BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bernard V. Buonanno III is a managing director of Nautic Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on manufacturing, healthcare and business services. Mr. Buonanno is a member...

MJ is a business transformation consultant, social entrepreneur, academic, speaker and writer based in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She founded Kaplan Consulting Network in 2000. Their work weaves across sectors...

Donna Sams has over 25 years of organization development, change management and operations experience in several industries, including: health care, retail, hightech/information management, and public sector...

Vanessa Toledo-Vickers is the Community Development Vice President for Rhode Island and Connecticut for Citizens Bank. Prior to this...

Karl Wadensten is the President/CEO of VIBCO Vibrators, an industrial manufacturing company with offices in Rhode Island and Canada, and licensors in the United Kingdom...

Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier is a Senior Advisor for the Education Strategy Group. Most recently she was Rhode Island’s Postsecondary Commissioner from 2017-2019...

Bill is founder and managing partner of Outside GC LLC and its sister firm, Patent GC LLC. Both partner-only legal services firms...

Liz Catucci was named President and CEO of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce in September of 2019 after previously serving as a board member...