board & staff
Board of Directors
Jack Reinholt, Chair
Virginia Neves Gonsalves, Co-Chair
Jeanne Gattegno, Treasurer
Bob Cox, Director
Carmen Diaz-Jusino, Director
Erin McAndrew, Director
Maureen Maigret, Director
Vincent Marzullo, Director
George Neubauer, Director
Robert Rock, Director
Susan Saccoccia-Olson, Director
Diane Santos, Director
Bernie Beaudreau, Executive Director
Bernie Beaudreau has worked in human services since the late 1970s including leadership in hunger-relief organizations, nonprofit management in national service and local anti-poverty agencies. Bernie served as the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank from 1995 to 2006 followed by eight years directing Serve Rhode Island and the Connecticut Food Bank. In 2019 he joined in partnership with Rosie Connors to form The Consultants for Good, a consulting service for nonprofits and educational institutions, and worked in 2020 with the Senior Agenda Coalition to develop a strategic plan. He has served on numerous non-profit boards and is presently serving on the board of Edesia and Hunger Free America. Having spent his most recent years working out of his home state, Bernie and excited to return to Rhode Island to apply his efforts to organize older adults for social change.
Bill Flynn, Leadership Training Advisor
Bill Flynn has worked as a community center director, VISTA supervisor, public policy advocate, and development director for nonprofit agencies throughout New England.
Before joining the Senior Agenda Coalition he was Director of Community Programs for the R.I. Community Food Bank, and served for nine years as the Executive Director of the George Wiley Center.
Bill holds an MSW degree from the University of Michigan School of Social Work.
Maureen Maigret, Policy Advisor
Maureen Maigret, RN, BS, MPA, is a consultant to the Senior Agenda Coalition on long term care and elder services policy. Maureen brings a wealth of both policy and political expertise to her work. She has served as Director of the RI Department of Elderly Affairs, a 5-term elected State Representative from Warwick, and Policy Director for former Lt. Governor Charles Fogarty.
Ms. Maigret worked as a registered nurse in various health care settings for twenty years prior to her positions in state government. She has received awards from numerous organizations for her leadership in public policy and advocacy. Maureen also consults with a number of other organizations on matters of long term care.