ABOUT US

Our Organization:

The Brown Club of Rhode Island is a non-profit organization run by a volunteer Board of Directors all of whom are graduates or related to a graduate of the University. The Board organizes a broad range of events throughout the year including lectures by Brown faculty, social events for alumni and information sessions for potential students. The BCRI is one of the University's most active alumni clubs serving over 6,000 alumni in the Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts areas.

Our Mission

Our Mission as a Club includes:

• The initiation and encouragement of activities which promise to further the welfare and interests of Brown and contribute to the overall betterment of the individual alumnus.

• To enlighten alumni regarding the changing nature of the Brown experience in terms of social, educational and humanistic matters. This will further help to develop an alumni body that is well informed and effective in furthering the goals of the University.

• To influence outstanding young people to select Brown for an undergraduate education.

• To offer programs of common alumni interest that stimulate thought and promote a sense of camaraderie.

• To foster a continuing relationship with undergraduates so that they may someday play an active role as an alumnus.

• To maintain The Jean and Francis Madeira Music Award which is given each year to a graduating senior in the Music Department of Brown University.

• To be engaged in the local community as a positive influence.

Officers

BCRI Officers 2023–2024

• Walter Harper AM'96, PhD'06, President

• Bruce Keeler '90, First Vice President

• Tom Kostka '78, Second Vice President

• Thano Chaltas '87, P'24 Secretary/Past President

• Kevin Tracy '85, Treasurer

• Lisa Frappier '85, Communications Co-Chair/Past President

• Emily McDaniel '13, Communications Co-Chair

• Judy Safian, Membership Chair

• Hamzah Ansari ScMIME'09, Past President

• Kenneth Dill '77, Past President

• Jonathan Migliori '11, Past President

• Diane Scott '75, Past President

Board Members

• Sabrina Antonelli AM'10

• Tim Baldwin '97

• Emilie Benoit '72

• Sue Bruce EMHL'21

• Armen Casparian '72

• Judith Tolnick Champa AM'79

• Carole Collins '70

• Lynn Ewart-Paine '85

• Julieanne Fontana AM'18

• Elizabeth Holochwost '69

• Mary Maguire '80

• Richard Montauk '75

• Mitra Nadjmi '93

• Dan Pearson '91

• Rachel Peterson '13

• Scott Powell '96

• Bethany Rallis '04

• Diana Revkin '83

• Edward Rotmer '61

• Micah Rubenstein '81

• Karen Stern '68

• Elena Thornton Kissel '81, P'13, P'17

• Mary Tsangarakis '76

• Alison Ward '85 MD'93

• Susan Youngwood '80

If you are a Brown graduate and interested in becoming a Board Member of the BCRI, please contact Lisa Frappier at lisa_frappier@alumni.brown.edu for more information on the nomination process.