Executive Committee of Board of Directors

Chairperson
Carolyn Souza, LICSW
Clinical Director, Children’s Services, Looking Upwards
Board Member, Thrive Behavioral Health

Vice Chairperson
Benedict F. Lessing Jr., MSW
President & CEO, Community Care Alliance

Treasurer
Lynn E. Serra
Executive Director, Galilee Mission, Inc.

Secretary
Beth Bixby, MSW, LICSW
CEO, Tides Family Services

Board Members

Dawn Allen, MPA
Interim CEO & Chief of Staff, Thrive Behavioral Health

Dr. Janice DeFrances
RISD Faculty & Director of Special Education, Southside Elementary
Board Director, Newport Mental Health

Dayna Gladstein, LICSW
President & CEO, Newport Mental Health

Linda E. Hurley, MA, CAGS, LCDCS
President & CEO, CODAC Behavioral Healthcare

Rosemarie A. Martin, Ph.D
Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

Lynda A. Stein, Ph.D
Professor, University of Rhode Island
Board Chair, Community Care Alliance

Tami Ringeling, Psy.D
Clinical Psychologist
Interim President & COO, Thrive Behavioral Health

Officers

Jamie DiNunzio
CEO, Horizon Healthcare Partners

Amy Kalinick
CFO, Horizon Healthcare Partners

Scribe

Deb Covey, MBA
Staff Accountant/PR Manager & HR Generalist
Horizon Healthcare Partners