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