The Rhode Island Early Childhood Investment Council

Selected for their commitment to the success of all Rhode Island’s children, the Rhode Island Early Childhood Investment Council will work together to identify and promote winning strategies for improving the future prospects of our state’s youngest, poorest and most vulnerable children.

David Caprio
Executive Director
Children’s Friend
Robert A. DiMuccio
President & Chief
Executive Officer
AMICA
Anthony Maione
President & Chief
Executive Officer
United Way of
Rhode Island
           
Saul Kaplan
Executive Director
Economic Development Corporation
Patricia Martinez
Director
Rhode Island Dept. of Children, Youth and Families
Lenette Azzi-Lessing, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor of
Social Work
Wheelock College
           
Roger Nozaki Director Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service, Associate Dean of College Brown University Laurie White
President
Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce
Patricia Flanagan, M.D.
Medical Director of
Outpatient Services
Hasbro Children’s
Hospital
           
Joseph J.
MarcAurele
President
Citizens Bank
Bahjat Shariff
VP of Operations &
Operating Partner
Howley Bread Group/ Panera Bread
John C. Warren
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The Washington Trust Company
           
Thomas Lyons
Attorney
Strauss Factor Laing & Lyons
       

For more information on the benefits of effective early childhood investment, please review the following resources.

The Economic Promise of Investing in High-Quality Preschool
A Statement by the Research and Policy Committee of the Committee
for Economic Development

A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy
Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University

Exceptional Returns: Economic, Fiscal, and Social Benefits of Investment in Early
Childhood Development
Robert G. Lynch

Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children is an Economically Efficient Policy
James J. Heckman