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.

G. Alan Kurose, MD, MBA, FACP, Chair
Former President and CEO, Coastal Medical

Melissa R. DuBose
Associate Judge, Rhode Island District Court

Jonathan D. Fain
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Teknor Apex Company

Carrie Bridges Feliz, MPH
Vice President, Lifespan, Community Health and Equity

Edward O. Handy, III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Washington Trust Company

Ann-Marie Harrington
Founder, Embolden

Meghan Hughes, Ph.D.
Head of Workforce Development, Arts and Heritage, Bank of America

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
- 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