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NEARI Officers & Staff

NEARI Officers

Lawrence E. Purtill   President
Lawrence E. Purtill
LPurtill@nea.org
Raymond J. Pouliot   Vice President
Raymond J. Pouliot, Retired
RPouliot@nea.org
   
Secretary
Louis Rainone, CCRI Educational Support Professional Association
lgrl3@cox.net
Asst. Secretary
Jackie Iacono, Retired
jiacono1224@cox.net
   
Treasurer
Amy Mullen, NEA Tiverton
amullen@tivschools.com
Asst. Treasurer
Roberta Brady, East Providence Education Association
rab1730@yahoo.com
   
NEA Director
Linda LaClair, Bristol-Warren Education Association
laclairl@bw.k12.ri.us
 
   
   

Regional Vice Presidents

 
Region I
Fran Barry, East Providence Education Association
frances229@cox.net
Region II
Carroll Feather, NEA Portsmouth
carroll655@cox.net
   
Region III
Cathy Fogarty, NEA South Kingstown
cathab@aol.com
Region IV
Marianne Lowe, North Smithfield Teachers Association
dmkblo@aol.com
   
Region V
Kevin Dubois, NEA North Kingstown
kevin_dubois@neank.org
Higher Education
Richard Tessier, CCRI Faculty Association
RTessier@ccri.cc.ri.us
   
Higher Education ESP
Robert Antonson, CCRI Educational Support Professionals
rantonson@ccri.edu
K-12 ESP
Marie Glass, Chariho Education Support Professionals
lmdgla@chariho.k12.ri.us
   
State, Municipal, Retired Personnel
William Finelli, Retired
bpfinelli@cox.net
 
   
   

NEARI Staff

 
   
Robert A. Walsh, Jr.   Executive Director
Robert A. Walsh, Jr.
RWalsh@nea.org
Deputy Executive Director
Vincent P. Santaniello, Esq.
VSantaniello@nea.org
   
   
Assistant Executive Directors/UniServ  
Jane Argentieri
JArgentieri@nea.org
Patrick Crowley
PCrowley@nea.org
   
Jerome Egan
JEgan@nea.org
Peter Gingras
PGingras@nea.org
   
Thomas Landry
TLandry@nea.org
John Leidecker
JLeidecker@nea.org
   
Jeanette Woolley
JWoolley@nea.org
 
   
   
General Counsel
John DeCubellis,Jr.,Esq.
JDecubellis@nea.org
Business Manager
Walter A. Young
WYoung@nea.org
   
Communications Director
Karen Comiskey Jenkins
KJenkins@nea.org
Government Relations Specialist
Henry Boeniger
HBoeniger@nea.org
   
Administrative Assistant
Cheryl A. Hawes
CHawes@nea.org
Children's Fund Coordinator
Valerie Staples
VStaples@nea.org
   
Business Office
Anne Marie Egan
AEgan@nea.org
Business Office
Karen Pigeon
KPigeon@nea.org
   
Legal Office
Charlene Small
CSmall@nea.org
UniServ Secretary
Joni Hughes
JHughes@nea.org
   
Receptionist/Membership
Rhonda Muncey
RMuncey@nea.org
 
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