Board of Trustees
Officers
Board of Trustees officers also serve as officers of the PPL Foundation.
Elizabeth Debs, Chair
Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design
Trustee since 2009
Conservator, Development, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Facilities, Finance, Governance, Government Relations, Investment, and Special Collections committees
Micah Salkind, Vice Chair
Special Projects Manager, Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism
Trustee since 2017
Diversity Equity & Inclusion and Governance committees
Christopher Stevens, Treasurer
Vice President Middle Market Banking, JP Morgan Chase Bank
Trustee since 2019
Finance and Investment committees
Juan Wilson, Jr., Secretary
JJUANtheBRAND
Trustee since 2020
Diversity Equity & Inclusion committee
Board Members
Angel Arrazola
Student, Brown University
Trustee since 2022
Diversity Equity & Inclusion committee
Dr. Philip Chan
Associate Professor, Brown University
Trustee since 2023
Dr. Joseph A. Chazan
Nephrology Associates, Inc.
Clinical Professor Emeritus, Brown School of Medicine
Trustee since 2017
Special Collections committee
Sharon Lloyd Clark
Trustee since 2020
Conservator, Development, and Diversity Equity & Inclusion committees
Dr. Laina Crowthers
OB/GYN, Southern New England Women's Health
Trustee since 2023
Conservator committee
Sean Dagesse
Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Trustee since 2017
Development committee
Adriana Dawson
Community Engagement Director, Verizon
Trustee since 2021
Conservator and Diversity Equity & Inclusion committees
Lisa DeCubellis
Senior Vice President, Amica Insurance
Trustee since 2017
Governance committee
Robert W. Edwards, Jr.
Attorney (retired)
Trustee since 2015
Finance, Governance, and Investment committees
Frank E. Eyetsemitan
Professor of Psychology, Roger Williams University
Trustee since 2019
Diversity Equity & Inclusion and Governance committees
Maia Farish
Trustee since 2016
Conservator and Diversity Equity & Inclusion committees
Louis Goldman
Sr. Vice President, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Trustee since 2022
Investment committee
Kathleen Hittner, M.D.
Emeritus Clinical Professor of Surgery, Brown Medical School
Trustee since 2015
Development, Governance, and Investment committees
Jay Joynes
Program Director, Health Affairs, Boston Children's Hospital
Trustee since 2023
Special Collection committee
Billy Kepner
Public Relations Manager, Vanguard Renewables
Trustee since 2020
Conservator, Development and Government Relations committees
Beverly Ledbetter
Chief Legal Officer (retired), Brown University
Trustee since 2022
Finance committee
Rodney Lopez
CEO, Rodney Eric Lopez Enterprises
Trustee since 2023
Entrepreneurship committee
Sally McDonald Willis
Partner, Cameron & Mittleman LLP
Trustee since 2015
Finance committee
Katherine A. Messier
Executive Director, Mobile Beacon
Trustee since 2020
Governance committee
Jane O'Farrell
Trustee since 2019
Development committee
Meghan Rego
Director, Resource Development & Communications, NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley
Trustee since 2020
Diversity Equity & Inclusion and Governance committees
Robert K. Taylor
Partner, Partridge Snow & Hahn
Trustee since 2006
Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Finance, Investment, and Special Collections committees
Mary Ann Upton
Partner, designLAB architects
Trustee since 2021
Facilities committee
Non-voting Board Members
Trustee Ex-Officio
Jack Martin
Executive Director, Providence Public Library
Trustee Ex-Officio since 2014
Conservator, Development, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Facilities, Finance, Governance, Government Relations, Investment, and Special Collections committees
Trustees Emeriti
I am honored to be able to support Providence Public Library because I strongly believe that it offers people of all ages and all backgrounds the opportunity to learn, to grow and to create in a supportive and safe environment. And there is no charge.