Board & Staff
2025-2026 GCRI Board
President: Ashley Barrett
The Godley Family Foundation
Treasurer: Kelly Nevins
Women’s Fund of Rhode Island
Vice President: Elizabeth Francis
Rhode Island Humanities
Secretary: Kathleen Charbonneau
BankNewport
Carolyn Belisle
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Michelle Carnevale
11th Hour Racing
Elizabeth Lynn
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Cortney Nicolato
United Way of Rhode Island
Jennifer Pereira
Rhode Island Foundation
Nina Stack
The Champlin Foundation
Todd Trebour
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Karen Warfield
Textron
GCRI Staff
Courtney Bourns
Executive Director
courtney@grantmakersri.org
Jerrie Lyndon-Sylvia
Administrative & Communications Manager
jerrie@grantmakersri.org