Board of directors

Joseph Desrosiers II, PA-C, Chair

CEO, Following Seas Health, Smithfield, RI

Former Adjunct Clinical Professor, Bryant University, Physician Assistant Program, Former Director at Large, Rhode Island Academy of Physician Assistants

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Pablo Rodriguez, MD, Vice Chair

Former Chair of the Women & Infants Health Care Alliance, President and CEO at Women's Care, former Medical Director of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island, and a Clinical Associate Professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

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Cathy Curtin Miller, BA, MBA, Treasurer

Interim Director at COP Pharmaceutical Development Institute, North Kingstown, RI

 

Susana Torres, Secretary

Medical Interpreter Trainer at Massachusetts Childs Court

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Chrissy Hobbs, J.D, Legal Advice

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Victoria Konigsberger MD, Sc. M. Candidate '25, Student Representative

Brown University, Providence, RI

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Alishia Zyer PA-C, General Member

Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME

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Annie S. De Groot MD, General Member

Founder of Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic & Founder, CEO & CSO, EpiVax, Inc., Providence, RI

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Damaris Rosales, CCHW, MAI, General Member

Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College, Providence, RI

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Manuela Raposo, General Member

Administrator, Crime Victims Compensation Program & Director, RI Welcome Back Center, Providence, RI

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Rich Henry Schabowsky Ph.D, JD, General Member

Partner, Thursday Ventures, North Kingstown, RI

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Steven Vessella MPH, General Member

Exact Sciences Corporation