On any given day, you might find Bill Seney ’02 driving the Manchvegas Brew Bus or hosting trivia nights throughout New Hampshire. After spending time at Plymouth State University, Seney entered the sales industry. He liked what he was doing, but yearned for more adventure, leading him to move to Colorado to become a snowboarding instructor.
Seney eventually returned to live in Manchester and started working in the call center at Eversource, and also hosted trivia nights with his wife’s cousin, Cody. Bill eventually decided his trivia gigs were more profitable than his “day” job, and WAY more fun! Seney’s wife, Alli, proposed the idea for the Manchvegas Brew Bus. At first, Seney didn’t believe the venture would be profitable, but he and Alli took a leap of faith. He quit his job, and the Brewbus was fully operational within 6 weeks— taking groups on tours of local breweries in New Hampshire. Seney is also the owner of two successful small businesses, and is proud his work supports other small businesses around NH.
When reflecting on his time at Derryfield, Seney referred to himself as a “self-proclaimed lax-bro before it was a term.” Seney is grateful to his Derryfield advisor and hockey coach, Dudley Cotton, for pushing him and encouraging him to lean into his talents instead of others’ expectations of him. Using a grant from the city of Manchester, Seney will be installing disc golf baskets around Manchester this fall. He and his wife, Alli, live in Manchester with their two children, Alton (6), and River (2).
“Derryfield encouraged me to try new things and take risks. My advisor and coach, Dudley Cotton, encouraged me to lean into what I was good at and made me realize that I didn’t have to stick to the traditional path.”