2023 OFFICERS

Chair
Julie Duffy, Esq.
EVP, Human Resources,
Textron Inc.

Vice Chair
John Galvin 
CEO, AAA Northeast

Vice Chair
Adam Hamblett

Treasurer
Mark Stewart

Secretary
Virginia Branch
Principal, Branch Architects

Members At Large
Helena Buonanno Foulkes

 

Dr. Margaret M. Van Bree
MHA, DrPH

Rebecca Webber
RI Dept. of Administration 

M. Teresa Paiva Weed, Esq.
President, Hospital Association of RI

Chair-Emeritus
Howard G. Sutton
President, Gipper Consulting LLC

2023 DIRECTORS

Nicole E. Alexander-Scott, M.D.

Greg Almieda
CEO, Global View Communications

Alden M. Anderson, Jr.
SVP, CBRE, Inc.

Marie Bernardo-Sousa, LP.D.
President, Providence Campus
Johnson & Wales University

Stacie B. Collier, Esq., 
Partner/Chief Talent Officer
Nixon Peabody, LLP

Jeffrey Dana, Esq
City Solicitor,
City of Providence

Karen G. DelPonte, Esq.
Partner,
Cameron & Mittleman LLP

Jill DeShiro
EVP, COO, CFO
Centreville Bank

Bradford S. Dimeo
President,
Dimeo Construction Company

James A. Diossa
General Treasurer,
State of Rhode Island
 

Eugenio Fernandez, Jr., PharmD
Founder, Asthenis

David M. Gilden, Esq.
Partner,
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Monica Huertas

Keith Kelly
President,
Citizens Rhode Island

Matthew T. Marcello, III, Esq.
Partner,
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP

Frank Mauran
President,
Gaspee Publishing

The Honorable John J. McConnell, Jr.
U.S. District Court

Beth McQuade

Michael Mello
Senior Director for Global Government Relations
IGT

Bruce Messier
President,
Butler & Messier Insurance

Terry Moran
President, McLaughlin & Moran, Inc.

Brian Murphy
Chairman & C.E.O.,
Home Loan Investment Bank

David Nastro
Managing Director,
Morgan Stanley

David Ortiz
Head of Northeast Government Affairs and Market Strategy,
Orsted

Tony Simon
Principal,
Simon Consulting

The Honorable Christopher Smith
District Court Judge

Kevin Tracy
Market Executive,
Bank of America

Marshall Votta
Operating Advisor,
Nautic Partners LLC

Patrick Wholey
President and General Manager,
WPRI-12/Nexstar

Gayle Wolf
President,                                  
Government Strategies, Inc.

2023 LEADERSHIP TEAM

Karen Santilli
Chief Executive Officer

Michelle M. Wilcox
President

Merelise Hitte
Chief Financial Officer

Laura Calenda
Chief Marketing & Philanthropy Officer

Rosemarie Hipolito
Senior Executive Assistant,
Assistant Secretary