Your officers and staff, at your service
Your local representatives on the NEARI Delegate Assembly elect officers every two years at the annual meeting in May. Any active member is eligible to run for any post, with the exception of the regional vice presidents, each of whom must belong to the membership category or region he/she represents. There are no limits to officer terms.
NEARI Officers 2017-2018
Regional Vice Presidents
- Region I (teacher locals in Barrington, Bristol-Warren, East Providence)
Marlene Prichard, NEA Barrington
prichardm@bpsmail.org
- Region II (teacher locals in Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Newport Special Ed., New Shoreham, Portsmouth, Tiverton)
Joe Cassady, NEA Portsmouth
- Region III (teacher locals in Chariho, Narragansett, South Kingstown, Westerly)
Vin Levcowich, NEA Chariho
neacharihochargers@gmail.com
- Region IV (teacher locals in Burrillville, Cumberland, Davies Career and Technical High School, RI School for the Deaf, Smithfield, North Smithfield)
Michael Twohey, NEA Smithfield
neas-twohey@cox.net
- Region V (teacher locals in East Greenwich, Foster, Glocester, Ponaganset, Exeter-West Greenwich, North Kingstown, Scituate)
Kevin Dubois, NEA North Kingstown
twistri@hotmail.com
- Higher Education (all higher education locals with the exception of ESP)
Marian (Mimi) Fattore, CCRI PSA
- Higher Education ESP (all higher education ESP)
Debra Coty, URI ESP
debicoty@uri.edu
- K-12 ESP (all K-12 education support professionals and para-professionals)
Kristin Chase, East Providence Teacher Assistants
kris621@cox.net
- State, Municipal, Retired Personnel (all locals in these categories)
Raymond Pouliot, Retired
raymondp70@aol.com
NEARI Staff
The NEARI staff keeps the association running smoothly, and represents your interests at the local and state level.
The NEARI staff keeps the association running smoothly, and represents your interests at the local and state level.
Assistant Executive Directors/UniServ