Our Team
Meet our leadership team!
The RIEEA staff and board of directors work to provide strong leadership for the organization and to support and promote environmental education throughout the state. New board members are elected each year at the RIEEA annual meeting and serve a two-year term.
Jeanine Silversmith (she/her),
Executive Director
Mary Dolan (she/her),
Communications Manager
Jennifer West (she/her), President
Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Joshua Laplante (he/him), President-Elect
Superintendent-in-Residence, Rhode Island Education Collective
Andrew Broccolo (he/they), Secretary
Energy Manager, Department of Sustainability, City of Providence
Corrie Ignagni (she/her), Treasurer
Manager of Digital Communications,
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Beth Alaimo, (she/her), Board Member Education Program Manager, Ocean Hour Farm
Abigail Burrows (she/her), Board Member
Founder, Empirical Nature
Katie Cardamone (she/her), Board Member
Founder and Director, Nuestro Mundo Public Charter School
Gráinne Conley (she/her),
Community Engagement Co-Chair
Education Program Manager, Save The Bay
Stacy Couto (she/her), Fundraising Chair
Nonprofit Consultant
Dean Faiola (he/him), Board Member
Asst. Dir. of Procurement & Resources, Rhode Island College Dining Services
Madison Hindle (she/her),
Board Member
Education and Outreach Manager, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
Lisa Maloney (she/her),
Community Engagement Co-Chair
Community Education Coordinator,
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Amanda Peavey (she/her), Board Member
Education Director, Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
Sara Sweetman (she/her), Board Member
Associate Professor, URI Feinstein College of Education