​All Board Meetings are open to the public. However, upon occasion, portions of the meeting may be restricted to Board Members only, at which time non-Board Members will be asked to leave. 
  
Our Warwick Board meetings are held at 7pm "in even numbered months (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec) at:
Greenwood Community Church
805 Main Ave. (Rte 113)
Warwick, RI 02886  Map

Our Cumberland Board Meetings are also held at 7pm "but in odd numbered months (Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov) at:
Arnold Mills Methodist Church
690 Nate Whipple Hwy (Rte 120)
Cumberland, RI 02864 Map

Board Members 

Our Board of Directors determines policy and monitors operations. Board members are dedicated volunteers who are deeply concerned about the problems of inadequate housing in our community. We operate with the support of long-term and short-term volunteers, with no paid staff or employees.

Board Members

President:                  Gary Lefrancois
Vice President:        Amy Gates
Secretary:                  Debra Stacey
Treasurer:                  Louise Carriere
Co-Treasurer:           Chris Spagnole

Members at Large:
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Rick Masnyk - Family Selection Chair
Rosalie Jalbert - Family Selection
Peggy Rubel - Church Relations
Earl Marsh - Construction Manager
Kelly McKallister - Volunteer Chair

If you are interested in joining our board, it is recommended that you attend a couple of meetings to learn more about our affiliate.  As a board member you should not be absent from more than 3 board meetings. Your seat may be opened after continued absences. A sex offender, and criminal back ground check is required of all volunteers and board members also sign a confidentiality agreement.  Board members also take a tutorial training session to get them up to speed on the mission of Habitat. 

If you are interested in attending a board meeting or being on a committee, please contact amy@habitatriwestbay.org or see our event page for the next board meeting

Committees​

If you are interested in joining any of these committees,
call us at (401) 732-6407 or email us at connect@habitatriwestbay.org

Please check the Events and Meetings Calendar for Committee meeting dates and locations.
  • Communication
    •  Prepare newsletter, articles for newpapers, public service announcements
  • Construction
  • Church Relations
    • ​Chair, Peggy Rubel
      • To cultivate Habitat for Humanity of West Bay and Northern RI, Inc.'s relationship with local churches, seek Covenant Churches, and maintain ties to currently involved churches.
  • Development
    • To raise sufficient money as determined by the Board of Directors to fund the needs of the organization in order that simple, decent housing can be built with Partner Families.
  • Family Selection 
    •  Chair, Rick Masnyk
      • The committee organizes and carries out application, interview, and selection processes. We find the families who fit the criteria of need for shelter, ability to make no-interest loan payments, and ability to partner with Habitat for Humanity.
  • Family Partnering
    • Works with families through sweat equity, home ownership education, home purchase process, adjustment to new responsibilities and continued partnership with the organization. 
  • Legal
    • To provide a liaison with Habitat for Humanity of West Bay and Northern RI, Inc.'s attorney and monitor the legal needs and requirements of the organization, including insurances.
  • Public Relations
    • To continually improve the community's awareness of our work, recognize our participants, and encourage new donations of time and materials so more people have simple, affordable housing.
  • Site Selection
    • Identify potential sites, evaluate sites' availability and appropriateness, evaluate sites suitability for affiliate's basic house plans, develop a site acquisitions criteria policy for board approval, implement the board-approved site acquisition policy and maintain acquired sites. 
  • Volunteer Coordinator
    • Co-​Chairs, Louise Carriere and Kelly McCallister
      • Recruits and coordinates volunteers to carry out Habitat for Humanity of West Bay and Northern RI, Inc.'s mission