Our volunteer board of directors is responsible for setting the Foundation's policies and awarding grants. Directors, who are recommended or elected by several bodies, including the Supreme Court and the Governor, are all community leaders, chosen for their sensitivity to and knowledge of the state's key issues. Directors may serve up to two terms of five years each (with some leeway if the chair's term should extend beyond the 10 years).

George Graboys. Chairman Appointed by the trustee banks of The Rhode Island Community Foundation | More about George Graboys   Frederick K. Butler. Elected by members of the Board | More about Frederick K. Butler               Cynthia Garcia Coll, Ph.D. Elected by members of the Board | More about Cynthia Garcia Coll   Peter S. Damon Elected by members of the Board | More about Peter S. Damon               Patricia J. Flanagan, M.D. Appointed by the United Way of Rhode Island | More about Patricia Flanagan   The Hon. Maureen McKenna Goldberg Appointed by the Chief Justice of the RI Supreme Court | More about Maureen McKenna Goldberg               David M. Hirsch Elected by members of the Board | More about David Hirsch   The Hon. Ronald K. Machtley Elected by members of the Board | More about Ronald K. Machtley               Benjamin G. Paster, Esq. Elected by members of the Board | More about Benjamin G. Paster, Esq.   Cynthia Reed Elected by members of the Board | More about Cynthia Reed               Anne Szostak Elected by members of the Board | More about Anne Szostak

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 1929-1933 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 Florence K. Murray 1998-2002 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