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.
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Jeanine Silversmith (she/her),
Executive Director
![Georgia Wright](https://www.rieea.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GeorgiaWright-copy.jpg)
Georgia Wright (she/they),
Communications Manager
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Jennifer West (she/her), President
Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Joshua Laplante (he/him), President-Elect
Superintendent-in-Residence, Rhode Island Education Collective
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Andrew Broccolo (he/they), Secretary
Energy Manager, Department of Sustainability, City of Providence
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Corrie Ignagni (she/her), Treasurer
Manager of Digital Communications,
Roger Williams Park Zoo
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Beth Alaimo, (she/her), Board Member Education Program Manager, Ocean Hour Farm
![Abby Burrows](https://www.rieea.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Abby-Burrows.jpg)
Abigail Burrows (she/her), Board Member
Founder, Empirical Nature
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Katie Cardamone (she/her), Board Member
Founder and Director, Nuestro Mundo Public Charter School
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Gráinne Conley (she/her),
Community Engagement Co-Chair
Education Program Manager, Save The Bay
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Stacy Couto (she/her), Fundraising Chair
Nonprofit Consultant
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Dean Faiola (he/him), Board Member
Asst. Dir. of Procurement & Resources, Rhode Island College Dining Services
![Madison Burke-Hindle](https://www.rieea.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Madison-Burke-Hindle-e1677888333626.jpg)
Madison Hindle (she/her),
Board Member
Education and Outreach Manager, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
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Lisa Maloney (she/her),
Community Engagement Co-Chair
Community Education Coordinator,
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
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Amanda Peavey (she/her), Board Member
Education Director, Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
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Sara Sweetman (she/her), Board Member
Associate Professor, URI Feinstein College of Education