Press Release
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mary-Kim Arnold
Phone: (401) 273-2250
Phone: (401) 419-0406
Email: mkimarnold@rihumanities.org
Rhode Island Council For The Humanities elects
5 new directors, new officers
PROVIDENCE, RI. At its Annual Meeting on February 5, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities elected 5 new directors, who will begin their 3-year terms of service on March 1, 2008. The Council also elected its officers, appointing Roger Blumberg of Providence to the role of Board Chair, effective March 1, 2008. Officers serve 1-year terms.
The Board of Directors, the governing body of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, comprises no fewer than 21 members. The Board is responsible for: establishing policies for the operations of the Council, appointing an Executive Director to carry out those policies; approving the management of funds of the Council; and electing officers and directors.
The following are newly-elected Directors:
Brian Dunckley is a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley, where he is responsible for developing comprehensive investment strategies for individual and organizational clients. He has served on the Council's Finance Committee for the past two years. Mr. Dunckley is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He relocated to Rhode Island five years ago with a biotech start-up, helping to bring to market a cell-therapy technology. He holds a Certificate in Project Management from Bryant University and is a candidate for the Certified Financial Planner® certification (The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA). Mr. Dunckley lives in Warwick.
Kathryn C. Kilguss, LL.M, J.D., is a community philanthropist and attorney, currently practicing mediation. She is an experienced nonprofit board member, officer, and fundraiser. Ms. Kilguss co-chaired Save the Bay's $10 million "Explore the Bay" capital campaign. Currently, Ms. Kilguss volunteers with the Seekonk Land Conservation Trust, and as Director of the Taunton River Watershed Alliance. Ms. Kilguss received her MSW from Simmons College and her B.S. in Psychology from Boston State College. She earned her J.D. with Honors at Boston University School of Law, concentrating in Dispute Resolution and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1996. She earned her LL.M. in Environmental Law at Vermont Law School (Magna Cum Laude). She is Past President of Save the Bay and has served on the boards of the Community Mediation Center of Rhode Island, the Boston Foundation's Fund for the Environment, the Metcalf Institute for Journalism and the Environment, and the Aquidneck Land Trust. Ms. Kilguss currently serves on the board of Trustees for the Huntington Theater Company in Boston
David Lux, Ph.D. is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Bryant University. Between 2002 and 2007, Dean Lux had primary administrative responsibility for the organizational transformation of the College of Arts and Sciences. His accomplishments during this period of growth include the establishment of a Study Abroad office, the introduction of six new undergraduate majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, the hiring of more than 30 tenure-track faculty, the upgrade and reconfiguration of Bryant's Enterprise Software, and the development and implementation of university-wide programming for first- and second-year students. Dean Lux is published widely in countless academic and professional journals and has presented his work nationally and internationally. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Rhode Island Historical Society, the Newell D. Goff Institute for Ingenuity and Enterprise, and on the Steering Committee of the Rhode Island Independent Higher Education Association. Dean Lux holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan, where he also earned undergraduate and masters degrees in history.
Robert W. Martin is E-Government Specialist for the City of Warwick, where he is responsible for all internet-related programs within city government and acts as technology liaison between the city and other municipal, state, and federal departments. Mr. Martin has assisted Warwick's City Historian in publishing an online history of Warwick's villages and provides free programming assistance to Warwick's cultural preservation organizations. Mr. Martin also serves as Editor and Content producer of About Military History, part of the About.com network. Mr. Martin completed his undergraduate work at Marquette University, majoring in history, with minors in Theology, Philosophy and Latin. He has done graduate work in Medieval Studies at the University of Chicago and the University of Minnesota and studied in the University of Rhode Island's Master of Public Administration Program.
Anaezi Modu is founding Executive Director of ReBrand, an international forum for case studies and programs on effective brand transformations that deliver ROI. Prior to running ReBrand, Ms. Modu was Senior Vice President, Brand Experience and Strategy Director at Bank of America. Prior to Bank of America, Ms. Modu served as Senior Vice President, User Experience and Interactive Creative Director at FleetBoston Financial. Ms. Modu teaches in the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Executive Education Program, and presents her work at various professional organizations. Ms. Modu serves on the board of Emerging Women in Business. She has also served on the Advisory Committee of the Center for Design & Business at Rhode Island School of Design, where she was a key driver of the Success By Design Conference in addition to serving as a mentor for the CDB's start-up firms. Ms. Modu holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University, and a Master of Architecture and Design from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.
At its February 5, 2008 Annual Meeting, the Board also appointed its new officers:
Roger Blumberg, of Providence, has been elected Chair of the Board. Mr. Blumberg has served on the Council Board since 2006. He is currently a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Computer Science at Brown University, where since 1998 he has specialized in, and taught courses about, Educational Software and the impact of computing on society. As a faculty member in the History, Philosophy and Social Science Department at the Rhode Island School of Design, he teaches "Computing and Its Consequences." He has written articles and textbooks, as well as fiction, and his work has appeared in publications as diverse as The Sciences, Proceedings of the 2nd World Wide Web Conference, Newsday, Brown University's Teaching Exchange, and the Providence "zine" Puffy Fruit.
Serving with Mr. Blumberg will be Christina Bevilacqua, Director of Member Services and Programs at the Providence Athenaeum (Vice Chair), Marie Jenkins Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Humanities, University of Rhode Island (Secretary), and David Reville, Associate at Grand Street Capital (Treasurer).
The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). For thirty-five years, the Council has provided public service to the citizens of Rhode Island through grantmaking and public programs.
For more information, please contact Mary-Kim Arnold at (401) 273-2250 or mkimarnold@rihumanities.org.