The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council’s 63rd annual meeting, held Thursday at the Providence Marriott, included the release of the nonprofit public policy group’s 2007 Operating Program, “Affordable and Sustainable Government: Public Service at a Price Private Citizens Can Afford.”
The 2007 program “is focused on continuing to make transformational changes in government by suggesting ways to limit spending growth, harness budget drivers and enhance tax competitiveness,” said Gary S. Sasse, RIPEC’s executive director, in a Thursday evening news release.
The event also included remarks by Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, a Republican, and a keynote address by U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat; the election of RIPEC officers; and the recognition of two individuals for their history of public service.
Receiving the the 2006 Robert M. Goodrich Distinguished Public Service Awards were Jerome F. Williams, executive director of the R.I. Department of Administration, and Richard J. Goldstein, senior government affairs officer for the City of Pawtucket. “Both of this year’s recipients represent the integrity, devotion and day-to-day commitment that too often goes unnoticed in the public sector,” said Paula Twidale, who chaired the Goodrich Award Selection Committee.
The organization’s annual election of officers included the return of Ronald K. Machtley, president of Bryant University, as RIPEC’s president.
Bernard V. Buonanno, a partner with Edwards & Angell LLP, was reelected as secretary and Diane S. Larsen, a partner with Ernst & Young LLP, was reelected as treasurer.
New directors elected today are: Mark O. Denehy, managing partner at Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC; Jonathan D. Faine, president and CEO of Teknor Apex Co.; and Kimball Hall, vice president and general manager of Amgen.
Reelected as directors are: Bradford S. Dimeo, president of Dimeo Construction Co.; William F. Hatfield, Rhode Island market president for Bank of America; John D. Holmander, vice president of General Dynamics-Electric Boat; Diane S. Larsen, a partner with Ernst & Young LLP; Roger Mandle, president of the Rhode Island School of Design; Merrill W. Sherman, president and CEO of Bank Rhode Island; Richard R. Spies, executive vice president for planning and senior adviser to the president at Brown University; John C. Warren, chairman and CEO of The Washington Trust Co.; and James R. Winoker, CEO of Belvoir Properties Inc.
Newly elected as trustees are: Kenneth H. Belcher, president and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center; Paul Cronin, vice president and regional manager of Cox Communications; Peter K. LaCross, vice president, human resources, at Davol Inc.; A. Eric Offenberg, principal and president of Northeast Engineers & Consultants Inc.; John T. Ruggieri, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Gilbane Inc.; John Sinnott, senior director of development for Struever Brothers Eccles & Rouse Inc.; and Eric C. Swain, vice president of UnitedHealthcare.
Further information about RIPEC is available at the organization’s Web site, www.ripec.com.
