Board of Trustees
Members of the Rhode Island Historical Society’s Board of Directors are volunteers of the highest order. They bring a wealth of historical knowledge and professional experience to their oversight of this institution.
Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D.
Secretary
Dean Emerita of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, Roger Williams University
Jon-Paul Couture, AIA
Principal, Couture Design Associates
Frank J. Faltus, MD
Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
Ann Gallagher
Managing Director, Special Assets Group, Bank of America
Denise P. Gallo, Ph.D.
Provincial Archivist for the Religious of Jesus and Mary
Roberta Gosselin
Board Chair
Vice President, Treasury and Risk Management, Amica Insurance
Mark F. Harriman
Vice Chair
Senior Commercial Lender (Retired), Digital Federal Credit Union
Laura Kenerson
Former Assistant Vice President for Human Resources, University of Rhode Island
Lori J. Lousararian, Esq.
Of Counsel, Cameron & Mittleman, LLP
Frank Mauran, IV
President and owner of Gaspee Media
Peter J. Miniati, JD, CFP
Senior Vice President, Private Client Advisor, Bank of America Private Bank
Peter J. Rossi
Former MEP Trades Manager, RISD
Alicia J. Samolis, JD
Partner, Partridge Snow & Hahn, LLP
Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Departments of Education and History, Brown University
Erin Stevenson
Deputy Director of Civic Education, RI Department of State
Lane Talbot Sparkman
Arts & Educational Professional
Artin Taskin, CPA
Treasurer
President and Chief Financial Officer, Kenney Manufacturing Company
Paul R. Williams
Chair, Marketing Committee, Squantum Association
