having awarded more than $81 million in grant support since 2001. For more information, visit endowmentforhealth.org.