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STAFF

ELIZABETH FRANCIS
Executive Director

RACHAEL JEFFERS
Associate Director of Engagement

SOPHIA MACKENZIE
Associate Director of Development

CAT LAINE
Events & Communications Specialist

SCOTT RAKER
Associate Director of Operations

JULIA RENAUD
Associate Director of Grants & Strategic Initiatives

MICAH RODRIGUEZ
Program Coordinator

MELISSA WONG
Grantmaking Program Coordinator
BOARD
Doug Popovich, Chair
Storytelling & Creative Content Professional
Tiffini Bowers, Vice Chair
Assistant Director of Art and Exhibitions Curator, John Hay Library, Brown University
Marcia Sousa Da Ponte, Secretary
Community Volunteer
Jorge Mejia, Treasurer
Director of Auxiliary Business Affairs & Budget, RISD
Kenny Alston
Executive Counsel, Rhode Island Department of Health
Cherry Arnold
Global Real Estate Advisor, Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty
Chrystal Mars Baker
Education Manager, Tomaquag Museum
Stephanie Basile
Founding Agent, Stephanie Basile Group
Robert Craven, Esq
Attorney at Law, Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., Adjunct Professor, Community College of Rhode Island
Jaffa Davies, MS
Psychoeducational Specialist, Delta Consultants
Antonia Noori Farzan
Journalist
Emily McHugh
Director of Strategic Initiatives, SQA Group
James P. Riley
Retired
Jeannette E. Riley, PhD
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Josh Stenger, PhD
Professor of Film and New Media, Wheaton College
Eric E. Sung
Professor, Providence College
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Author
Christopher Joseph Westgate, PhD
Professor, Johnson & Wales University
Don E. Wineberg
Partner, Chace Ruttenberg & Freedman, LLP

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The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities seeds, supports, and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all Rhode Islanders.

 

 

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