Staff and Leadership
Executive Director
Tina Spears, MPA
tspears at cpnri.org
Program Director
Jenna Husted
Jenna at cpnri.org
Communications Director
Nick Friend
nfriend at cpnri.org
Project Manager
Carissa Groccia
cgroccia at cpnri.org
Pooled Trust Coordinator
Doreen McConaghy
dmcconaghy at cpnri.org
Executive Committee
President - Liz Wiedenhofer, L.I.F.E., Inc.
Vice President - Michael Pearis, The Groden Network
Secretary - Carrie Miranda, Looking Upwards
Treasurer - Linda Ward, Opportunities Unlimited
Second Director At-Large - Ray Memery, Avatar Residential
Director At-Large for Past President - Michael Andrade, proAbility/The Arc of Bristol County
Member At-Large - Casey Gartland, West Bay RI
Board of Directors
Action Based Enterprises (ABE), Michael Purcell
AccessPointRI, Tracey Cunningham-Martins
Arc of Blackstone Valley, Dale Kennedy
Avatar Residential, Raymond Memery
Community Residences Inc., Pamela Paisey
Corliss Institute, Tim Corbitt
The Fogarty Center, David Reiss
Gateways to Change, Catherine McGillivray
Groden Network/COVE Center, Michael Pearis
J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center, Al Vrio
James L. Maher Center, Lynne Maher
Justice Resource Institute, Paige DiBiasio
L.I.F.E. Inc., Liz Wiedenhofer
Living Innovations, Joanne Malise
Looking Upwards, Carrie Miranda
The Olean Center, Ruth Tureckova
Opportunities Unlimited, Linda Ward
Perspectives Corporation, Judy Niedbala
proAbility, Michael Andrade
Town of Coventry Project Friends, Bob Robillard
ReFocus, Inc., Christine Kavanagh
Seven Hills RI, Marissa Ruff
Spurwink|RI, Regina Hayes
United Cerebral Palsy of RI, Peter Quattromani
West Bay RI, Casey Gartland
Whitmarsh House, Katherine Brinkman