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Speaker David Graziano

Ten months later the GOATS elected David Graziano, Sr. Marketing Manager at CVS Health, class speaker. He had plenty to say at the Xi II commencement and he did it all with wit and a deep understanding of “Leaders as Hosts,” the theme for the 2018 class.
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Ting Barnard joins LRI board

Ting Barnard ’15, program co-chair for the 2016 Mu IIs and strengths coach, has been elected to Leadership Rhode Island’s Board of Governors. Barnard, who owns a woman’s fashion line, also works as a marketing consultant and brand ambassador promoting local artists and non-profit organizations.
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LRI is a worthwhile investment

It took LRI to help me to see the big picture. I sincerely hope you will enable LRI to expand the lenses people normally use to make decisions, a change that will advance the cause of community-conceived solutions. Working together we can make Rhode Island a center of excellence.
LRI Newsletter

Shaping Rhode Island’s future, one student leader at a time

Launched in 2004, College Leadership Rhode Island (CLRI) continues to grow to meet the evolving needs of participants and the larger community. At its start, the program offered just four half-day sessions for fewer than a dozen students. This fall, CLRI launched its first full academic-year program
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Bipartisan co-chairs led with respect

The idea was pitched as “a lively experiment.” Could a Leadership Rhode Island program committee led by one staunch Republican and one staunch Democrat – with six members from each party – get past their ideological differences and work together? Could they find compromise, common ground, innovation
LRI In the News

From Disengaged to Strength Leader

Mike Ritz, executive director of Leadership Rhode Island, says that since 2014, more than 15,000 Rhode Island employees have taken online assessments designed to identify their strengths.
Alumni News

Meet the 2019 Program Committee Co-Chairs

Introducing the 2019 Program Committee Co-Chairs, Ana Novais (LRI ’04) and Lanre Ajakaiye (LRI ’17) - two Rhode Island leaders with very different backgrounds, skill sets, and perceptions of what makes Rhode Island tick.
Alumni News

Alumni Father’s Day Special: Anthony and Eva-Marie Mancuso

Children of alumni are now in their own leadership roles in the state and experiencing the program they heard about through their parent's stories. Read the story of Anthony and Eva-Marie Mancuso.
Alumni News

Alumni Father’s Day Special: Rich and Jay DeRienzo

Children of alumni are now in their own leadership roles in the state and experiencing the program they heard about through their parent's stories. Read the story of Rich and Jay DeRienzo.
Alumni News

Alumni Father’s Day Special: Scott and Kim Fraser

Children of alumni are now in their own leadership roles in the state and experiencing the program they heard about through their parent's stories. Read the story of Scott and Kim Fraser.