Nine policy committees will develop recommendations to help the incoming administration deliver on its affordability agenda
PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, Mayor-elect David Morales announced the membership of nine transition policy committees, bringing together 135 people to help develop recommendations and priorities for the incoming administration.
The announcement follows Wednesday’s introduction of eleven transition co-chairs. The committees will work with Morales, the transition co-chairs, transition team leadership, and incoming staff leadership to help shape the administration’s early plans and longer-term goals, building on the affordability agenda outlined during the campaign.
“Mayor-elect Morales ran a campaign that spoke to the very real struggles neighbors in Providence face, and gave people hope that things could be different,” said June Rose, Executive Director of the Morales transition. “Now, our job is to capture that energy, turning the affordability agenda our neighbors voted for into changes they can feel in their daily lives. These committees will help us get specific about what it will take to deliver on those promises. We’ve asked them to think boldly and bring forward recommendations the administration can put to work as we build a Providence for all.”
The transition co-chairs, committees, and committee members are listed below. Committee members are serving as volunteers.
Transition Co-Chairs
Charlotte Abotsi, City of Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism
Wole T. Akinbi, Smith Hill Partners' Initiative
Sue AnderBois, Providence City Council
Gonzalo Cuervo, Office of the General Treasurer
Stephanie Gonzalez, GP Law & Consulting LLC
Terrence L. Green, Providence Police Department
Rachel Miller, Providence City Council
Alex Moore, SEIU 1199
Lisa Pina-Warren, Nonviolence Institute
Aaron Regunberg, Former State Representative
Chanda Womack, Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education
Arts & Culture
AGONZA, Visual Artist
Mark Allan, WaterFire Providence
Jannelle Codianni, New Urban Arts
Rodney Davis, Rhode Island Pride
Stephanie Fortunato, Constellations Cultural Studio
Christen Makram, The Avenue Concept
Sara Monteiro, OUTSPOKEN by Simply Sara
Drake Patten, The Steel Yard
Shey Rivera Ríos, Studio Loba
Michael Rose, Providence Art Club
Jordan Seaberry, Artist and Educator
Josh Short, Wilbury Theatre Group
Raymond Two Hawks Watson, Center for Indigenous Peoples Rights & Providence Cultural Equity Initiative
Budget Review & Revenue
Helen Anthony, Former Providence City Council
Jake Bissaillon, Rhode Island State Senate
Patrick Crowley, Rhode Island AFL-CIO
Kyle Delgado, Providence City Council
Rebecca Kislak, Rhode Island House of Representatives
Alan Krinsky, Economic Progress Institute
Krystle Lindberg, City of Providence
David Segal, Former State Representative
Tom Sgouros, Public Policy Consultant
Education & Youth Engagement
Subcommittee: Youth Council
Tatiana Baena, Providence Afterschool Alliance
Shawndell Burney-Speaks, Community Avocate
Keith Catone, Center for Youth & Community Leadership in Education
Peter Chung, Young Voices
Denezia Fahie, Providence Student Union
Corey Jones, Providence School Board
Vivica Velazquez, Providence Youth Student Movement
Subcommittee: Intergovernmental Roadmap
Jill Davidson, Providence City Council
Kingsley Dye, Providence Student Union
Travis Escobar, Millennial Rhode Island
Sarah Friedman Lowe, City of Central Falls
Aubrey Johnson, Parents Leading for Educational Equity
Christopher Maher, Former Superintendent
Cory McCarthy, Black Rock Strategy Group
Lindsay Paiva, Providence Teachers Union
Erin L. Papa, Coalition for a Multilingual Rhode Island
Caleigh Rockwal, Providence Teachers Union
Susan Rohwer, Parents Leading for Educational Equity
Housing & Homelessness
Subcommittee: Homelessness Response
Emily Freedman, City of Providence
Eric Hirsch, Providence College
Laura Jaworski, Affordable Housing Executive
Tiara Mack, Rhode Island State Senate
Colby O’Brien, Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness
Kevin Simon, Mathewson Street UMC
Thom Walsh, Project Weber/RENEW
Subcommittee: Social Housing
H. Jacob Carlson, Kean University
Ben Darby, Women's Development Corporation
Jeffrey S. Hamill, RIPEC
Meghan Kallman, Rhode Island State Senate
Timi Koyejo, Climate and Community Institute
Hannah Moore, Boston University School of Social Work
Susanne Schindler, Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University
Tim Shea, CIVIC
Subcommittee: Rent Stabilization & Tenants’ Rights
Sam Cramer, RI Center for Justice
Shana Crandell, Reclaim RI
Justice Gaines, SISTA Fire
Tram Hoang, PolicyLink
Molly Richard, University of Rhode Island
Christopher Samih-Rotondo, Community Organizer
Jobs & Economic Opportunity
Benjamin Branchaud, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Ronald Coia, Local Union 1033, LIUNA
Andrew L. Cortes, Building Futures
Marc Gursky, Gursky Wiens & Shanley
Emma Karnes, Co-op Rhody
Justin Kelley, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Vennicia Kingston, Eagle Eye Construction
Rochelle Lee, ONE Neighborhood Builders
Joseph Masino, Laborers’ International Union of North America
John Prince Jr, DARE
Josie Shagwert, Community Development Financial Institution & Nonprofit Leader
Matthew Taibi, Teamsters Local 251
Joseph L. Walsh, Jr., IBEW Local Union 99
Legal Affairs
Jose F. Batista, Attorney
Elisabeth Bettis, Providence Municipal Court
Leonela Felix, City of Providence Law Department
Matthew Jerzyk, City of Central Falls
Shannah Mary Kurland, Las Abejas
Kevin Love Hubbard, Lawyers' Committee for Rhode Island
Miriam Weizenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Rhode Island
Public & Community Safety
Sam Bell, Rhode Island State Senate
Rachel Bishop, Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project
Maggie Chung, Attorney
Clara Decerbo, Providence Emergency Management Agency
Matthew Gallant, Providence Fire Department
Andrew Horwitz, Roger Williams University School of Law
Joseph Lopes, Providence Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3
Margaret Holland McDuff, Family Service of Rhode Island
Ashley Perry, Project Weber/RENEW
Jillian R. Roy, The Providence Center
Michael Stephens, Director, Providence Police Department Community Engagement Bureau
Sarath S. Suong, Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance; Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education
Nancy Xiong, Providence External Review Authority
Safe Streets, Planning & Sustainability
Liza Birch, Providence Streets Coalition
Madison Condon, Boston University School of Law
Ron Crosson, Community Organizer
Priscilla De La Cruz, City of Providence Department of Sustainability
Julian Drix, Health in Partnership
Alex Ellis, City of Providence Department of Planning and Development
Dylan Giles, Providence Streets Coalition
Jesus Holguin, Racial Environmental Justice Committee
Monica Huertas, The People's Port Authority
Emily Koo, Acadia Center
David Salvatore, The Providence Foundation
Caitlin Sanford, Speed & Scale
Scott Wolf, Grow Smart RI
Small Business
Subcommittee: Nighttime Economy
Allison Barry, City of Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism
Sabrina Chaudhary, stay silent PVD
Sean Gryesten Fields, Fête Music Hall
Jose Giusti, City of Providence
Konscious Keke, Calle Caliente
Brendan McCaughey, Nolan’s Corner Pub
Norlan Olivo, The Salon
Anthony Santurri, Colosseum Nightclub
Jason Shechtman, Courtland Club
Subcommittee: Small Business Support
Angela Bannerman Ankoma, The Bannerman Group
Doris S. Blanchard, Rhode Island Commerce
Lisa Ranglin, RIBBA
Bradly J. VanDerStad, Providence Tour Company
Subcommittee: Hospitality & Tourism
Alexis Gorriaran, Providence Tourism Council
Todd Lincoln, Providence Marriott Downtown
Rick Simone, EGN Consulting
Angel Winpenny, The Patio on Broadway and Trinity Brewhouse
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