Gather RI has announced its seven Founding Board Members. In alphabetical order they are: Marisa Albanese, Manager External Affairs at Rhode Island Energy, Marcela Betancur, Executive Director of Latino Policy Institute, Dana Borrelli-Murray, MA, CEO of Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England, Touba Ghadessi, PhD, Provost at RISD, Sara Gilkenson, MA, Diversity Director at Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Anne Hills Holland, Founder of multiple organizations, and Felicia Salinas Moniz, PhD, Director, Sarah Doyle Center for Women & Gender at Brown. The Founding Board will serve initial three-year terms. The not-for-profit organization will make its first staff hires this fall and expects to open its doors to the public in June 2025.