Advisory Board

Rhode Island Center for School Leadership
Advisory Board

(Revised – January 12, 2010)



Michael Barnes, Ed.D., Superintendent
Foster-Glocester School District


Carol Bissanti
Member-at-Large (Non-Voting)


Donna Braun
Center for Leadership and Educational Equity


Betty Brito, Executive Director
Rhode Island Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (RIASCD)


Mary C. Canole, Ed.D., Secretary of RICSL Advisory Board
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)


Deborah Collins
The Education Alliance at Brown University


Doreen M. Corrente, Executive Director
Rhode Island Center for School Leadership (RICSL)


Monica Darcy, Chair, CEP Department
Rhode Island College


Denise DeMagistris, Director of Teacher Education
Johnson & Wales University


Ann Marie Dubuque, Executive Director
Association of RI Administrators of Special Education (ARIASE)


Timothy Duffy, Executive Director
RI Association of School Committees (RIASC)


William Fasano, Executive Director
RI Association for Middle Level Educators (RIMLE)


Paulajo Gaines, Director, Office of Educator Quality & Certification
Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE)


Patricia Hines, Executive Director
Rhode Island Association of School Principals (RIASP)
Rhode Island Instructional Leadership Academy (RIILA)


Gerald J. Kowalczyk, Director
East Bay Educational Collaborative


Frank Leary, Chair of RICSL Advisory Board
Administration Program Director, Providence College


Julian E. MacDonnell, Jr., Executive Director
Northern RI Collaborative


Michael McKee, Executive Director
Southern RI Educational Collaborative


Barbara Miller, Member-at-Large (Non-Voting)


Karen G. Ostroff, Executive Director
West Bay Collaborative


Tyler Page, Coordinator, Educational Leadership
Rhode Island College