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Teal Butterworth, Development Associate, Moses Brown

Teal Butterworth is a native Rhode Islander, daughter of two professional artists, and a graduate of Connecticut College. After college she lived in San Francisco for a few years and returned to the Ocean State last summer. Teal works in Moses Brown School's development department and manages Annual Fund solicitations.

Lisa Carcieri, Media and Advertising Manager, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island

Lisa Carcieri is employed at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, a
non-profit organization that provides low cost health insurance to vulnerable populations who might otherwise be left behind by the current health care system. As Media and Advertising Manager, Lisa is responsible for the design and production of all of the organization’s marketing and communication materials including all advertising creative and placement. Lisa manages the internal processes and external vendors to ensure that the right message is conveyed to the right audience at the right time. Additionally, Lisa is responsible for new business project management in Neighborhood’s Marketing Department.

Prior to joining Neighborhood, Lisa managed her own small advertising and
marketing firm while finishing her Communications Degree at the University
of Rhode Island. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at New Urban Arts and previously served on the Board of Directors for the Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Rhode Island. Lisa is passionate about bringing marriage equality to Rhode Island. Lisa lives in Providence with her partner Marianne Monte, their son Calisto and their two pugs, Gordon and Gus.

Don DeSantis, President, Carpenter Square Construction

After graduating from Bryant University, Don spent 20 years working in corporate finance.  His most recent position was Finance Director in the Technology division at GTECH Corporation where he was part of a 5 member, cross-functional team that was responsible for all of GTECH’s major system implementation teams world-wide. While pursuing his finance career, Don also became a skilled woodworker as he and his partner meticulously restored their circa 1894 historic home.  As a result, the home was featured on several historic house tours, listed in a tour guide to Historic Providence, visited by students of historic architecture, and featured on Bob Vila’s home renovation TV series Home Again.

Armed with his financial and project management experience from the corporate world, and his practical construction experience, in 2004 Don left GTECH to pursue his passion for restoring historic property. In addition to several other old-house renovation projects in the Providence area, Don also served as the project manager for the design phase of a multi-million dollar private residence at Carnegie Abbey in Portsmouth, RI where he managed the design team (consisting of homeowner, architects, landscape architects, interior designers, lighting and home automation designers among others) coordinating all efforts through to the completion of a comprehensive set of plans ready for construction.  As a general contractor, Don now provides contracting and design-renovation services for owners of historic residential property.

Holly Ewald, Community Artist

Holly Ewald is a studio and community artist who works in a variety of media, including artist books, collage, monoprints, mail art and installation. Originally from Michigan she lived in Brooklyn for 15 years and moved to Pawtuxet Village, RI so her twin boys, then two years old -- now twelve, could literally dig in the dirt. She was an artist in residence at New Urban Arts from 2002-03, loved the family feel of the place and initiated a mail art exchange between NUA artists and established artists in Rhode Island. Holly has been working with folklorist Michael Bell to develop hands-on community arts and humanities projects that can be seen at www.voicesandvisions.org

Sharon Lloyd Clark, Regional Development Director, Brown University Advancement Office

Sharon Lloyd Clark is Regional Development Director in Brown University's Advancement Office. Prior to this she served as Director of the Equity Assistance Center at Brown University and as the Assistant Director of Secondary School Redesign at the Education Alliance at Brown consulting with schools in the Northeast as they implement school reform. She also served as Executive Director of High Schools at the Providence School Department where she worked to have the high schools in Providence accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Sharon has also been head of school of two Massachusetts independent schools.

Angelo Manioudakis, {TREASURER}

Angelo Manioudakis was most recently Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income for OFI Institutional Asset Management, a division of OppenheimerFunds.  Prior to joining Oppenheimer Funds, Angelo was Executive Director and Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management for over 8 years and worked at GE Capital Corporation.  He has a B.S. in Finance from Bentley College and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.  Angelo and his wife, Melani Cammett, live in Boston and have two children, Alex (7), and Lena (5).

Glenn F. Morin, Senior Vice President, Director of Internet Strategy, Citizens Bank

Glenn Morin is Senior Vice President and Director of Internet Strategy for Customer Direct, a division of Citizens Financial Group.  He is responsible for the bank’s Internet presence including its Consumer & Business Banking Online Banking platform. He leads a team of Internet channel, customer care, and content professionals to set and delivery bank channel Strategy.

Glenn rejoined Citizens Financial Group after a 4 year banking hiatus where he held senior leadership IT roles in an international Lottery and Gaming organization overseeing their world wide systems integration division. His responsibilities included leading an international staff of engineers, project managers, and finance professionals to manage the delivery of customer solutions from pre-sales support to solution design, RFP response and implementation.

His banking career spans 3 decades and includes roles in the front office, IT, and product management & development including  leadership roles at Citizens Financial Group. His areas of responsibility include product development and line of business oversight for the ATM, Debit Card and Online Channels. Glenn’s experience in delivery channel management has resulted in his participation on a number of industry counsels providing thought leadership on setting and managing customer experience through these channels. 

A graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Sciences, Glenn also earned a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island. He lives in Cumberland RI with his wife Leslie and their two teenage daughters. He spends his free time skiing, fishing and trying to stay a step ahead of his kids.

Derek Schusterbauer, Graphic Designer

Derek Schusterbauer earned a BA in Art History at SUNY Plattsburgh and a Certificate of Study in Print Design Process and Production, RISD CE. Derek worked in the art department of local product design company Judy Vilmain, Inc. for eight years and has been a volunteer educator and graphic designer for New Urban Arts. He is a free-lance graphic designer and is currently the Assistant For Exhibition Design and Support at the RISD Museum of Art. Over the summer of 2007, Derek helped found the Providence Community Printshop at AS220.

Susan Smulyan, Professor, Department of American Civilization, Brown
{VICE PRESIDENT}

Susan Smulyan has taught courses on media history and popular culture in the Department of American Civilization at Brown since 1988. She was active in starting Brown's MA Program in Public Humanities, has been on the board at the Slater Mill Historic Site, and written on-line curriculum materials for middle and high schools. Her latest book is Popular Ideologies: Mass Culture at Mid-Century.

Carla Stern, Managing Director, Bay & Ocean State Squids
{SECRETARY}

Carla Stern is managing director of Bay & Ocean State Squids, a Providence founded national level swim club. She is also a freelance consultant specializing in small business and non-profit practices. Carla holds an MBA from MIT Sloan Graduate School with a focus on operations management and strategy and has been a long-time friend of New Urban Arts.

Michael Tanaka, Director of Public and Community Relations, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, RI

Michael Tanaka is the Director of Public and Community Relations in the Office of Rhode Island's Lieutenant Governor, Elizabeth Roberts. He was previously a television producer and writer, working for MSNBC cable news, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and ABC "Good Morning America," among others. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, he is a graduate of Northwestern University, attended graduate school at Brown University, and has lived in the Friendly Community section of Cranston, Rhode Island for more than twenty years.

Leticia Tejada, Program / Communications Coordinator, Swearer Center, Brown University

Leticia was born and raised in Providence, a graduate of Providence Public Schools with a degree in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design. At Brown University's Swearer Center for Public Service, she works to communicate the work, philosophy, history, strategy, and outcomes of the Center's initiatives to the Brown University community by creating event publicity, developing new publications, and maintaining/designing their web presence. Prior to working at the Swearer Center, Leticia worked as a Web Designer for Brown University and with several non-profit organizations, creating marketing campaigns, and with local graphic design firms, servicing national and international corporate clients. Recently, she became the Creative Director of the Providence American, and continues working with various non-profits as a designer and consultant.

Myrth York, Philanthropist
{PRESIDENT}

Myrth York was the first woman Democratic candidate for governor in Rhode Island, running in 1994, 1998, and 2002. Before that she was a Rhode Island state senator and chaired the Senate Health, Education, and Welfare Committee. A recipient of the Claiborne Pell Award for outstanding service to the arts and people with disabilities, Myrth earned a law degree and a master of laws in taxation from Boston University School of Law. She has taught at URI and been a Fellow at the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.