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 Chief Catalyst Business Innovation Factory		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		Thomas Lyons, Esq. Attorney Of Strauss, Factor, Laing & Lyons
	Joseph J. MarcAurele President & Chief Operating Officer, member of the Board of Directors Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.		Bahjat Shariff VP of Operations & Operating Partner Howley Bread Group/ Panera Bread		John C. Warren Chairman & Chief Executive Officer The Washington Trust Company
	Patricia Flanagan, M.D. Director of the Teen Tot Clinic Hasbro Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Brown University; And member of the Rhode Island Foundation Board

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