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Amazing Women Rhode IslandMarta Martinez
MARTA MARTINEZ, executive director of RHODE ISLAND LATINO ARTS discusses her work as an oral historian preserving and sharing the stories of diverse cultures…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKatherine Kazarian
Representative KATHERINE KAZARIAN is the first woman in RI history elected to serve as Majority Leader in the House of Representatives. Leader Kazarian…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandPam Johnston
PAM JOHNSTON, CEO of Ocean State Media, discusses the merger of RI PBS TV and The Public’s Radio that has been two years in the making. She discusses the new…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandSuzanne Snyder
SUZANNE SNYDER, founder of SAIL BEYOND CANCER, creates a touchstone moment for cancer survivors to leave cancer at the dock and head into the healing powers of…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLauren Schlanger
American veterans deserve the best in healthcare because they earned it. Dr. LAUREN SCHLANGER is the Women’s Health Medical Director at the Providence Veterans…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMartha Cummings
MARTHA CUMMINGS is an educator and founder of Universal Promise, a nonprofit that provides educational opportunities to young children in rural South Africa…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMelissa Cherney
MELISSA CHERNEY is the new CEO of Rhode Island Foodbank. She discusses the differences coming from the Great Plains Food Bank in North Dakota and puts a human…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandRuth Reinhardt
The Rhode Island Philharmonic enters a new era with the first woman conductor and Music Director. RUTH REINHARDT has an impressive international reputation as…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMargret Holland McDuff
Do you know someone who is struggling to make ends meet? For over 130 years, Family Service of Rhode Island has been helping families out of poverty. MARGARET…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKate Brewster Johnny Cake Center
Cuts to federal SNAP benefits mean more Rhode Island families go hungry. KATE BREWSTER, CEO of Johnny Cake Center, a food pantry serving South County, says…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandRebekah Rosen Gomez
REBEKAH ROSEN GOMEZ is co-founder and executive director of CONEXION LATINA NEWPORT, an organization that helps educate, empower, and connect the Hispanic…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandGirls on the Run RI
Since 2012, Girls on the Run Rhode Island has been inspiring girls from third to eighth grade to recognize their inner strengths and increase their physical…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandJennifer Lawless
We are more politically divided than we have ever been in over 30 years. JENNIFER LAWLESS, chair of the Politics Department at the University of Virginia…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLisa Guillette
LISA GUILLETTE, executive director of Foster Forward, discusses how foster care in Rhode Island has changed over the years, their innovative housing project in…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandSue AnderBois
SUE ANDERBOIS is the Director of Climate and Energy for The Nature Conservancy. She also serves on the Providence City Council. She discusses how the city…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLisa Raiola
Since 2014, Rhode Island’s premier culinary incubator is HOPE & MAIN in Warren. Founder and CEO, LISA RAIOLA shares the secret sauce to helping over five…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLoren Spears (2025)
How much do you know about native American history? The Narragansett Indians are the state’s only federally recognized tribe. LOREN SPEARS, the executive…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandRoberta Richman
Roberta Richman is an artist who spent 33 years at the RI Department of Corrections including warden of the Women’s Prison. She is not like the warden in…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandBeth Bixby
BETH BIXBY shares her compelling story of going from a client of Tides Family Services to the CEO. She is the first woman CEO of a Brothers of Christian…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKate Brewster-Lisa Blackmon
It’s the time of season when food is foremost. Yet, 40% of Rhode Island households suffer from ‘food insecurity’. KATE BREWSTER, CEO of Johnny Cake Center, a…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLucy Rios
Domestic violence is a public health and public safety issue. LUCY RIOS, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, discusses…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMichelle Wilcox
For the past 30 years, MICHELLE WILCOX has worked with every CEO at Crossroads Rhode Island. Now, she is the president/CEO responsible for internal operations…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMitty Mirrer
Mitty Mirrer, award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and founder of Gold Star Children, discusses her volunteer work in Ukraine with TAPS (Tragedy Assistance…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLisa Pina-Warren
LISA PINA-WARREN, the executive director of The Nonviolence Institute, joins me for a compelling conversation on how they square the use of nonviolence to…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandHeather Hole Strout
HEATHER HOLE STROUT is a life-long Newporter. After 22 years teaching, she joined the Martin Luther King Community Center of Newport County in 2015. Newport is…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMartha Mainiero
Early detection of breast cancer can save a woman’s life. Dr. Martha Mainiero, a radiologist at RI Hospital, discusses preventative measures, warning signs…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandWeayonnoh Nelson Davies
Weayonnoh Nelson Davies, executive director of Economic Progress Institute, discusses this nonpartisan research policy organization’s work to ensure economic…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandCathryn Jamieson
Cathryn Jamieson, a mother, grandmother, sister, and owner of a hair salon, gets a second chance at life when her living donor, Lisa Doucet, managing director…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMorgan Grefe
Rhode Island is home to the fourth oldest state historical society in the country, Executive director, MORGAN GREFE of the RI Historical Society, discusses…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKelly Nevins
KELLY NEVINS, CEO of The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, a social justice organization with the goal of improving the lives of women and girls in RI. We discuss…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandSarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, CEO and Superintendent of Blackstone Valley Prep, discusses the role of charter schools - which are public schools - and how the shift in RI’s…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandRev Rebecca Spencer
Reverend REBECCA SPENCER, is the first woman to serve as senior minister at the Central Congregational Church in Providence. She discusses retirement after 35…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandHelen Anthony
You know HELEN ANTHONY as Providence city councilwoman, Ward 2. She is an avid outdoorsperson and discusses her life-changing accident. Helen was hit by an ATV…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKristen Williams
KRISTEN WILLIAMS, executive director, of RIVERZEDGE ARTS in Woonsocket discusses the economic engine of the art community in this state. She highlights the…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandJennifer Hawkins
JENNIFER HAWKINS is the CEO of One Neighborhood Builders, a nonprofit community. development leader. We discuss where affordable housing is being built in…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandAnita Bruno
Rosie The Riveter is the most iconic image of women working in the defense industry during WW II. There are many skilled tradeswomen today. ANITA BRUNO started…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandCaroline Gangji
We are all getting older and all of us want to ‘age in place’. In the next six years, over a third of the population will be 55+. CAROLINE GANGJI, executive…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandHelena Buonanno Foulkes
HELENA BUONANNO FOULKES stormed onto the political scene in 2022 with a formidable Democratic Gubernatorial Campaign in Rhode Island. She discusses lessons…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandTammy Reiss
Athletic competition is a doorway to self-confidence and success. University of Rhode Island women’s basketball coach, TAMMI REISS, has been named Atlantic 10…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKaren Santilli
Homelessness and affordable housing are top-of-mind policy issues in Rhode Island. KAREN SANTILLI, CEO of Crossroads RI, discusses new projects for the…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandDoctor Daisy Bassen
15% of RI high school students reported attempting suicide one or more times. Dr. Daisy Bassen, a child psychiatrist and medical director of Thrive Behavioral…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandPage Clausius Parks
Page Clausius Parks, executive director of RI KIDS COUNT, discusses her challenges and goals for this statewide policy and advocacy organization that improves…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKate Liberman
KATE LIBERMAN, only the 2nd woman executive director of TRINITY REPERTORY Company, discusses her work in NY and Boston theater, her work with Curt Columbus…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKim Kalunian
KIM KALUNIAN, WPRI TV 12 news anchor at 4pm, a native Rhode Islander, discusses her career working with her husband in the same industry and in the same…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandAniece Germaine
Aniece Germaine is the first black woman elected to the Cranston City Council. She shares her story of escaping life-threatening events in Haiti to come to the…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandAnna Cano Morales
Anna Cano Morales, Vice President for External Relations and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Rhode Island College, discusses the future of Rhode Island…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandShelley Cortese - Lucy Rios
Domestic violence is a public health and public safety issue. SHELLEY CORTESE, RI Dept. of Corrections oversees adult probation and parole, and LUCY RIOS from…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKelli Armstrong
Kelli Armstrong is the 8th president of Salve Regina University and the first who not a Sister of Mercy. She discusses higher education and why service to…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandEllen Ford
Ellen Ford worked at People’s Credit Union for 37 years. She grew up in Newport and discusses rising through the ranks from an entry-level teller to the…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandSally Lapides
Sally Lapides, CEO of Residential Properties is one of the state’s premier real estate companies with nine offices and a commercial division. She discusses the…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandEmily Crowell
Emily Crowell, chief of staff to Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, is an effective, non-stop political operative in this state. Emily shares why she works so hard…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandBarbara Sokolov and Dr. Jodi Glass
BARBARA SOKOLOV and Dr. JODI GLASS explain how Aldersbridge, an East Providence non-profit running health centers for older adults, is embarking on an…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMarcela Betancur
MARCELA BETANCUR, director of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University, discusses equity, housing, education, and the economic contributions of…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMary Burke
MARY BURKE is the longest-tenured coach in the history of women’s and men’s basketball in Rhode Island. She has coached the women’s basketball team at Bryant…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandMeghan Grady
Since 1969 Meals on Wheels has been delivering meals to the homes of seniors, veterans, friends, and neighbors- over 1200 a day! Executive director MEGHAN…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandKaren Emma
How’s your financial health? Are you saving for your kid’s education and your retirement? KAREN EMMA is founder and president of Universal Wealth Management…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandValerie Tutson
Black history and story-telling is in VALERIE TUTSON’s DNA. She’s an award-winning story-teller with songs and stories from her travels in South Africa and…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLiz Tanner
Rhode Island’s Commerce Secretary is LIZ TANNER, a URI graduate with a law degree from Western New England University. She served as the Director of the Dept…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLisa Roth Blackman-RI Food Bank
You may not think twice about your next family meal, but food insecurity impacts 11% of Rhode Island households. LISA ROTH BLACKMAN, chief philanthropy officer…
Amazing Women Rhode IslandLoren Spears
The Narragansett Indians have been in Rhode Island for over 30,000 years, according to archeological evidence and oral history. LOREN SPEARS, a Narragansett…