Board of Trustees

  • Joseph W. Walsh, Esq. Chairman
  • Mark T. Ryan Esq, First Vice Chairman - Moses & Afonso, Ltd.
  • Thomas A. Tanury, Second Vice Chairman - Tanury Industries Second Vice Chairman
  • Ellen Barnes, Secretary
  • J. Joseph Kruse, Treasurer - Kruse & Co.
  • Richard L. Bready, Chairman, CEO & President - Nortek, Inc.
  • John D. Butler, Exec. V.P. Admin. and Chief Human Resources Officer - Textron Inc.
  • Gabriella D. Caprio
  • Governor Donald L. Carcieri, (Ex-Officio)
  • The Hon. David N. Cicilline, (Ex-Officio) Mayor of the City of Providence
  • Darren Corrente, Esq., Corrente Law Corporation
  • Richard E. DiChiaro, Managing Director - Bear Stearns, a J.P. Morgan Co.
  • Thomas P. Fay, CIO & Managing Director - Citizens Wealth Management
  • Robert G. Flanders, Jr., Esq., Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
  • The Hon. Gordon D. Fox, Esq., Speaker of The House
  • Gary E. Furtado, President & CEO - Navigant Credit Union
  • Jay Howell, President & General Manager - WPRI 12/Fox Providence Television
  • The Hon. Patrick Kennedy, (Ex-Officio) U.S. Representative
  • Lowell W. Kinch, Managing Partner, The Kinch Group
  • Cynthia Laughlin, President - Recruiting Specialists
  • Barbara S. Lavine
  • Paul A. MacDonald, President - Providence Central Labor Council, Teamsters Local 251, Health Services
  • Lori Merola, Vice President - Fidelity Investments
  • William D. Moore, President - MetLife Auto & Home
  • Terrence P. Moran, President - McLaughlin & Moran, Inc.
  • George H. Nee, Secretary/Treasurer - Rhode Island AFL-CIO
  • The Hon. Joseph R. Paolino, Jr., Paolino Development Co.
  • Gary M. Penfield, Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students - Rhode Island College
  • Jo-Ann Ragosta
  • The Hon. Jack Reed, (Ex-Officio)
  • Thomas J. Rossi, Assistant Professor - Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School, Johnson & Wales University
  • David Salit, Sr. VP & Market Investment Director, U.S. Trust, Bank of America
  • Stephen Shechtman, Esq., Shechtman Halperin Savage
  • James Skeffington, Esq., Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP
  • Robert F. Stoico, Chairman, President & CEO - The Robert F. Stoico/FIRSTFED Charitable Foundation
  • Donald R. Sweitzer, Chairman - GTECH Corporation
  • Zeno Trabucchi
  • Gregory Troy, Troy, Pires & Allen LLC
  • Susan Weiner
  • Stanley Weiss, Stanley Weiss Associates
  • John Hazen White, Jr., President & CEO, Taco, Inc./ The White Family Foundation
  • William A. White, President & CEO, Coastway Community Bank
  • William K. Wray, Executive Vice President & CIO - Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Rhode Island