Meet our Board

Meet Our Board - Board Members
Lisa Roth Blackman, Chair, Dick Silverman, former Chair and Kate Brewster

We are grateful to have a Board of Directors that is passionate and dedicated to improving the economic well-being of Rhode Island and its residents.

Chris Barnett
Press Secretary, Secretary of State Ralph Mollis' Office

Joseph J. Bevilacqua, Ph.D.
Retired, Rhode Island State Department Director

Lisa Roth Blackman, (Chair)
Chief Philanthropy Officer, Rhode Island Community Food Bank

Helen DaSilva (Secretary)
Senior Press Officer, Oxfam America

Carmen Diaz-Jusino

Director, Center for Women and Enterprise

Doris Stern Donovan

Retired, senior foundation administrator and evaluator
Active volunteer and metor in governance and administration

Rabbi Alan Flam
Director of Advising and Community Collaboration
Swearer Center for Public Service, Brown University

Deborah S. Linnell
Nonprofit specialist

Brandon Melton
Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Lifespan

Nzinga Misgana
Principal, Nzinga Misgana Consulting

Sue Pearlmutter, Ph.D.
Dean, Rhode Island College School of Social Work

Reverand Santiago Rodriguez
Pastor, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church