Agency Leadership Team

MARTY SINNOTT
President & Chief Executive Officer

ROBERT ARCHER
Vice President of Performance, Quality & Improvement

CHRISTINE MCGUIRE
Vice President of Finance

MARTY SINNOTT
President & Chief Executive Officer

ROBERT ARCHER
Vice President of Performance, Quality & Improvement

CHRISTINE MCGUIRE
Vice President of Finance

DANA DIMARCO
Vice President of Development & Communications

FERNANDO “FRED” BARBOSA
Senior Director of Permanency

GABRIEL SODEN
Senior Director of Family Preservation Programs

DANA DIMARCO
Vice President of Development & Communications

FERNANDO “FRED” BARBOSA
Senior Director of Permanency

GABRIEL SODEN
Senior Director of Family Preservation Programs

KIM SIHAVONG
Director of Human Resources
Considering A Career In Human Services?
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KIM SIHAVONG
Director of Human Resources
Considering A Career In Human Services?
Whether you want to begin a career in human service or are ready for the next step in your career path, we have opportunities for you. Learn more about employment or volunteering at Child & Family.
Board of Directors

JESS KENNEDY
Chair
Jess Kennedy joined the Child & Family Board of Directors at the start of 2020. A Florida native, she was voted most likely to succeed in her graduating class. Jess, a graduate of the University of Florida with a law degree from Florida State University, is a real estate law expert and the co-founder and General Counsel/CCO of Beeline, a fintech lender, based in Middletown. Jess has held a number of senior leadership and committee positions in the private practice and the business community. Her past volunteer experience includes guardian ad litem work for children under state care in Florida. Jess and her family live in Portsmouth.

PATRICIA HOLLIDAY
Vice Chair
Patricia Holliday held the position of Vice President of Human Resources on Child & Family’s Agency Leadership Team for many years. She has always had a passion for the mission of Child & Family and hopes to continue to support the agency as a Board of Directors member. She is now a Global Talent Management and Human Resources Executive with an accomplished history in the private for-profit & public service industry. She is a skilled leader knowledgeable in all aspects of HR and DE required to capably manage a global HR team. A deeply committed Human Resources professional proud to support the good we do for employees and the strategic role we play for the businesses.

LEONARD G RAMOS JR
Treasurer

MICHEAL A LICHTENSTEIN
Secretary

SHARON ALEMANY

JEAN BURDITT

KRISTINE HENDRICKSON

SARA HIEBNER

KATE HOEPFNER KARLE
Kate Hoepfner-Karle started her career(s) in Public Education working with children and young adults in residential and vocational settings, who were unable to adapt and learn in traditional school settings in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, MD, and Scotch Plains, NJ. She then pursued a change in career to become an Organizational Psychologist in the public companies AT&T, Merck, AstraZeneca, Invensys, and Covidien. Kate received a Bachelor of Science degree from Emerson College in Speech and Language Therapy, a Masters of Education degree from The University of Maryland and a Master of Arts degree in Organization Psychology from Columbia University. She holds Board experience with Healthcare Without Walls and the Rhode Island Lighthouse Foundation. Kate is married to Ed Karle and together they love Newport, going to the movies, and spending time with friends.

SIOBHAN KITS VAN HEYNINGEN

DON MCCALL

LAMEL J. MOORE

CHRISTOPHER S OTTIANO

KELLY J. POWER
Kelly Power is the Director in the Center for Community Engagement and Service at Salve Regina University where she has spent over 18 years engaging students in the needs of the community. Kelly earned a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and a Master’s degree in Higher Education from Springfield College. While she is new to the board, Kelly is an avid supporter of Child and Family. She has spent 4 years on the development committee and collectively her 4 boys participated for 10 years in the Sandpipers Early Learning Center childcare program.
Kelly is excited to join the board and continue contributing to Child and Family on a deeper level. She also looks forward to working with and learning from like-mind professionals to strengthens the lives of Rhode Island Families.
