Advisory Board

Richard Harrington '69, Chair
Partner, Cueball Group
Boston, MA

Bio

William Achtmeyer
William F. Achtmeyer
Chairman and Managing Partner, The Parthenon Group
Boston, MA

Bio

Christiane Amanpour '83, Hon '95
Anchor, ABC News, This Week with Christiane Amanpour
New York, NY

Bio

Robert Beagle
Vice President for Advancement, URI
Kingston, RI

Bio

Barbara Cardillo '72
Principal, Firetide Wireless Networking
Los Gatos, CA

Bio

Tom Cerio '76
Executive Vice President of Cable Sales, Warner Bros.
Burbank, CA

Bio

Sid Cohen '55
President of MGM Domestic Television, Retired
Santa Monica, CA

Bio

Mary Connelly '83
Executive Producer, The Ellen Degeneres Show
Burbank, CA

Bio

Michele Edelman '89
VP, Marketing, Warner Bros.
Burbank, CA

Bio

John Geddes '74
Managing Editor, News Operations, The New York Times
New York, NY

Bio

Fred Joyal '79, Hon.'06
Co-Founder and Vice Chair, 1-800-DENTIST
Los Angeles, CA

Bio

Hal Katersky '64
Chairman, Pacifica Ventures
Santa Monica, CA

Bio

Michael Keith '76
Author and Professor of Communication, Boston College
Newton, MA

Bio

John King '85
Anchor, State of the Union with John King, CNN
Washington, DC

Bio

William E. Loveless '73
Editorial Director, Platts, McGraw-Hill
Washington, DC

Bio

Carol Makovich '75
Principal, Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc.
Garden City, NY

Bio

Steven Malkiewicz '81
Director, Marketing and Communications,
IBM Research and Intellectual Property
Yorktown Heights, NY

Bio

Nancy McKinstry '80, Hon.'05
CEO & Chairman, Wolters Kluwer
Netherlands

Bio

Lori Merola '83
VP, Operations and Services, Fidelity Investments
Smithfield, RI

Bio

Michael Moore
Global Head, Internal & Online Communications, Thomson Reuters
New York, NY

Bio

Kathy O'Donnell '90
SVP, Public Affairs, Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Providence, RI

Bio

John Palumbo '76
Owner & Publisher, RI Monthly
Providence, RI

Bio

Scott Randall '76
President, BrandGames
New York, NY

Bio

Michael Rauh '81
President, Chelsea Groton Bank
Groton, CT

Bio

Kathleen K. Reardon
Professor, The Marshall School, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Bio

Name
Thomas Shanks
President, The Ethics Company
San Jose, CA

Bio

Fred Stielow '81
Vice President, Dean of Libraries & Course Materials, AMU
Annapolis, MD

Bio

Jay Spach
Senior Vice President, Organizational Development, Thomson Reuters
New York, NY

Bio

Lonny Unger '77
PR Consultant, former VP and COO, Manning, Selvage & Lee
Scarsdale, NY

Bio

Robert Vincent '75
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, GTECH Corp.
Providence, RI

Bio

Winnie Brownell
Dean, URI College of Arts and Sciences

Name
Tom Zorabedian '74, '75
Assistant Dean, URI College of Arts and Sciences and
Film Media and Communication Studies faculty