GoLocal’s Folks on the Transfer is an replace on new hires and promotions throughout southern New England. In case your group has an announcement, electronic mail it to us at [email protected].
Advertisement
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE — SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
View Bigger +
Advertisement
PHOTO: RIVETS
Dr. Pancoast Named New President of RI Veterinary Medical Affiliation
The Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Affiliation (RIVMA) has named a brand new president. The group right now introduced the appointment of Dr. Shelly Pancoast, who assumed the function on January 1, 2023, and now leads the 250-member affiliation targeted on selling animal welfare, veterinary drugs, and public well being.
Dr. Pancoast has served on the RIVMA Board of Administrators since 2021, and steps in to steer the volunteer group at a very difficult time throughout the veterinary workforce nationwide. Regionally, the work of RIVMA has positioned an emphasis on well being and security within the veterinary occupation whereas guaranteeing the very best degree of look after animals.
Advertisement
Beneath her management, Dr. Pancoast signifies that “RIVMA will proceed to advertise Rhode Island as a nationwide chief in entry to high quality veterinary care and animal welfare, and as a champion for fostering finest practices in psychological well being and wellness for veterinary healthcare groups.”
Dr. Pancoast has been an emergency clinician at Ocean State Veterinary Specialists and Bay State Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Providers since 2011. She acquired her undergraduate diploma from Tufts College earlier than attending Tufts College Faculty of Veterinary Drugs. After graduating, she accomplished a one-year internship at VCA Veterinary Referral and Emergency Middle in Norwalk, Connecticut. She then spent two years usually apply each in Connecticut and Boston earlier than happening to finish a specialty mixed internship in cardiology and emergency and important care at Tufts V.E.T.S in Walpole, Massachusetts.
Advertisement
When not working, Dr. Pancoast enjoys touring, exploring new locations along with her husband and kids, and cooking. She aspires to at some point make each recipe within the America’s Check Kitchen Full Vegetarian Cookbook!
Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Pierce Provides Two
The regulation workplace of Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Peirce, Inc. (RCFP) proclaims two attorneys have joined the agency.
Advertisement
“Philip and Carleigh’s diligence and skill to serve our purchasers’ wants is far appreciated,” states RCFP Managing Shareholder Edward G. Avila, Esq. “They every deliver an understanding of the authorized complexities of business lending and finance in addition to a degree of experience in enterprise and company counsel. We’re happy to welcome them enthusiastically to our agency.”
View Bigger +
PHOTO: Roberts, Carroll
Advertisement
Philip R. Primeau
Philip R. Primeau joins RCFP as an lawyer within the agency’s industrial lending and enterprise/company regulation apply teams. He focuses on negotiating, structuring, diligencing and documenting time period, revolving and development loans collateralized by actual property and enterprise belongings. Different areas of secured lending experience embody rate of interest swaps and London Interbank Provided Fee to Bloomberg Brief-Time period Financial institution Yield Index/Secured In a single day Financing Fee transitions.
Primeau additionally offers with a variety of enterprise and company issues from industrial zoning and land use to the decision of mechanics’ liens, and affords perception into questions of privateness and confidentiality as a licensed data privateness skilled.
Advertisement
Primeau graduated summa cum laude in 2017 from Windfall School the place he earned a bachelor of arts diploma in theology. In 2021, he earned his juris doctorate diploma summa cum laude from the Roger Williams College Faculty of Regulation (Bristol). He served as government notes & feedback editor of Roger Williams College Regulation Evaluation, and as a judicial intern with the US District Court docket for the District of Rhode Island and the US Court docket of Appeals for the First Circuit. He was subsequently admitted to the Rhode Island Bar (2021) and Massachusetts Bar (2022).
View Bigger +
PHOTO: Roberts, Carroll
Carleigh B. Romano
Advertisement
Carleigh B. Romano has joined RCFP as an lawyer within the apply areas of business lending, enterprise and company transactional issues. She assists monetary establishments in drafting mortgage agreements, promissory notes, mortgages, safety agreements, and extra. Company work ranges from company operations to enterprise transactions with worldwide entities on advanced offers.
Previous to becoming a member of RCFP, Romano labored throughout the in-house authorized division for an area company, gaining expertise and background in admiralty and maritime regulation such because the Jones Act, customs restrictions, and transport operations in addition to environmental regulation and renewable vitality analysis.
Romano is a 2021 graduate of Roger Williams College Faculty of Regulation (Bristol) the place she earned a juris doctorate diploma. She is a 2018 graduate of College of Miami the place she accomplished her bachelor of arts diploma in political science. She was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar in 2022.
Advertisement
She is a resident of Newport, R.I.
Advertisement
View Bigger +
PHOTO: RI Truckers
RITA’s First Feminine Chair Goals to ‘Transfer Minds’
Debora Babin Katz assumed the gavel as the primary girl to Chair the Board of Administrators of the Rhode Island Trucking Affiliation on Tuesday, carrying on a wealthy legacy throughout the 92-year historical past of that affiliation. In doing so, she paid homage to a former trucking business trailblazer and vowed to ‘transfer minds’ as she endeavors to steer and develop that group’s non-profit Basis.
“Lena Daly was an distinctive feminine chief in our business and her management of the Rhode Island Truck House owners Affiliation from 1960 to 1981 contributed to the place RITA is right now,” mentioned Babin Katz.
Advertisement
“I’m excited to maneuver ahead on a twin observe as RITA’s new Chair: to serve and assist our valued members and to advance the mission of RITA’s newly-formed Basis. The trustees of this Basis board can be comprised of an unbelievable group of thought leaders, each inside our group and out of doors of RITA. We are going to concentrate on rising the muse’s fund to Transfer Minds by increasing our schooling scholarships together with the Lena Daly/WIT Basis Scholarship and the John J. Gill Scholarship, within the space of transportation; growing apprenticeship and profession growth packages and educating the general public concerning the wonderful profession alternatives within the transportation business. We are going to proceed to strengthen our relationship with URI’s Provide Chain program and the nationwide Ladies In Trucking Basis as a part of these initiatives, which can help our members in addressing a big problem they face right now: labor shortages,” she added
Vice President of RITA member TrucBrush, Debora Babin Katz’ board expertise contains seven years on the Ladies In Trucking Basis, 4 years as its chair, and on the Govt Boards of each RITA and the Trucking Affiliation of Massachusetts(TAM). She at the moment serves on the board of the nationwide Snow & Ice Administration Affiliation(SIMA) and their Basis board.
Babin Katz, who succeeds Legal professional Michael Kiselica as Chair, will serve a two-year time period for RITA, the unique Rhode Island affiliate of the American Trucking Associations.
Advertisement
Associated Articles
Folks on the Transfer: Chace Ruttenberg & Freedman Provides 2 and Compass Expands
Folks on the Transfer: Fanale Out and Wagner in at CNE; Additions at RPL and Nail
Folks on the Transfer: New England Mortgage Bankers Corridor of Famers and A lot Extra
Folks on the Transfer: PACE-RI Appoints Dr. Nikolopoulos New CMO, Cranston Names Finance Director
Folks on the Transfer: BankNewport, United Manner, Realtors and Open Sky Make Appointments
Folks on the Transfer: Florio New COO at South County Psychiatry and Gordon Faculty Names 3
Folks on the Transfer: Brown Names New VP and Residential Properties Provides to Group
Folks on the Transfer: Additions at Brown Surgical, NAIL, YMCA of Pawtucket and RI Hospitality
Folks on the Transfer: BankRI, NAIL and Residential Properties All Make Additions
Folks on the Transfer: Compass Lands Two, RI Hospitality and Residential Properties Announce Additions
Folks on the Transfer: Infrastructure Financial institution, DiPrete Engineering, Silk Title, and Residential Properties
Folks on the Transfer: Da Cruz Elected President of Realtors, Forcier Named New Chief at DEM
Folks on the Transfer: Lifespan New CEO and Hurley Recipient of Main Award
Folks on the Transfer: Machtley Appointed to Naval Warfare School Board, Adjustments in EP, Intus Care & Extra
Folks on the Transfer: Nicole Pollock Named DRK Chief of Employees, Residential Property Provides Parella
Folks on the Transfer: Johnson Named VP at CCRI, Silva Joins Engel & Völkers
Folks on the Transfer: Residential Properties Provides 2, CCRI Names New Dean
Folks on the Transfer: Dr. Newton Takes Over GI Group and DiSanto, Priest & Co. Promotes Three
Folks on the Transfer: Tiverton Land Belief Names First Program Supervisor, RI Free Clinic’s New Board
Folks on the Transfer: Sophia Academy Names New Head, Dubés Retire, St. Elizabeth Award
Folks on the Transfer: Neighborhood Names 2 to Board, HARI Appoints Trustees, NAIL and Residential Add
Folks on the Transfer: Mott & Chace, RIMBA, Perry Steps Down at YWCA and 20 Extra
Folks on the Transfer: Bally’s Names New Chief Authorized Officer, CCRI Appoints Dean of College students
Folks on the Transfer: Main Adjustments at Brown and Washington Belief
Folks on the Transfer: New Vet Pres., Roberts Carroll Provides Two, Truckers First Feminine Chair
Get pleasure from this put up? Share it with others.
The union representing the state prison system’s correctional officers expressed outrage Friday over Gov. Dan McKee’s nomination of Wayne Salisbury, Jr. to continue leading the Rhode Island Department of Corrections on a permanent basis.
“I believe strongly this is the wrong guy — we should have done a national search for the best candidate,” Richard Ferruccio, president of Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, said in an interview Friday afternoon.
On Thursday, Ferruccio sent a letter to McKee expressing officers’ concerns that RIDOC “has ceded its stature as one of the nation’s best correctional departments” because of acting leadership.
McKee announced that he had picked Salisbury to lead the department Friday morning, drawing praise from one prison reform advocacy group
Advertisement
“Wayne’s experience in the Department of Corrections is extensive, and he has played an important role in day-to-day operations and long-term, strategic planning for the department,” McKee said in a statement Friday. “I look forward to continuing to work with Director Salisbury to maintain high professional standards at the DOC and ensure a safe environment across all correctional facilities in Rhode Island.” Gov. Dan McKee announced on Friday, May 17, 2024, that interim Rhode Island Department of Corrections Director Wayne Salisbury, Jr. is his nominee for the permanent post. (Courtesy of Office of the Governor))
Salisbury, whose annual base salary is $174,593, has served as acting director of the department since January 2023 following the departure of Patricia Coyne-Fague, who stepped down to lead the city of Providence’s Department of Public Works. He was hired at RIDOC in 2016 as deputy warden and was named deputy director in November 2020, according to his resume. He served as acting warden from March 2017 to February 2018.
Salisbury was also the warden at the privately-run Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls from 2004 to 2010.
Under Salisbury’s leadership, Ferruccio claimed assaults on officers and fights among inmates have “nearly doubled.” His letter also cited concerns about an alleged increase in drug trafficking and inmates having “uncontrolled access to technology” supposedly used to coordinate gang fights.
“The Brotherhood has raised these safety concerns repeatedly with the acting leadership and have been repeatedly met with silence,” Ferruccio wrote.
Advertisement
DOC Spokesperson J.R. Ventura on Friday declined to comment on the claims made in Ferruccio’s letter. He only said that inmates use tablets “for educational purposes” at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI).
“They are secure, they are closed circuit, and they are monitored,” he said.
Salisbury thanked McKee for nominating him in a statement.
“I’m honored to have led the Rhode Island Department of Corrections over the last sixteen months, as we have faced operational challenges in areas such as staffing, recruitment, restrictive housing, and recidivism reduction to name a few,” Salisbury said. “ I am grateful for the governor’s nomination and pledge my continuous commitment to provide a safe and secure environment for all while offering rehabilitative and vocational opportunities for those returning to our communities.”
Different versions of events
Ferruccio told Rhode Island Current Friday afternoon the letter was drafted after a trio of incidents at the various prison facilities Wednesday. Ferruccio claimed there was a “six-man gang fight” at the medium-security facility that led to a lockdown, a cache of about 11 weapons were discovered at the maximum security building, and a different fight happened at the intake center.
Advertisement
Ventura confirmed that incidents did occur Wednesday, but were not as Ferruccio alleged. The fight at the medium-security prison was initially between two inmates and briefly joined by four others, but Ventura said it was quickly stopped by correctional officers.
As for the cache of weapons, Ventura said it was just a crate of razors dropped by an inmate cell. Those were confiscated and that person was punished. At the intake center, he said that two people shoved each other following an argument. An officer intervened and the two were restrained.
“A lot of this stuff is blown out of proportion,” Ventura said. “This was literally nothing that can be considered out of the ordinary here.”
Nomination draws praise from advocacy group
Stop Torture R.I. Coalition campaign manager Brandon Robinson, a former ACI inmate who had been placed in restrictive housing, said Salisbury’s nomination was “actually good news to hear.”
‘He’s not afraid to bring much-needed change to the DOC,” Robinson said in an interview.
Advertisement
The biggest positive, he said, was the department’s decision last year to limit disciplinary confinement to a maximum of 30 days. The move came as part of arbitration in the case of Richard Lee Paiva v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections, which was originally filed on Feb. 24, 2017.
Prior to the policy change, prisoners could be held in restrictive housing —the term RIDOC uses for solitary confinement — for 31 days to a year on a single offense.
“Even though it was through a federal court order, it took guts to keep up those policies — especially with the resistance of correctional staff,” Robinson said.
He’s not afraid to bring much-needed change to the DOC.
Advertisement
– Brandon Robinson, Stop Torture R.I. Coalition campaign manager, on nomination of Wayne Salisbury, Jr. as director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Ferruccio blamed the policy change for creating the unsafe conditions alleged in his letter to McKee.
The discipline process has become a total joke to the inmates,” he told Rhode Island Current.
Advertisement
Though the use of restrictive housing has been limited, Robinson said he still would like to see the policy codified by the state. Robinson added RIDOC also needs to reduce the number of inmate deaths and continue to introduce programs that can set people up for life after prison.
“The focus needs to be on rehabilitation,” he said.
Salisbury’s nomination now heads to the Rhode Island Senate for consideration. No hearing has been scheduled as of late Friday afternoon.
Tension is brewing at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, and it’s not because of the inmates at the ACI.
The union that represents the state’s correctional officers fired off a letter to Governor Dan McKee this week urging him to “appoint a permanent director of corrections and seek qualified candidates for the position from communities across the country.”
The interim director, Wayne T. Salisbury Jr., has been in place since Patricia Coyne-Fague stepped down in January 2023 for a job overseeing public works with Providence Mayor Brett Smiley.
Advertisement
In the letter, union president Richard Ferruccio wrote that officers and inmates are less safe under Salisbury’s leadership, pointing to an increase in assaults on officers and fights among inmates, a spike in drug use by inmates, and uncontrolled technology use by inmates that he claims allows them to coordinate gang violence.”
The Brotherhood has raised these safety concerns repeatedly with the acting leadership and have been repeatedly met with silence,” Ferruccio wrote. He wrote that there’s currently a shortage of 93 correctional officers.McKee’s office did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
The bigger picture: It’s unclear if McKee is seeking to remove the interim tag from Salisbury’s title, but that appointment would require Senate confirmation. The union is signaling that it will oppose such an appointment.
This story first appeared in Rhode Map, our free newsletter about Rhode Island that also contains information about local events, links to interesting stories, and more. If you’d like to receive it via e-mail Monday through Friday, you can sign up here.
Advertisement
Dan McGowan can be reached at dan.mcgowan@globe.com. Follow him @danmcgowan.
