Speakers

What's new at the oldest nonprofit animal welfare organization in the state of Rhode Island and the third oldest in the country?

Dan McGowan covers Rhode Island politics, education and economic development for the Boston Globe. He joined the staff in 2019 after spending six years with WPRI-TV, where he covered Providence City Hall and schools. Dan is also a board member for Access/RI, a nonprofit that advocates for improving citizen access to government records. He was part of a team that won a New England Emmy award for an investigation into a state lawmaker. Additionally, Dan is the author of Rhode Map, a daily briefing on the Ocean State.

At this meeting, the chairs of our various committees will explain what their committee's focus will be on in the 2021-2022 Rotary Year!  Providence Rotarians--choose at least one and participate!  We need your creativity, your energy, your insight!!  Help us make a difference in the community!  Together We Create!

 

 

 

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Mark Binder, of Providence, is an Audie Audiobook Award nominee and author of more than two dozen books and audiobooks. Mark is the founder of Light Publications, an independent craft publishing company; co-creator of Bright Night Providence, and founder of The Real Fun Theater Company, the American Story Theater, and Spoken Story Saturdays. He has written and directed more than a dozen plays.

Joshua Xavier is an associate attorney with Partridge Snow & Hahn where he counsels employers on a variety of employment-related topics, such as handbooks, terminations, harassment, and discrimination complaints, leave acts, overtime payment, and misclassification claims. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for both the Montessori Community School of Rhode Island as well as for the Roger Williams University School of Law Pro Bono Collaborative. Joshua earned his law degree from Roger Williams University School of Law and earned his undergraduate degree from New York University. Upon graduating from law school, he served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Rhode Island Superior Court. Joshua was recently awarded the 2021 Up & Coming Award from the Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly publication.