2025-2026 Board of Trustees

Chair: Jonathan "Jock" Hayes, East Bay Newspaper Group

Vice Chair: 

Treasurer: John Lombardo, Small Business Owner

Secretary:  Rosemary Mede, Independent Human Resources Consultant

DIRECTORS:

Joseph DiPina, Providence Water Supply 

Melissa Emidy, Chief Program Officer, Coastline EAP

Shomari Lewis, Senior Talent Discovery Specialist Mastercard, Realtor Engel & Volkers

Maureen Lochhead PHR, Director of Human Resources Meeting Street

Julia Shackleton, Attorney, Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Joseph Solomon, Highlander Parent and Data Reporting Manager, RIPTA

James Stringer, Asst. Principal of Teaching and Learning, Westerly Middle School