Mission: Providence Public Library inspires lifelong education among all Rhode Islanders, fostering personal fulfillment and enhanced quality of life for an informed, enlightened and engaged citizenry.
Year founded: 1875
Executive director: H. Jack Martin
2015 revenue: $4,796,772
Robert K. Taylor, chair, PPL, PPL Foundation
Of counsel,
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
William S. Simmons, vice chair, PPL
Professor of anthropology
Brown University
Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner, vice chair, PPL Foundation
Commissioner
Office of Health Insurance
Joan M. Caine, treasurer, PPL, PPL Foundation
Director of investments
Washington Trust Investors
John S. Renza III, assistant treasurer, PPL
Vice president, wealth planning officer
The Washington Trust Company
Elizabeth A. Debs, secretary, PPL
Architect
Karen G. DelPonte, secretary, PPL Foundation
Partner
Cameron & Mittleman LLP
Mary-Ellen Boyle
Associate professor of management, dean of the college, associate provost
Clark University Graduate School of Management
Robert W. Edwards Jr.
Partner (retired)
Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple P.C.
Honorable Robert G. Flanders
Partner
Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP
Mak A. Falaye
Principal
Platinum Tax & Accounting Services LLC
Maia Farish
Community relations ambassador
Roger Williams University
Julius Kolawole
Chair
Inner City LLC
Scott S. Lisle
Partner
Brown, Lisle/Cummings Inc.
Guy Lombardo
Co-founder
VSBLTY
Sally P. McDonald
Associate
Pannone Lopes Deveraux & West LLC
Joseph Pari
Co-founder and executive director
TEN31 Productions Inc.
Brent Runyon
Executive director
Providence Preservation Society of Rhode Island