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.
Ann-Marie Harrington, Chair
Advisor/Investor/Consultant
Melissa R. DuBose
Associate Judge, Rhode Island District Court
Jonathan D. Fain
Chairman of the Board, Teknor Apex Company
Carrie Bridges Feliz, MPH
Vice President of Community, Health, and Equity, Brown University Health Community Health Institute
Meghan Hughes, Ph.D.
Head of Workforce Development, Arts and Heritage, Bank of America
G. Alan Kurose, MD, MBA, FACP
President and Chief Operating Officer of the Nuvance Health Medical Practice
Sally E. Lapides
President/CEO, Residential Properties Ltd.
Silvermoon Mars LaRose
Assistant Director, Tomaquag Museum
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
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