About

Foundation Board

Our volunteer board of directors is responsible for overseeing the Foundation’s mission and strategic direction, safeguarding our financial health and sustainability, and setting organizational policies. Directors are chosen for their community leadership and knowledge.

Ann-Marie Harrington, Chair headshot

Ann-Marie Harrington, Chair

Advisor/Investor/Consultant

Carrie Bridges, MPH headshot

Carrie Bridges, MPH

Vice President of Community, Health, and Equity, Brown University Health Community Health Institute

Melissa R. DuBose headshot

Melissa R. DuBose

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Jonathan D. Fain headshot

Jonathan D. Fain

Chairman of the Board, Teknor Apex Company

Meghan Hughes, Ph.D. headshot

Meghan Hughes, Ph.D.

Head of Workforce Development, Arts and Heritage, Bank of America

G. Alan Kurose, MD, MBA, FACP headshot

G. Alan Kurose, MD, MBA, FACP

President and Chief Operating Officer of the Nuvance Health Medical Practice

Sally E. Lapides headshot

Sally E. Lapides

President/CEO, Residential Properties Ltd.

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Silvermoon Mars LaRose

Assistant Director, Tomaquag Museum

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Tony Mendez

General Manager, Video Mundo Broadcasting

Theresa Moore headshot

Theresa Moore

President, T-Time Productions

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Peter R. Phillips

Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Washington Trust Wealth Management

Janet Robinson headshot

Janet Robinson

Former President and CEO, New York Times Company

James Wright headshot

James Wright

CEO, Bridge Technical Talent

David N. Cicilline headshot

David N. Cicilline

President & CEO, Rhode Island Foundation, Ex officio board member

Previous Board Members

  • Charles V. Chapin, 1917-1927
  • William H. P. Faunce, 1917-1928
  • Mary B. Steedman, 1917-1929
  • William L. Hodgman, 1917-1935
  • Henry D. Sharpe, 1917-1951
  • Albert D. Mead, 1917-1933
  • John Nicholas Brown, 1930-1972
  • Walter A. Edwards, 1933-1964
  • Percival de St. Aubin, 1933-1940
  • G. Maurice Congdon, 1935-1961
  • Alfred K. Potter, 1936-1936
  • Arthur H. Ruggles, 1940-1958
  • Thomas P. Hazard, 1951-1963
  • Margaret Kelly, 1958-1965 & 1970-1973
  • G. William Miller, 1963-1977
  • Bancroft Littlefield, 1964-1989
  • Joseph J. Baker, 1966-1970
  • Andrew M. Hunt, 1972-1987
  • Norman M. Fain, 1972-1987
  • Erskine N. White, Jr., 1977-1986
  • Patricia H. Blackall, 1972-1990
  • Frank Licht, 1973-1987
  • Robert H.I. Goddard, 1960-1994
  • William H. Heisler III, 1987-1996
  • Paul J. Choquette, Jr., 1987-1997
  • B. Jae Clanton, 1989-1998
  • Edward L. Maggiacomo, 1987-1997
  • Melvin Alperin, 1987-1999
  • Ann Conner, 1991-2002
     
  • Florence K. Murray, 1998-2002
  • Norman E. McCulloch, Jr., 1994-2002
  • Ruth J. Simmons, Ph.D., 2002-2003
  • John W. Wall, 1994-2004
  • Pablo Rodriguez, M.D., 1994-2005
  • Margaret G. Leeson, 1997-2006
  • Elizabeth Z. Chace, 1998-2006
  • Ronald V. Gallo, 1993-2007
  • Walter R. Stone, Esq., 1998-2007
  • Carol J. Grant, 2002-2008
  • George Graboys, 1999-2008
  • Benjamin G. Paster, Esq., 2007-2009
  • Peter S. Damon, 2001-2010
  • Stephanie Danforth Chafee, 2008-2011
  • Cynthia Garcia Coll, 2003-2011
  • Keith W. Stokes, 2010-2011
  • The Hon. Maureen McKenna Goldberg, 2003-2012
  • David M. Hirsch, 2003-2012
  • M. Anne Szostak, 2006-2013
  • Lorne Adrain, 2009-2013
  • Kathleen C. Hittner, M.D., 2012-2013
  • Professor Jorge O. Elorza, 2012-2014
  • Patricia J. Flanagan, M.D., 2005-2014
  • The Hon. Ronald K. Machtley, 2007-2016
  • Cynthia Stewart Reed, 2007-2016
  • Howard G. Sutton, 2015-2016
  • Frederick K. Butler, 2008-2017
  • Edward "Ned" O. Handy, III, 2011-2018, 2021-2024
  • Mary F. Lovejoy, 2013-2020
  • Marie Langlois, 2011-2020
  • The Honorable Ernest C. Torres, 2013-2021
  • Mary Brooks Wall, 2011-2021
  • Neil D. Steinberg, 2008-2023
  • Michael K. Allio, 2014-2023

Meet our staff team.