Meet our staff team.
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.
Mary Brooks Wall, Chair
Retired, Managing Director, Royal Bank of Scotland
Michael K. Allio
President and CEO, Allio Associates LLC
Carrie Bridges Feliz, MPH
Director, Lifespan, Community Health Institute
Melissa R. DuBose
Associate Judge, Rhode Island District Court
Jonathan D. Fain
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Teknor Apex Company
Edward O. Handy, III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Washington Trust Company
Ann-Marie Harrington
Founder, Embolden
Meghan Hughes, Ph.D.
President, Community College of Rhode Island
G. Alan Kurose, MD, MBA, FACP
President and CEO, Coastal Medical
Tony Mendez
General Manager, Video Mundo Broadcasting
Theresa Moore
President, T-Time Productions
Peter R. Phillips
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Washington Trust Wealth Management
Janet Robinson
Former President and CEO, New York Times Company
James Wright
CEO, Bridge Technical Talent
Neil D. Steinberg
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, 1991-2000
- 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
- Mary F. Lovejoy, 2013-2020
- Marie Langlois, 2011-2020
- The Honorable Ernest C. Torres, 2013-2021