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Office of the President

  Neil Steinberg   Lauren Paola   Jessica Rutledge    
  Neil Steinberg
President & CEO
(401) 427-4007
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  Lauren Paola
Executive Assistant
to the President
(401) 427-4050

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  Jessica David
Special Projects & Research Officer
(401) 427-4005

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Development

  Carol Golden
  Joyce Botelho   Marie Esposito   Pamela Tesler
  Carol Golden
Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer(401) 427-4027
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  Joyce M. Botelho
Philanthropy Officer
Newport County Fund (401) 848-2886

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  Marie Esposito
Development Officer
(401) 427-4041

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  Pamela Tesler Howitt
Donor Services Officer
(401) 427-4045

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  Alison Jackson   Zeldy Lyman  
  Paula O'Brien
  Alison Jackson
Development Associate
(401) 427-4010

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  Zeldy Lyman
Gift Planning Officer
(401) 427-4020

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  Shonté McDowell
Donor Services Associate
(401) 427-4031

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  Paula O'Brien
Administrative Assistant
(401) 427-4018

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  James S. Sanzi, Esq.   Pauline Turenne      
  James S. Sanzi, Esq.
Gift Planning Officer
(401) 427-4025

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  Pauline M. Turenne
Assistant to the Executive Vice President
(401) 427-4030

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Grant Programs

  Owen Heleen   Anna Cano-Morales   Adrian C. Bonéy   Tina Donate
  Owen Heleen
Vice President for Grant Programs
(401) 427-4009

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  Anna Cano-Morales
Associate Vice President for Grant Programs
(401) 427-4051

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  Adrian C. Bonéy
Grant Programs Officer
(401) 427-4015
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  Tina Donate
Grants Administrator
(401) 427-4012
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  Beverly A. Guay   Denise M. Jenkins   Daniel Kertzner   Inés Merchán
  Beverly A. Guay
Administrative Assistant
(401) 427-4013
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  Denise M. Jenkins
Grant Programs Officer
(401) 427-4008
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  Daniel Kertzner
Grant Programs Officer
401) 427-4014
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  Inés Merchán
Grant Programs Officer
(401) 427-4034
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  Libby W. Monahan   Jennifer Pereira   Elaine Saccoccia
 
  Libby W. Monahan
Funds Administrator
(401) 427-4017

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  Jennifer Pereira
Grant Programs Officer
(401) 427-4052
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  Elaine Saccoccia
Administrative Assistant
(401) 427-4029

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Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence

  Jill Pfitzenmayer   Candice De Los Reyes        
  Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D.
Director of the Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
(401) 427-4006

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  Candice
De Los Reyes

Program Associate for the Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
(401) 427-4046
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Communications & Marketing

  Melanie Coon
  Kerrie Bennett
  Jean E. Cohoon   Jamie E. Hull
  Melanie Coon
Vice President for Communications & Marketing
(401) 427-4004

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  Kerrie Bennett
Sr. Communications Officer
(401) 427-4055
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  Jean E. Cohoon
Sr. Communications
Officer
(401) 427-4002

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  Jamie E. Hull
Communications Assistant
(401) 427-4003

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Finance & Administration

  Michael Jenkinson   Louis Capracotta, III   Raymond J. DeCosta   Maeghen Denis
  Michael Jenkinson
Senior Vice President for Finance & Administration/CFO
(401) 427-4026
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  Louis Capracotta, III
Facilities Manager
(401) 427-4057

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  Raymond J. DeCosta
Senior Staff Accountant
(401) 427-4022

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  Maeghen Denis
Administrative Assistant
(401) 427-4001

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  Kathleen Malin   Jeanine Marshall  
  Jennifer Reid
  Kathleen Malin
Director of
Technology
(401) 427-4047

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  Jeanine Marshall
Administrative Assistant
(401) 427-4001

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Bryant Phillips
Database Administrator
(401) 427-4049
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  Jennifer Reid
Controller
(401) 427-4023
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  Diane Rodgers   Bill Smith  
   
  Diane Rodgers
Office Manager
(401) 427-4021

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  Bill Smith
Maintenance Technician
(401) 427-4058

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Human Resources

  Nancy Routhier            
  Nancy Routhier
Human Resources
Director
(401) 427-4024

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  David M. Hirsch   Lorne A. Adrain   Frederick K. Butler   Stephanie Chafee
 

David M. Hirsch
Chairman
Managing Partner,
Mustang Partners LLC

 

Lorne A. Adrain
Financial Services Representative,
Northwestern Mutual Insurance

 

Frederick K. Butler
Retired, Vice President Business Ethics and Corporate Secretary, Textron

 

Stephanie Chafee
Founder,
Rhode Island Free Clinic
(Currently on leave of absence)

               
  Cynthia Garcia Coll, PhD   Peter Damon   Patricia J. Flanagan, M.D.   The Hon. Maureen McKenna Goldberg
 

Cynthia Garcia Coll, Ph.D.
Professor of Education, Psychology, Pediatrics,
Brown University

 

Peter Damon
Director,
BankNewport

 

Patricia J. Flanagan,
M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Clinical Affairs,
Hasbro Children's Hospital

 

The Hon. Maureen
McKenna Goldberg

Justice,
RI Supreme Court

               
  The Hon. Ronald K. Machtley   Cynthia Reed    Keith Stokes   Anne Szostak
 

The Hon.
Ronald K. Machtley

President,
Bryant University

 

Cynthia Reed
President & CEO,
LTR Holdings, LLC

 

Keith Stokes
Executive Director,
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation

 

Anne Szostak
President & CEO,
Szostak Partners

               
  Neil Steinberg  
       
 

Neil Steinberg
Ex officio member
President and CEO

 


       

Charles V Chapin
1917-1927

William P. France
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

Frank Licht
1973-1987


Erskine N. White, Jr.
1977-1986

Patricia H. Blackall
1972-1990

Robert H.I. Goddard
1960-1994

William H. Heisler III
1987-1996


Paul J. Choquette, Jr.
1987-1997

Edward L. Maggiacomo
1987-1997

B. Jae Clanton
1989-1998

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

300 Rhode Islanders served on Foundation committees to help guide our governance, investment and grantmaking decisions. We deeply appreciate their expertise and dedication.

The following is a list of board committees and advisory groups for Foundation Initiatives:

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