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BOARD
Nick Scappaticci, Managing Director and Founder, BIG DREAMS – President
Sara Ossana, Founder, Studio MO – Vice President
Deborah McDonough, VP of Marketing, Bradford Soap Works Inc – Treasurer
Jo Lee, Founder, Pop-Up Rhody – Secretary
Sophie Weston Chien, Designer-Activist, Harvard GSD MLA ‘23
Amy Devers, Host + Producer, Clever Podcast
Kirtley Fisher, Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Business, University of Rhode Island
Manan Narang, Founder, Indo-made
Yemi Sekoni, President of Donahue Models & Talent, LLC
Wendy MoMa Michel, NeuroArts specialist, Founder of MINDART, Creative Wellness Research Lab
Moises Valcarcel Gonzalez, Job Captain at DBVW Architects, Co-founder of Rhode Island Minorities in Architecture & Design (RIMIAD)
TEAM

Berit Lavender
Co-Director
Director of Internal Relations
berit@designxri.com

Rue Sakayama
Co-Director
Director of External Relations
rue@designxri.com

Rikki Davis
Development Manager
rikkidavis@designxri.com

Kat Simonds
Programs and Events Manager
kat@designxri.com

Reba Mitchell
Programs and Events Manager
reba@designxri.com

Anna Brinkhuis
Marketing and Operations Associate
anna@designxri.com
Bisola Folarin, Bonner Fellow, bisola@designxri.com
CO-FOUNDERS
Lisa Carnevale, Co-Founder, DESIGNxRI
Emily Hall, Charrette Venture Group
Libby Slader, Libby Slader Interior Design
Kelly Taylor, Kelly Taylor Interior Design