Board of Trustees

 
 

 

 

 
David A. Duffy - Chairman, Rhode Island Convention Center Authority since 2003; director (advisory board) of Citizens Bank of Rhode Island and Connecticut since 1999; retired Founder, formerly President, Duffy & Shanley, Inc., a marketing communications firm, 1973-2003; Transition Chairman for Gov. Donald Carcieri (R.I.); past National Chairman, National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ); Past Chair, Providence College President’s Council; Past Vice Chair, Providence College Board of Trustees; officer or director of numerous civic and non-profit organizations.  Other Directorships held by Trustee – Delta Dental of Rhode Island.
Diana P. Herrmann -Vice Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Aquila Management Corporation, Founder of the Aquila Group of Funds and parent of Aquila Investment Management LLC, Manager since 2004, President since 1997, Chief Operating Officer, 1997-2008, a Director since 1984, Secretary since 1986 and previously its Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, 1986-1997; Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair since 2004, President and Manager since 2003, and Chief Operating Officer (2003-2008) of the Manager; Chair, Vice Chair, President,  Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President of funds in the Aquila Group of Funds since 1986; Director of the Distributor since 1997; Governor, Investment Company Institute (the trade organization for the U.S. mutual fund industry dedicated to protecting shareholder interests and educating the public about investing) for various periods since 2004, and head of its Small Funds Committee, 2004-2009; active in charitable and volunteer organizations.   Other Directorships held by Trustee – ICI Mutual Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group (2006-2009 and since 2010).
Thomas A. Christopher - Vice President of Robinson, Hughes & Christopher, C.P.A.s, P.S.C., since 1977; President, A Good Place For Fun, Inc., a sports facility, since 1987; Director, Sunrise Children’s Services Inc. (2010); currently or formerly active with various professional and community organizations.
Theodore T. Mason - Executive Director, East Wind Power Partners LTD since 1994 and Louisiana Power Partners, 1999-2003; Assistant Treasurer, Fort Schuyler Maritime Alumni Association, Inc., successor to Alumni Association of SUNY Maritime College, since 2010 (Treasurer, 2004-2009, President, 2002-2003, First Vice President, 2000-2001, Second Vice President, 1998-2000) and director of the same organization since 1997; Director, STCM Management Company, Inc., 1973-2004; twice national officer of Association of the United States Navy (formerly Naval Reserve Association),  Commanding Officer of four naval reserve units and Captain, USNR (Ret); director, The Navy League of the United States New York Council since 2002; trustee, The Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler, 2000-2004, and Fort Schuyler Maritime Foundation, Inc., successor to the Maritime College at Fort Schuyler Foundation, Inc., since 2000.   Other Directorships held by Trustee: Formerly Trustee, Premier VIT.
Anne J. Mills - President, Loring Consulting Company since 2001; Vice President for Business Management and CFO, Ottawa University, 1992-2001; 2006-2008; IBM Corporation, 1965-1991; currently active with various charitable, educational and religious organizations.
John J. Partridge - Founding Partner, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, a law firm, Providence, Rhode Island, since 1988, Senior Counsel, since January 1, 2007; Assistant Secretary – Advisor to the Board, Narragansett Insured Tax-Free Income Fund, 2005-2008, Trustee 2002-2005; director or trustee of various educational, civic and charitable organizations, including Ocean State Charities Trust, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, and The Pawtucket Foundation.
James R. Ramsey - President, University of Louisville since November 2002; Professor of Economics, University of Louisville, 1999-present; Kentucky Governor's Senior Policy Advisor and State Budget Director, 1999-2002; Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998 to 1999; previously Vice President for Finance and Administration at Western Kentucky University, State Budget Director for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Chief State Economist and Executive Director for the Office of Financial Management and Economic Analysis for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Adjunct Professor at the University of Kentucky, Associate Professor at Loyola University-New Orleans and Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University.  Other Directorships held by Trustee:  Community Bank and Trust, Pikeville, KY and Texas Roadhouse Inc.
Laureen L. White - President, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, since 2005, Executive Vice President 2004-2005 and Senior Vice President, 1989-2002; Executive Counselor to the Governor of Rhode Island for Policy and Communications, 2003-2004.

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