Tag: AARP Rhode Island
‘Auto-IRA’ comes to R.I., but is it necessary?
As if managing the state’s $11 billion public pension fund were not enough, R.I. General Treasurer James A. Diossa will have one more money-managing...
Howlett appointed president of AARP Rhode Island
ELIZABETH HOWLETT, a former elected official who served both in the R.I. Senate and two terms as the state’s lieutenant governor, was recently appointed...
AARP Rhode Island names Howlett state president
PROVIDENCE – Former Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Howlett has been named state president of AARP Rhode Island, the nonprofit organization announced Tuesday.
Howlett succeeds Marcus Mitchell,...
R.I. family caregivers provided $2.1B in unpaid care in 2021, AARP...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island family caregivers provided $2.1 billion in unpaid care to loved ones in 2021, according to AARP’s latest report.
The report, part...
R.I. legislation would extend retirement savings to all workers
PROVIDENCE – More than 4 in 10 Rhode Island workers don’t have access to retirement savings plans through their job.
Legislation recently introduced in the...
AARP Rhode Island awards $44K in community challenge grants
PROVIDENCE – AARP Rhode Island announced June 29 that it has awarded $44,852 to four local organizations in Community Challenge grants to help the...
Mitchell named state volunteer president of AARP Rhode Island
MARCUS MITCHELL, founder of Shere Strategy Enterprises LLC in Providence, was recently named the new state volunteer president of AARP Rhode Island. Mitchell will...
AARP Rhode Island names Mitchell state president
PROVIDENCE – AARP Rhode Island on Tuesday named Shere Strategy Enterprises founder Marcus Mitchell as state president.
He replaces Phil Zarlengo in the volunteer position...
R.I experts to speak at virtual Alzheimer’s conference
PROVIDENCE – A virtual conference, free and open to all Rhode Islanders, will be hosted by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America on Dec. 7.
The...
Five Questions With: Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor | State director, AARP Rhode Island
1. What does it mean for you to be taking over as state director of AARP...