Amazing Women Rhode Island
Highlighting women who make a difference.
Episodes
41 episodes
Mitty Mirrer
Mitty Mirrer, award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and founder of Gold Star Children, discusses her volunteer work in Ukraine with TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors). Listen as she shares compelling stories about the amazing r...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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24:00
Lisa Pina-Warren
LISA PINA-WARREN, the executive director of The Nonviolence Institute, joins me for a compelling conversation on how they square the use of nonviolence to mitigate the rise of gun and gang violence in Providence. It is a compellin...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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25:17
Heather Hole Strout
HEATHER HOLE STROUT is a life-long Newporter. After 22 years teaching, she joined the Martin Luther King Community Center of Newport County in 2015. Newport is the 5th poorest city in Rhode Island and for over 100 years the MLK Center ha...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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23:52
Martha Mainiero
Early detection of breast cancer can save a woman’s life. Dr. Martha Mainiero, a radiologist at RI Hospital, discusses preventative measures, warning signs, and breast cancer treatments. She provides hope and encouragement for anyone diagnosed ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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23:51
Weayonnoh Nelson Davies
Weayonnoh Nelson Davies, executive director of Economic Progress Institute, discusses this nonpartisan research policy organization’s work to ensure economic security for low- and modest-income Rhode Island families.
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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24:42
Cathryn Jamieson
Cathryn Jamieson, a mother, grandmother, sister, and owner of a hair salon, gets a second chance at life when her living donor, Lisa Doucet, managing director at a communications firm, donates one of her kidneys to Cathryn. It is a ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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26:07
Morgan Grefe
Rhode Island is home to the fourth oldest state historical society in the country, Executive director, MORGAN GREFE of the RI Historical Society, discusses some of the state’s must-see social and historical sites. She also explains the h...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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24:03
Kelly Nevins
KELLY NEVINS, CEO of The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, a social justice organization with the goal of improving the lives of women and girls in RI. We discuss the status of women and girls in this state, grantmaking throu...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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24:28
Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, CEO and Superintendent of Blackstone Valley Prep, discusses the role of charter schools - which are public schools - and how the shift in RI’s education funding formula in 2026 will impact all public schools.
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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25:06
Rev Rebecca Spencer
Reverend REBECCA SPENCER, is the first woman to serve as senior minister at the Central Congregational Church in Providence. She discusses retirement after 35 years, raising her cows on her farm, spiritual awakening, and how to find comm...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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24:53
Helen Anthony
You know HELEN ANTHONY as Providence city councilwoman, Ward 2. She is an avid outdoorsperson and discusses her life-changing accident. Helen was hit by an ATV vehicle while hiking in California. She endured many surgeries and mont...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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25:14
Kristen Williams
KRISTEN WILLIAMS, executive director, of RIVERZEDGE ARTS in Woonsocket discusses the economic engine of the art community in this state. She highlights the workforce development programs at RIVERZEDGE ARTS including paid, work-based lear...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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26:11
Jennifer Hawkins
JENNIFER HAWKINS is the CEO of One Neighborhood Builders, a nonprofit community. development leader. We discuss where affordable housing is being built in Rhode Island, mixed-income social housing, and how short-term rentals have impacted...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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23:30
Caroline Gangji
We are all getting older and all of us want to ‘age in place’. In the next six years, over a third of the population will be 55+. CAROLINE GANGJI, executive director of the VILLAGE COMMON of RHODE ISLAND discus...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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25:00
Anita Bruno
Rosie The Riveter is the most iconic image of women working in the defense industry during WW II. There are many skilled tradeswomen today. ANITA BRUNO started Rhode Island Women in The Trades in 2...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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25:25
Helena Buonanno Foulkes
HELENA BUONANNO FOULKES stormed onto the political scene in 2022 with a formidable Democratic Gubernatorial Campaign in Rhode Island. She discusses lessons learned from that campaign, her current work on public education with several mun...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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24:29
Tammy Reiss
Athletic competition is a doorway to self-confidence and success. University of Rhode Island women’s basketball coach, TAMMI REISS, has been named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year twice in her three years at URI. She talks abou...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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25:20
Karen Santilli
Homelessness and affordable housing are top-of-mind policy issues in Rhode Island. KAREN SANTILLI, CEO of Crossroads RI, discusses new projects for the unhoused, and what the state needs to do to mitigate the housing shortage.
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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24:24
Doctor Daisy Bassen
15% of RI high school students reported attempting suicide one or more times. Dr. Daisy Bassen, a child psychiatrist and medical director of Thrive Behavioral Health, discusses mental health stressors, depression, and warning signs...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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24:30
Page Clausius Parks
Page Clausius Parks, executive director of RI KIDS COUNT, discusses her challenges and goals for this statewide policy and advocacy organization that improves the health, education, and economic well-being of RI’s c...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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24:45
Kate Liberman
KATE LIBERMAN, only the 2nd woman executive director of TRINITY REPERTORY Company, discusses her work in NY and Boston theater, her work with Curt Columbus, and Trinity’s role in promoting diversity and equity.
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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24:41
Kim Kalunian
KIM KALUNIAN, WPRI TV 12 news anchor at 4pm, a native Rhode Islander, discusses her career working with her husband in the same industry and in the same newsroom, and how she and Ted Nesi juggle parenting, childcare, and turning off the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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26:07
Aniece Germaine
Aniece Germaine is the first black woman elected to the Cranston City Council. She shares her story of escaping life-threatening events in Haiti to come to the U.S where she learned English, went to college, ran for office, and is now serving h...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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24:55