Our team

Our Team

Living United, Putting Community First

LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION

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Cortney Nicolato

President and CEO
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I. Lanre Ajakaiye

Chief Development Officer
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Millicent Budlong-Springer

Director, Executive Administration
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Robert Bush

Chief Operations Officer

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Lynn Corwin

Executive Advisor, Strategic Initiatives
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Ana Mercado

Receptionist

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Larry Warner, DrPH

Chief Impact and Equity Officer

OPERATIONS

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Mary Ann Canavan

Chief Finance Officer
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Donna Kane

Controller
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Thelmis Martinez

Senior Accounting Administrator, Staff Accountant
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Eduardo Rodriguez

Administrator, Finance
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Kara Theriault

Accounting Manager, Grants, Payroll, and AP

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Anthony Tucciarone

Accounting Manager, Fundraising Internal Audit

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Sheri Vincent

Administrator, Staff Account

RESOURCE AND ENGAGEMENT

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Karen Alzate

Program Director, Affinity Groups
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Jessica Barry

Senior Director, Donor Relations
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Sandy Connor

Senior Designer, Marketing and Communications
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Carolina Correa

Program Officer, Donor Relations
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Rodney Davis

Senior Content Strategist, Marketing and Communications
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N’deye Diakite

Administrative Assistant, Corporate Relations
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Lori DiMatteo

Coordinator, Volunteer Engagement
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Caitlynn Douglas

Program Coordinator, Resource Operations
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Judy Dumas

Senior Donor Relations Officer
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Ken Facchiano

Senior Program Manager, Andar & Resource Operations

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Natali Gomez

Project Manager, Data Quality and Resource Operations
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Robert Hancock

Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
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Marisa Luse

Program Officer, Strategic Events and Engagement
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Paula Manseau

Program Officer, Labor and Corporate Relations
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Nieves Morillo

Program Officer, Corporate Relations
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Lauren Nance

Program Officer, Corporate Relations
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Yazmeen Orozco

Administrative Assistant, Donor Relations

 

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Janice Pothier-Pac

Senior Program Officer, Volunteer Engagement and Volunteer Center Manager

 

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Jennifer Remmes

Director, Resource Operations
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Alicia Schubert

Marketing Associate, Marketing and Communications
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Monique Vernon

Coordinator, Corporate Relations

COMMUNITY IMPACT AND EQUITY

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Data Analyst
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Kyle Bennett

Senior Director, Policy and Equity
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Adama Brown,PhD

Director, Research and Data Analytics
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Jennifer Chapman

Senior Data Analyst
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Sharon Cho

Data Analyst
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Roshni Darnal

Director, Community Investments

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Diana Garlington

Administrative Assistant, Policy and Equity, Research and Data Analytics
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Marlene Guay

Program Officer, Child Development and 2-Gen Initiatives

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Rosilia Guerra

Administrative Assistant, Community Impact and Equity

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Seileak Huoth

Project Manager, 211 Data and Resources

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Linda Hutchison

Program Officer, Grant Development

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Ellijah McLean

Program Officer, Education Policy
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Sheyla Montalvo

Program Officer, Housing Initiatives

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Ruth Saah

Grants and Program Associate

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Zoya Tseytlin

Program Officer, Workforce Development and Economic Mobility

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Nancy Wolanski

Executive Director, Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island

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Majdollin Aljajeh

Bi-Lingual Community Resource Specialist, 211

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Rosemarie Amato

Community Resource Specialist, 211
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Cristina Amedeo

Director, Senior and Disability Services
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Maryam Attarpour

Program Officer, Family Caregiver Alliance
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Sylvia Bernal

Senior Program Officer, MME

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Options Counselor, MME
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Julissa Carmona

Community Resource Specialist, 211
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Joe Cournoyer

Program Coordinator, Outreach, 211
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Robin Covington

Bi-Lingual Options Counselor, After Hours Crisis Line
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Maria Sol Cuesta

MyOptions RI Advisor, Lead Satellite Offices Coordinator, POINT
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Minerva Doti

Bi-Lingual Options Counselor, POINT

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John Garrahan

Program Coordinator, Outreach, 211
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Wendy Heugas

Program Officer, Benefit Enrollment
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Jenell Lopez

Community Resource Specialist, POINT

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Aura Medina

Program Manager, POINT
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Program Outcomes, After Hours Options Counselor, POINT
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Mariana Moore

MyOptions Lead Advisor and Training, POINT
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Jeiza Moniz

Community Resource Specialist, 211
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Marleny Perez

Program Officer, Resource and Outreach, POINT

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Eileen Reed

Community Resource Specialist, 211

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Harper Rhodes

Program Coordinator, Unite RI
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Danielli Rodrigues

Bi-Lingual Options Counselor, POINT
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Edilia Rosales

Bi-Lingual Certified Community Resource Specialist, 211
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Jennifer Ruotolo

Community Resource Specialist, Unite RI
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Carla Sabotino

MyOptions Advisor, Training Specialist, POINT
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Courtney Smith

Director, 211
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Indiana Torres

Community Resource Specialist, 211

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PBN announces 2023 Best Places to Work honorees

Providence Business News

Sixty-seven honorees, including United Way of Rhode Island, have been named by Providence Business News for its 2023 Best Places to Work Awards program... The honorees will be recognized June 7 for their efforts in a ceremony at Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick in Warwick, where the company rankings in each category will be announced.

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Five Qs With: Anthony Botelho

Providence Business News

Anthony Botelho serves as senior vice president of commercial banking and team leader for the commercial and industrial group at The Washington Trust Co. He was recently appointed to lead the bank’s commercial lending growth in Connecticut, where the company recently opened a New Haven commercial lending office. Anthony also serves on United Way of Rhode Island's Board of Directors.

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Rethinking how one of R.I.’s largest nonprofits can grow

The Boston Globe

In October, [Idrees "Lanre"] Ajakaiye was appointed the new chief development officer at... United Way of Rhode Island where he'll be in charge of helping... United Way achieve its current strategic plan, which outlines the nonprofit's investment of $100 million over five years to help achieve racial equity.

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United Way Investing $10 Million in Community Programs

With a focus on achieving the goals of its LIVE UNITED 2025 plan to build racial equity and opportunities for all Rhode Islanders, United Way of Rhode Island is investing $10 million in the work of community organizations over three years. These latest grants have been awarded from United Way’s Community Impact Fund and received by… 45 local nonprofits.

Power The Future

On Aug. 19, 2023, at the Rhode Island Convention Center, the area’s premier youth and family workforce development and career awareness event will be brought to you by United Way of Rhode Island. It’s called Power The Future. Power The Future will be an annual empowerment event aligned with the 2030 plan of raising incomes, […]

Director Sought for New Statewide Nonprofit Center

A new, first-of-its-kind statewide resource center for Rhode Island nonprofits is becoming a reality. United Way of Rhode Island, which has convened the state’s nonprofit community to establish the center, today announced it has opened the hiring for the center’s inaugural director.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Power The Future


Join us at the Rhode Island Convention Center for the area’s premier youth and family workforce development and career awareness event.

 

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