College Leadership Rhode Island

May is graduation month for the College Leadership Rhode Island Class of 2020

The CLRI Class of 2020 represents 48 students from 13 different campuses.  On May 9, Leadership Rhode Island celebrates this special class at a virtual commencement ceremony. CLRI 2020 will join the community of fellow CLRI alumni and will be connected virtually as Leadership Rhode Island continues to support this promising group of young professionals.

Modeled after LRI’s Core Program for business and community leaders, in 2004, the College Leadership Rhode Island (CLRI) Program was founded to inspire, educate, and engage a diverse group of emerging young adult leaders as they transition from college to career.

Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors: Amica, Ting & Ian Barnard, Maryanne & John Mulattieri, National Grid, and Navigant Credit Union, and individual contributors like you, CLRI is a tuition-free, academic-year-long program (September-May) that prepares students and recent college graduates to navigate life after college. Through experiential learning, students explore careers in the nonprofit, private, public, and philanthropic sectors, while developing soft skills and leadership competencies for the 21st century. The program provides students with the knowledge, skills, and networks necessary to develop their professional lives and build a future as engaged Rhode Island citizens.

College Leadership Rhode Island is a student and recent college graduate program, with curriculum designed for young adults ages 18-26. Applications for the 2021 class are open! The deadline to apply has been extended to May 30, 2020.    Lend your support to the next generation of Rhode Island leaders.

Congratulations College Leadership Rhode Island Class of 2020

Mohammad Ali (Senior) Johnson & Wales University, Advertising & Marketing Communications

Madison Almonte (Senior) University of Rhode Island, Health Sciences

Loay Alshehri (Senior) Johnson & Wales University, Software Engineering

Aaron A’Vant (Senior) University of Rhode Island, Business Marketing

Joshua Avila (Graduate Student) Roger Williams University, Public Administration

Erin Budzyna (Graduate Student) Johnson & Wales University, Hospitality Management

Dayna Burke (Sophomore) Johnson & Wales University, Business Management

Krystal Cardin (Recent Graduate) Roger Williams University, Graphic Design Communications

Henri Carr-Loize (Senior) University of Rhode Island, Psychology, Chinese

Leonardo Cepeda (Sophomore) Community College of Rhode Island, Nursing

Linsey Covington (Recent Graduate) Johnson & Wales University, Media & Communications

Katherine Daneault (Graduate Student) New England Institute of Technology, Public Health

Zaria Dean (Recent Graduate) New England Institute of Technology, Graphics, Multimedia and Web Design

Nicole DaBronzo (Freshman) Roger Williams University, Community Development

Lisa DeMoranville (Recent Graduate) Union College, Marketing and Graphic Design

Sara Federici (Senior) Johnson & Wales University, Culinary Nutrition and Food Product Development

Chayse Fisher (Graduate Student) Northumbria University, International Development and Policy

Jasmine Gaudreau (Senior) Providence College, Accountancy

Octavian Goncalves (Senior) Rhode Island College, Finance

Yasmin Gonzalez (Senior) University of Rhode Island, Finance

Thomas Heavren (Graduate Student) Boston College, Social Work – Macro Leadership + Social Innovation & Mgmt.

Amir Henley (Senior) Johnson & Wales University, Business Administration

Davila Jackley (Sophomore) Community College of Rhode Island, Political Science

Andre Kimble (Junior) Johnson & Wales University, Accounting

Andrew Lee (Freshman) Community College of Rhode Island, Business Administration

Pawel Linek (Senior) University of Rhode Island, Computer Science

Irene Liu (Junior) Rhode Island School of Design, Illustration

Kayleen Lopez (Senior) Johnson & Wales University, Marketing

Tiffany Lor (Senior) Johnson & Wales University, Baking & Pastry Arts and Food & Beverage Entrepreneurship

Savannah Martin (Junior) University of Rhode Island, Supply Chain Management

Logan Nunes (Junior) New England Institute of Technology, Digital Media Production

Christian Ortiz-Blanco (Junior) Rhode Island College, Computer Science

Shreena Patel (Freshman) Rhode Island College, Biology

Kari Perez (Sophomore) Providence College, Elementary Education and Studio Art

Angela Pierre-Louis (Sophomore) Rhode Island College, Biochemistry

Dewayna Marie Rose (Junior) Johnson & Wales University, International Business

Sarah Rumsey (Recent Graduate) University of Connecticut, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kennedy Ryan (Senior) Rhode Island College, Communications with concentration in Advertising

Tshewang Sherpa (Graduate Student) Johnson & Wales University, Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

Donovan Tinsley (Freshman) Johnson & Wales University, Advertising & Marketing Communications

Josiah Tolbert (Senior) University of Rhode Island, Economics

Hannah Ung (Sophomore) University of Rhode Island, Business (Supply Chain Management) & Spanish

Ashley Urrutia (Recent Graduate) Brown University, Computer Science and Public Health

Sven Wadensten (Graduate Student) University of Rhode Island, Structural Civil Engineering

Jacklyn Xavier (Senior) Rhode Island College, Marketing

Nicole Zurita (Junior) University of Rhode Island, Health Studies and Chinese