Our Board and Members

Board Members

Vanessa Volz, Board President

Executive Director

Sojourner House

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Marjorie Cassion, MSW, Board Vice President

Program Coordinator, State of Rhode Island

Executive Office of Health and Human Services

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Chris Crawford, Board Treasurer

Business Owner, Peacedale,  RI

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Alexander Speredelozzi, Board Secretary

Southcoast Health

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Arolin Hughes, Board Member

Specialty and Corporate Events

Hillside Country Club

​Carolann Morris RN PNP-C, Board Member

Retired Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

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Jim Jahnz, Board Member

Emergency Services Coordinator
Office of Catholic Charities & Social Ministry​

Nathan Nagbe-Lathrobe,  Board Member

Assistant Inspector General 

Rhode Island National Guard

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Russ Partridge, Board Member

Executive Director
WARM Center

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Susan Gunter, Board Member

Consultant, Providence, RI

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Travis Escobar, Board Member

Project Manager, Public Policy
United Way of Rhode Island

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Coalition Members

• Amos House

• Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center

• Comprehensive Community Action Program

• Community Care Alliance

• Crossroads Rhode Island

• Diocese of Providence

• East Bay Coalition for the Homeless

• Economic Progress Institute

• Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center

• Foster Forward

• Help the Homeless RI

• House of Hope Community Development Corporation​

• Lucy's Hearth

• McAuley Ministries

• National Alliance of Social Workers

• Open Table of Christ United Methodist Church

• Pawtucket Housing Authority

• PICA

• Providence Center

• Providence Community Health Center

• Providence Public Housing Authority

• Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• Rhode Island Coalition for Children and Families

• Rhode Island Food Bank

• Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project (RIHAP)

• Rhode Island State Council of Churches

• Shelter Services Inc.

• Sojourner House

• Thrive Behavioral Health (formerly Kent Center)

• Veterans Inc.

• WARM Center

• Washington County Coalition for Children

• Washington Square Services

• Welcome House of South County

• Westbay Community Action

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