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.
Year founded: 1973
Executive director: Elizabeth Francis
2017 revenue: $934,159
BOARD MEMBERS:
Touba Ghadessi, board chair
Associate professor of art history, Wheaton College
Julie Nora, board vice chair
Director, International Charter School
Jean Patiky, board secretary
Fundraising consultant, Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts, Manton Avenue Project and Rhode Island Philharmonic School
Gina McDonald, board treasurer
Senior consultant, Fiscal Management Associates
Polly Hutcheson, past chair, ex officio
Director of sponsored programs, Roger Williams University
Reenie Barrow
Photographer and artist, Bristol
Phoebe Bean
Librarian, Rhode Island Historical Society
Christina Bevilacqua
Exhibitions and programs director, Providence Public Library
Winifred Brownell
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Daniel Cavicchi
Interim provost, Rhode Island School of Design
C. Alexander Chiulli
Attorney, Barton Gilman LLP
Dr. Elaine B. Fain
Physician and community volunteer, Providence
Michael R. Fein
Assistant dean of the John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Johnson & Wales University
Froma Harrop
Syndicated columnist, Providence
Kenneth C. Newman
Independent consultant, Jamestown
Mary Lee Partington
Artistic director, Pawtucket Arts Festival
James P. Riley
Workforce-development liaison, Rhode Island Institute for Labor Studies and Research
Rebecca R. Riley
Consultant and philanthropic adviser, Tiverton
John Simmonds
Director of quality assurance management, Fidelity Investments
Jonathan Stevens
Planning director, Town of Cumberland
Jessica Weinstein
Financial adviser associate, Morgan Stanley
Don E. Wineberg
Partner, Chace Ruttenberg & Freedman LLP