BUILDING OUR FUTURE


Task Force Members

John H. Ambrogi
Superintendent
Newport Public Schools

Chace Baptista
Co-Director
Young Voices

David Beauchesne
Director, Education and Community Partnerships
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School

Thomas Brady
Superintendent
Providence Public Schools

Elizabeth Burke Bryant
Executive Director
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT

Sarah Cahill
Executive Director
Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance

Anna Cano-Morales
Senior Community Philanthropy Officer
The Rhode Island Foundation

Robert Carothers
Former President
University of Rhode Island

Rosanna Castro
Former Member
Providence School Board

Sharon Contreras
Chief Academic Officer
Providence Public Schools

Angus Davis
Member
Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education

Hans Dellith
Superintendent
Pawtucket Public Schools

Richard DiPardo
President
Woonsocket Teachers Union

Ray DiPasquale
President
Community College of Rhode Island

Roger Eldridge
Interim Dean
Rhode Island College

Donnie W. Evans
Former Superintendent
Providence Public Schools

Robert Flanders, Jr.
Chairman
Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education

Gordon Fox
State Representative and House Majority Leader
Rhode Island General Assembly
(represented by Beth Cotter)

Sarah Friedman
Director
The Learning Community Charter School

Jo Eva Gaines
Chairperson
Newport School Board

Frances Gallo
Superintendent
Central Falls School District

Robert Gerardi
Superintendent
Woonsocket Education Department

Patrick McGuigan
Executive Director
The Providence Plan

Peter McWalters
Former Commissioner of Education
Rhode Island Department of Education

Brandon Melton
Senior Vice President
Lifespan Corporate Offices

Teresa Paiva Weed
President of the Senate
Rhode Island General Assembly
(represented by Robert Kalaskowski)

Lawrence Purtill
President
National Education Association/Rhode Island

Sandra Powell
Director
Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training

Marcia Reback
President
Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals

Rev. Brian Shanley, O.P.
President
Providence College

Rev.William Shaw
President
Ministers Alliance of Rhode Island

Warren Simmons, Chair
Executive Director
Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University

John Simmons
Executive Director
Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council

Steven Smith
State Representative
Rhode Island General Assembly

Paul Sproll
Professor and Department Head, Art and Design Education
Rhode Island School of Design

O. Rogeriee Thompson
Associate Justice
Washington County Superior Court

Ronald Wolk
Chairman of the Board
The Big Picture Company

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