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

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