Bring any Eastside Market receipts to your PCL library & 1% of the total receipt will be donated to us.
PCL Board of Directors
Providence Community Library is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of a maximum of 25 Directors. Nine members of the Board serve as representatives of the Friends organizations of each of PCL’s nine neighborhood libraries. The Mayor of Providence appoints three members to the Board, two of whom are members of the community and one of whom is a member of the Mayor’s staff. The City Council appoints two community members to the Board. The Governor of Rhode Island appoints one community member. The PCL staff elects one representative to the Board. Lastly, nine members are elected by the Board of Directors. The Board elects four of its members to be officers.
Board meetings are held monthly (except for the month of August) and are conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Open Meeting Law of Rhode Island. The Annual Meeting takes place in September.
Board of Directors (2012-13)
Mark McKenney, Esq. (Governor’s appointee), President
Cyndie Wilmot (Friends of Olneyville representative), Vice President
Joan Dagle (Friends of Washington Park Representative), Secretary
Ellen Schwartz (at-large), Treasurer
Yamil Baez (Mayoral appointee)
David Berman (Friends of Rochambeau representative)
Christian Caldarone (City Council appointee)
Kai Cameron, (Friends of South Providence representative)
Elena Chiaradio (at-large)
Avital Chatto (at-large)
Gonzalo Cuervo (Mayoral staff appointee)
Deborah Del Gais (Friends of Mt. Pleasant representative)
Dale Gorton (Friends of Wanskuck representative)
Althea Graves (Friends of Smith Hill representative)
Alan Gunther (Staff representative)
Almas Kalafian (at-large)
Sister Ann Keefe SSJ (at-large)
Linda J. Kushner (at-large)
Matthew Lawrence (at-large)
Rochelle Lee (City Council appointee)
Marcus Mitchell (at-large)
Patricia Raub (at-large)
Deborah Schimberg (Friends of Knight Memorial representative)
Ken Wise (Friends of Fox Point representative)