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Council & Staff

Building Futures Advisory Council

The members of our Advisory Council have been selected carefully, each of them leaders from across and beyond the construction sector.

With representatives from labor, management, employers, and researchers, our Advisory Council serves as an industry roundtable, providing guidance to the systemic change work of Building Futures and overseeing our pre-apprenticeship program.

Joined by individuals from community based organizations, the educational community and government, the Advisory Council is uniquely suited to ensure that the interests of all stakeholders are well considered in our work.

Council Members

Paul Aballo, Vice President of Construction
Dimeo Construction Company

Eric Anderson, Executive Director
Associated General Contractors of America, RI. Chapter

Matthew Bodah, PhD, Associate Director
Schmidt Labor Research Center, University of Rhode Island

William Bryan, Senior Project Executive
Gilbane Building Company

Scott Duhamel, Business Representative
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
District Council 11, Local 195

Stephanie Federico, Esq., Chief of Staff
Providence Public School District, Superintendent Brady

William Holmes, Chairperson
Rhode Island State Apprenticeship Council and
Business Agent, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Local 94

Anthony Hubbard, Program Director
YouthBuild Providence

Darrell A. Lee, President and Founder
BCOG Planning and Development

Olayinka Oredugba, Esq., Office of EEO, W/MBE Compliance
City of Providence

Greg Mancini, Esq., Executive Director
BuildRI

Patrick McGuigan, Executive Director
The Providence Plan

Ramon Martinez, President and C.E.O.
Progreso Latino

Thomas Purcell, Chief Operating Officer
H. Carr & Sons, Inc.

Michael Sabitoni, President
Rhode Island Building & Construction Trades Council and
Business Representative, Laborers International
Union of North America Local 271

John Simmons, Executive Director
Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council

Steve Smith, President
Providence Teachers Union

Robert Walsh, Chair of the Program Committee
ProvPlan Board of Directors and Executive Director,
National Education Association of Rhode Island

Staff Members

Andrew L. Cortés, Director
acortes@provplan.org

Ian Chase, Career and Training Coordinator
ichase@provplan.org

Rita Holahan, Operations Director
rlholahan@provplan.org

Beatrice McGeoch, Education Coordinator
bmcgeoch@provplan.org

Margarita Perez, Executive Assistant
meperez@provplan.org

Carmen Pizarro, Service Coordinator
cpizarro@provplan.org

Judith Titzel, Program Coordinator
jtitzel@provplan.org