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Staff, Board & Advisors

Office of the President


Neil Steinberg President & CEO (401) 427-4007 Send Email		Lauren Paola Executive Assistant to the President & CEO (401) 427-4050 Send email		Jessica David Director of Strategy and Planning (401) 427-4005 Send Email

Development


Carol Golden Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer(401) 427-4027 Send Email	Joyce M. Botelho Philanthropy Officer Newport County Fund (401) 848-2886 Send Email	Gail Ginnetty Senior Development Officer (401) 427-4040 Send Email	Pamela Tesler Howitt Senior Development Officer (401) 427-4045 Send Email


Alison Jackson Development Associate (401) 427-4010 Send Email	Zeldy Lyman Development Officer (401) 427-4020 Send Email	Shonté McDowell Donor Services Associate (401) 427-4031 Send Email	Paula O'Brien Administrative Assistant (401) 427-4018 Send Email


James S. Sanzi, Esq. Senior Development Officer (401) 427-4044 Send Email	Pauline M. Turenne Administrative Assistant (401) 427-4030 Send Email

Grant Programs


Owen Heleen Vice President for Grant Programs (401) 427-4009 Send Email	Adrian C. Bonéy Grant Programs Officer (401) 427-4015 Send Email	Tina Donate Grants Administrator (401) 427-4012 Send Email	Beverly A. Guay Administrative Assistant (401) 427-4013 Send Email


Denise M. Jenkins Grant Programs Officer (401) 427-4008 Send Email	Daniel Kertzner Grant Programs Officer (401) 427-4014 Send Email	Yvette Mendez Grant Programs Officer (401) 427-4051 Send Email	Inés Merchán Grant Programs Officer (401) 427-4034 Send Email


Libby Monahan Funds Administrator (401) 427-4017 Send Email	Jennifer Pereira Grant Programs Officer (401) 427-4052 Send Email	Elaine Saccoccia Administrative Assistant (401) 427-4029 Send Email

Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence


Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D. Director of the Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence (401) 427-4006 Send Email		Candice De Los Reyes INE Program Associate (401) 427-4046 Send Email

Communications & Marketing


Melanie Coon Vice President for Communications & Marketing (401) 427-4004 Send Email		Kerrie Bennett Sr. Communications Officer (401) 427-4055 Send Email		Jean E. Cohoon Sr. Communications Officer (401) 427-4002 Send Email		Jamie E. Hull Administrative Assistant (401) 427-4003 Send Email

Finance & Administration


Michael Jenkinson Senior Vice President for Finance & Administration/CFO (401) 427-4026 Send Email	Louis Capracotta, III Facilities Manager (401) 427-4057 Send Email	Raymond J. DeCosta Senior Staff Accountant (401) 427-4022 Send Email	Maeghen Denis Administrative Assistant (401) 427-4028 Send Email


Kathleen Malin Director of Technology (401) 427-4047 Send Email	Jeanine Marshall Administrative Assistant (401) 427-4001 Send Email	Bryant Phillips Database Administrator (401) 427-4049 Send Email	Jennifer Reid Controller (401) 427-4023 Send Email


Diane Rodgers Office Manager (401) 427-4021 Send Email	Jose Santos IT Technician (401) 427-4048 Send Email	Bill Smith Maintenance Technician (401) 427-4058 Send Email


David M. Hirsch Chairman Managing Partner, Mustang Partners LLC	Lorne A. Adrain Financial Services Representative, Northwestern Mutual Insurance (Currently on leave of absence)	Frederick K. Butler Retired, Vice President Business Ethics and Corporate Secretary, Textron	Stephanie Danforth Chafee Founder, Rhode Island Free Clinic (Currently on leave of absence)


Cynthia Garcia Coll, Ph.D. Professor of Education, Psychology, Pediatrics, Brown University	Mary W. C. Daly Retired, Managing Director, Royal Bank of Scotland	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


Ned Handy President, Citizens Bank, Rhode Island and Connecticut	Marie J. Langlois Retired, Managing Director, Washington Trust Investors	The Hon. Ronald K. Machtley President, Bryant University	Cynthia S. Reed President & CEO, LTR Holdings, LLC


Keith W. Stokes Executive Director, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation	M. Anne Szostak President & CEO, Szostak Partners	Neil D. Steinberg Ex officio member President & 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

Peter S. Damon 2001-2010

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

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