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Ray Rickman is a former State Representative from the College Hill area of Providence. He served as Rhode Island Deputy Secretary of State from 2000 to 2002.
Rickman has served as the Providence Equal Opportunity Officer and Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission for the City of Providence. In the 1980s, he was the Associate Director of the Compliance Office for the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. From 2004-2006, Rickman was the Assistant Director of the Diversity Office for Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest employer. He has prepared extensive EEO documents, Affirmative Action plans, and contract compliance documents for colleges and corporations.
Rickman is a former President of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society and was the Secretary of the Rhode Island Historical Society for seven years. He was also the first Treasurer of the Heritage Harbor Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate. He and the late Posey Wiggins co-taught a class using the 1883 William J. Brown autobiography as a tool to teach about racial and cultural issues in 19th century Rhode Island.
RAY RICKMAN, Founder and President
ANDREW GALLI, Chairman
Andrew Galli brings a vast wealth of knowledge and experience in the non-profit sector acting most recently as the Executive Director of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition. Galli is not a stranger to Providence, having previously served as an Administrator in the Rhode Island Secretary of State's office, as Consumer Programs Coordinator at the Rhode Island Attorney General's office, and led the fundraising efforts as Campaign Coordinator for The Fund for Community Progress. Galli assists Adopt a Doctor in expanding its support both outside New England and internationally , in addition to formulating an innovative fundraising campaign to assist in the organization’s outreach.
Joseph Phommasith has a deep-rooted interest in Africa. Since graduating in 2006, with a degree in International Relations/Development from Boston University, Phommasith has managed programs featuring the participation of African presidents and has work/travel experience in countries including: Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Benin, and Botswana.
Phommasith manages the operations of Adopt a Doctor, and is responsible for implementing the strategies necessary to advance the organization’s mission.
When he is not working to help save lives in Africa, Phommasith holds a position at Rickman Group, which is a management consulting firm that advises corporations, small and mid-sized businesses, and non-profit organizations.
JOSEPH PHOMMASITH, Program Director
WILL MCINTIRE, Project Coordinator
TON HUISKES, Communications Coordinator
Ton Huiskes is an active volunteer for many Providence-based organizations (Museum of Art at RISD, International Institute, and International House of RI). Huiskes, who is a Johnson & Wales University graduate and former Rhode Island College student, is an independent tour director by trade. He brings forth many years of experience in the non-profit sector. Huiskes’ interest and commitment to the organization stems from his desire to help bring forth global development.
A native of Washington D.C., McIntire earned his undergraduate degree in
Philosophy from Franklin & Marshall College in 2005. He took a minor in
Public Policy, with a concentration in International Relations and
Development in Latin America. In 2005 McIntire captained F&M's lacrosse team.
As an undergraduate McIntire studied for a term at the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland, and interned for a Washington D.C. policy research
organization with a focus on social and economic policy in Latin America.
His greatest accomplishment there was authoring a press memorandum delivered in Congress and published in the Congressional Record.
McIntire taught History, Writing and Philosophy at a private high school in
Ohio and coached lacrosse at Kenyon College. He later earned his M.A. from the University of Chicago, studying political philosophy and the philosophy of law, and writing his thesis on the philosophy of civil disobedience.
KYLE DACUYAN, Researcher
"Adopt A Doctor's model improves the delivery and sustainability of
healthcare in Africa. I am inspired by the program's emphasis on long-term
solutions, and I am committed to keeping more doctors in communities where
the need for care is urgently felt."
Kyle Dacuyan, who is from the Washington, D.C. area, is in his last semester at Brown University.
