Neil D. Steinberg
Make healthy lives for all Rhode Islanders a top priority
Over the last few years, we’ve worked closely together as co-chairs of the Rhode Island Foundation-initiated long-term health planning effort. During that time, we’ve...
The past, the present, the future
(Editor’s note: This essay is part of PBN’s 35th anniversary publication, which can be viewed here.)
Congratulations to PBN on 35 years as the state’s...
We have one chance to spend $1.1B right
The $1.1 billion in American Rescue Plan Act dollars that Rhode Island is receiving from the federal government is once-in-a-generation funding that can improve...
A call to take rhetoric to action
Be positive, look forward and take rhetoric to action. For several years I have asked many to embrace this mantra. Given the uncertainty and...
Leadership in a Time of Crisis: Rhode Island Foundation
It goes without saying that times have changed dramatically here in Rhode Island – and around the world – over the last few months....
It’s up to us to make R.I.’s ‘new normal’ a better...
In these extraordinary times there is evidence of hope and generosity all around, just as there is uncertainty and urgent, extreme need. We are...
We can all be civic leaders
Neil D. Steinberg | Rhode Island Foundation CEO and president
Leadership is not an executive title. Leaders do not have to be anointed, trained or...
Taking ownership of public education
Rhode Island needs a well-educated workforce to strengthen small businesses, the backbone of our economy. We need a strong, stable public education system to...
It’s time to do better
As a state, and a nation, we are facing critical issues. Decisions made regarding those issues will impact us for generations – requiring strategic,...
Leading is a civic calling … and a duty for all...
Imagine a place where people with diverse interests, backgrounds and means come together out of a common desire to cooperate and support each other...