Our Team
Meet our leadership team!
The Executive Director and RIEEA 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 winter at the RIEEA annual meeting and serve a two-year term.
Jeanine Silversmith, Executive Director
Molly Allard, President
District Manager, Northern RI
Conservation District
Jennifer West, President Elect
Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Cynthia Corsair, Secretary
Fish and Wildlife Biologist,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Joshua Laplante, Treasurer
& Assessment Chair
Head of School, The Greene School
Rachel Holbert, Past President
Program Director, Newport Tree Conservancy
Abigail Burrows, Board Member
Founder, Empirical Nature
Gráinne Conley, Community Engagement
Co-Chair
Education Program Manager, Save The Bay
Stacy Couto, Fundraising Chair
Nonprofit Consultant
Kassi Donnelly, Board Member
Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordinator,
Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
Dean Faiola, Board Member
Executive Chef,
Rhode Island College Dining Services
Corrie Ignagni, Board Member
Manager of Digital Communications,
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Lisa Maloney, Community Engagement
Co-Chair
Community Education Coordinator,
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Ayana Melvan, Board Member
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships for Mission Programs, Mystic Aquarium and the Sea Research Foundation
Marcus Mitchell, Board Member
Community Advocate
Olubunmi Olatunji, Advocacy Chair
DEI Facilitator and Program Director, Youth In Action
Yasmin Yacoby, Board Member
US Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity