Foundation Staff
Kathleen M. Bridge
Executive Director
Theresa M. Gallo
Program Director
Officers & Directors
Officers for one year ending 2025
President
Armando Batastini
Nixon Peabody, LLP
Vice President
David Bazar
Bazar & Associates, P.C.
Secretary
Etie-Lee Schaub
Treasurer
Steven Boyajian
Robinson & Cole, LLP
Directors for three years ending 2026
Director
Sonja Deyoe
Law Offices of Sonja L. Deyoe
Director
Anne Livingston
Director
Mark Morse
Law Office of Mark B. Morse
Director
Jason Preciphs
Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Peirce, Inc.
Director
Cristen Raucci
Ocean State Job Lot
Directors for three years ending 2027
Director
Nicole Benjamin
Adler Pollock & Sheehan, P.C.
Director
Lauren Jones
Director
Peter Lewiss
Lewiss Law Associates, LLP
Director
Sally McDonald
Barton Gilman LLP
Director
Edward Newman
Rhode Island Family Court
Directors for three years ending 2028
Director
Laura Bottaro
Law Offices of Laura Bottaro, LLC
Director
Richard D'Addario
The Law Offices of D'Addario & Collins
Director
Lise Iwon
Laurence & Iwon
Director
Benjamin Pushner
Director
Nicole Verdi
Past President Directors
Susan DeBlasio
Michael McElroy
Joseph Roszkowski
Michael St. Pierre
John Tarantino
Treasurer Emeritus and Honorary Board Member
James Jackson
Rhode Island Bar Association Executive Committee
President
Patrick Guida
Duffy & Sweeney, a division of Stevens & Lee
President-Elect
Dana Horton
Robinson & Cole, LLP
Treasurer
Holly Rao
Olenn & Penza, LLP
Secretary
Kathleen Wyllie
Revens Revens St. Pierre & Wyllie
2024-2025 Bar Foundation Committees
Steven J. Boyajian, Chairperson
Etie-Lee Schaub, Vice Chair
Nicole J. Benjamin
Richard D'Addario
Anne Maxwell Livingston
Sally P. McDonald
Michael R. McElroy
Nicole M. Verdi
Armando E. Batastini, ex officio
Steven J. Boyajian, Chairperson
Sally P. McDonald, Vice Chair
Maria Goncalves
Lise M. Iwon
Hon. Edward H. Newman
Jason C. Preciphs
Cristen L. Raucci
Michael A. St. Pierre
Armando E. Batastini, ex officio
Susan Leach DeBlasio, Chairperson
Cristen L. Raucci, Vice Chair
David N. Bazar
Laura J. Bottaro
Sonja L. Deyoe
Peter L. Lewiss
Benjamin A. Pushner
Joseph J. Roszkowski
Michael A. St. Pierre
John A. Tarantino
Armando E. Batastini, ex officio
David N. Bazar, Chairperson
Nicole J. Benjamin, Vice Chair
Sonja L. Deyoe
Mark B. Morse
Jason C. Preciphs
Cristen L. Raucci
Nicole M. Verdi
Armando E. Batastini, ex officio