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STAFF & BOARD

STAFF

ELIZABETH FRANCIS
Executive Director

RACHAEL JEFFERS
Associate Director of Engagement

SOPHIA MACKENZIE
Associate Director of Development

SCOTT RAKER
Associate Director of Operations

JULIA RENAUD
Associate Director of Grants & Strategic Initiatives

MICAH RODRIGUEZ
Program Coordinator

MELISSA WONG
Grantmaking Program Coordinator
BOARD
Jonathan Stevens, MCP, Chair
Planning Director, Town of Cumberland
Tiffini Bowers, Vice Chair
Exhibitions Curator, John Hay Library, Brown University
Marcia Sousa Da Ponte, Secretary
Community Volunteer
Jorge Mejia, Treasurer
Director of Finance, International Charter School
Katayoun Alidadi, PhD
Assistant Professors of Legal Studies, Bryant University
Kenny Alston
Chief Legal Counsel, Rhode Island Department of Health
Cherry Arnold
Global Real Estate Advisor, Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty
C. Alexander Chiulli, Esq
Attorney at Law, Savage Law Partners LLP
Robert Craven, Esq
Attorney at Law, Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., Adjunct Professor, Community College of Rhode Island
Jeannine Dingus-Eason, PhD
Dean, Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, Rhode Island College
Elaine B. Fain, MD
Physician
Antonia Noori Farzan
Journalist
Michael R. Fein, PhD
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Johnson & Wales University
Kenneth C. Newman
Independent Consultant
Julie Nora, PhD, Immediate Past Chair
Director, International Charter School
Doug Popovich
Director, Visual Storytelling & Presentations, CVS Health
James P. Riley
Retired
Jeannette E. Riley, PhD
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Cynthia Scheinberg, PhD
Professor of English Literature, School of Humanities, Arts and Education, Roger Williams University
Josh Stenger, PhD
Professor of Film and New Media, Wheaton College
Don E. Wineberg
Partner, Chace Ruttenberg & Freedman, LLP

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Our Mission

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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