BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Governor Daniel J. McKee Chair of the Board

Governor Daniel J. McKee

Chair of the Board

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bernard V. Buonanno

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...

Mary Jo Kaplan

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...

George Nee

For the past 30 years, Mr. Nee has served in multiple capacities with the Rhode Island AFL-CIO including secretary-treasurer and executive director prior to being named president...

Donna M. Sams

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

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

Michael F. McNally

Michael F. McNally retired as one of nine members of Skanska’s senior executive team responsible for the company’s $20 billion global construction and development operations...

Karl Wadensten

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

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...

David Chenevert

Dave Chenevert was named Executive Director of Rhode Island Manufacturers Association in January of 2017; he joined RIMA as a board member in 2013...

William Stone

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

Industrial Recreational Building Authority (IRBA)

Scott A. Gibbs
John R. Gowell, Jr.
Louis M. Amoriggi
Rebeka Mazzone

Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corporation (RIIFC)

John Ward
Marcel Valois
Joseph Confessore

Small Business Loan Fund Corporation (SBLFC)

John “JR” Pagliarini
Antonieta Falconi
Robinson Alston

Governor Daniel J. McKee Chair of the Board

Governor Daniel J. McKee

Chair of the Board

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bernard V. Buonanno

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...

Mary Jo Kaplan

Mary Jo Kaplan is a Partner at The Ready, an international consulting firm that leads enterprises to become highly adaptive amidst globalism, rampant technology innovation and...

George Nee

For the past 30 years, Mr. Nee has served in multiple capacities with the Rhode Island AFL-CIO including secretary-treasurer and executive director prior to being named president...

Jason Kelly

Jason E. Kelly serves as Executive Vice President and as a board member for Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc., where he has worked in various roles since 1994. He is a graduate...

Donna M. Sams

Donna Sams is Partner/Principal in two consulting firms. AWE offers training, consulting, and events programming that focuses on leadership, change, and connection. Spencer Consulting...

Vanessa Toledo-Vickers

Vanessa Toledo-Vickers is the director of operations at the Academy for Career Exploration, a career and technical education public charter school in Providence. Prior to this...

Michael F. McNally

Michael F. McNally retired as one of nine members of Skanska’s senior executive team responsible for the company’s $20 billion global construction and development operations...

Karl Wadensten

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

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...

David Chenevert

Dave Chenevert was named Executive Director of Rhode Island Manufacturers Association in January of 2017; he joined RIMA as a board member in 2013...

William Stone

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

Industrial Recreational Building Authority (IRBA)

Scott A. Gibbs
John R. Gowell, Jr.
Louis M. Amoriggi
Rebeka Mazzone

Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corporation (RIIFC)

John Ward
Marcel Valois
Joseph Confessore

Small Business Loan Fund Corporation (SBLFC)

John “JR” Pagliarini
Antonieta Falconi
Robinson Alston

Ethics Policy

All officers, directors, and staff of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation are subject to the Rhode Island Code of Ethics
(R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-14-1, et seq.).

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Industrial Recreational Building Authority (IRBA)

Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corporation (RIIFC)

Small Business Loan Fund Corporation (SBLFC)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Industrial Recreational Building Authority (IRBA)

Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corporation (RIIFC)

Small Business Loan Fund Corporation (SBLFC)

Ethics Policy

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