Officials

Would you like to share a day with a few of Rhode Island’s most promising youth as they answer questions that you wish you knew the answers to? If so, serving as a Rhode Island LifeSmarts Official may be for you. Here’s a list of Officials who have joined us over our four-year program history:

Honored Volunteer Officials & Guests

Hon. A. Ralph Mollis | Secretary of State
State of Rhode Island

Hon. Patrick Lynch
| Attorney General
State of Rhode Island

Hon. Frank Caprio | General Treasurer
State of Rhode Island

Judge Frank Caprio | Chair
Rhode Island Board of Higher Education

Volunteer Officials ‘05 – ‘08

Mr. Justin Bownds MBA
| Secretary
Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition

Mr. Vincent Burks | Sr. Assistant Vice President
Amica Mutual Insurance Company

Ms. Gina Caruolo | Director of Statistical Analysis Center
Rhode Island Justice Commission

Mr. Jim Crosbie | Volunteer WJ Denver Chapter
Verizon TelecomPioneers

Mr. Al Dahlberg  J.D. | Secretary of the Unversity
Brown University

Ms. Janice Farley | Meeting/Event Associate
Amica Mutual Insurance Company

Ms. Deborah Foley | President-WJ Denver Chapter
Verizon TelecomPioneers

Prof. Joan Gray Anderson Ph. D. | Professor & Director of Research, URI Center for Personal Financial Education

Ms. Annette Greenwood
| Sr. Graphic Designer
Amica Mutual Insurance Company

Ms. Avis Gunther-Rosenberg
| Newspaper in Education Coordinator, The Providence Journal Company

Mr. Jim Hedemark
| Executive Director
Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition

Ms. Jennifer Hushion | Volunteer
Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition

Mr. Robert Ilg
| Shareholder
Herff-Jones

Mr. Daniel Irving | Student
Providence College

Mr. John Kent
| Vice President, Government Relations
Verizon

Ms. Claudia Kerbel
| Past President
Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition

Ms. Kathleen Lawson
| Former Director
Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition

Mr. Robert Leach
| Sr. VP Asset Based & Specialty Lending Group, Sovereign Bank

Prof. Paul Maloney MBA, CPA, CFP | Chair of Department of Finance
Providence College

Ms. Gail Mance-Rios | Deputy Director
Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority

Ms. Pamela Mitchell | Volunteer
Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition

Ms. Paula Pais | Vice President
Sovereign Bank

Ms. Laura Paton | State Youth Program Coordinator
RI National Guard Youth Program

Bobby Ratanasim | Spring Intern
Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition

Ms. Marcia Reback
| State President
Rhode Island Federation of Teachers & Health Professionals AFT, AFL-CIO

Mr. Marc Remillard | Vice President
Sovereign Bank

Ms. Diane Rodger | Communications Chair
Verizon TelecomPioneers

Prof. Sandra Saunders
| Associate Professor
URI College of Human Science & Services

Ms. Jennifer Swanson | Sr. Advertising & Public
Relations Coordinator, Amica Mutual Insurance
Company

Mr. Moses Saygbe | Crime Prevention Specialist
Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General

Mr. Corey Sullivan | Representative
Herff-Jones, Inc

Prof. Richard Vangermeersch CPA,
CMA | Emeritus Professor of Accounting
University of Rhode Island

Mr. J. Carter Vincent III
| Director of Market Development
Etrials

Prof. Jing Xiao Ph.D.
| Professor
University of Rhode Island