Board of Trustees

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

William J. Nightingale - Retired; formerly Chairman, founder (1975) and Senior Advisor until 2000 of Nightingale & Associates, L.L.C., a general management consulting firm focusing on interim management, divestitures, turnaround of troubled companies, corporate restructuring and financial advisory services. Other Directorships held by Trustee – Ring's End, Inc.
David A. Duffy - Chairman, Rhode Island Convention Center Authority since 2003; 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 – Citizens Bank of Rhode Island and Connecticut since 1999; Delta Dental of Rhode Island since 2004.
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 and Chief Operating Officer since 1997, 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 and President, Chief Operating Officer and Manager of the Manager since 2003; 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; trustee, Reserve Money-Market Funds, 1999-2000 and Reserve Private Equity Series, 1998-2000; Governor, Investment Company Institute (a trade organization for the U.S. fund industry dedicated to protecting shareholder interests and educating the public about investing) and head of its Small Funds Committee since 2004; active in charitable and volunteer organizations. Other Directorships held by Trustee: ICI Mutual Insurance Company.
Timothy J. Leach - UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Executive Education, Lecturer since 2006; Regional Chief Executive Officer, US Trust Company, N.A., 2005-2006; Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, US Trust Company, New York, NY, 2004-2005; Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, Private Asset Management Group, Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA, 1999-2003; President & Chief Investment Officer, ABN Amro Asset Management (USA), 1998-1999; President & Chief Investment Officer, Qualivest Capital Management Inc. and Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, Trust & Investment Group, US Bancorp, Portland, OR, 1994-1998.
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.
J. William Weeks - Retired; limited partner in real estate partnerships Alex Brown & Sons No. 1 and 2; formerly Senior Vice President or Vice President of the Aquila Municipal Bond Funds; and Vice President of the Distributor.
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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