Lorne Adrain is a co-founder of SVPRI and served as chair for several years. He is highly engaged in philanthropy - author of a book series raising money to support community needs (www.adrain.com), founder of National Neighborhood Day, RI Foundation's "Inspiring Partner of 2005" and winner of Northwestern Mutual Life's community service award "Most Exceptional Volunteer" in the nation. Lorne serves on multiple boards including Harvard Business School, Big Picture Schools and the Business Innovation Factory. He earned his BS at University of Rhode Island and his MBA at Harvard.

Mike Chase has been an SVPRI partner since 2004, and is an advisory team member for Amos House. He also volunteers with several area nonprofits. Mike is a Stanford Busines School graduate and a founder of Health Business Partners, a merger and acquisition firm serving the healthy living space. Mike also co-founded Ethnic Business Partners to provide advisory services for businesses approaching the Hispanic market. Mike is currently the COO of Rex Capital Advisors, a financial advisory firm located in Providence.

Ron Cowie is a photographer who specializes in portraits of people on location. He believes in working smart and fast without draining the life from his subjects. His images have been used to tell stories, market ideas, and promote business. Ron teaches alternative processes and fine art photography classes and workshops at the New England School of Photography. He received his B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Cincinnati.

Meredith A. Curren, an SVPRI co-founder, works with several nonprofits and internal SVPI committees. She consulted with CityArts to facilitate a sale/leaseback of their existing building to the CVS Highlander Charter School. Meredith has produced and taught a workshop on Understanding Financials for the Brown Social Enterprise Conference. Active in the volunteer community with The Gordon school and the WM H. Hall Public Library, Ms. Curren also serves on several not for profit and corporate boards. Meredith is a principal at investment company Edgewood Holdings, LLC.

Sandra Enos, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bryant University where she coordinates the service learning program. Dr. Enos is the author of several articles on community-university partnerships and the pedagogy of service-learning. Dr. Enos has taught courses in philanthropy and serves on several boards in Rhode Island. She is currently researching the history of child welfare in the state and working with several agencies to bring that history to the public.

Sara Enright is a new Partner with SVPRI and a member of the Amos House Engagement Team. Sara serves as the Providence Executive Director of Year Up, a one-year intensive training program designed to help urban young adults reach their potential and succeed in professional careers. Sara received her MBA from Harvard Business School and, prior to business school, held a number of different roles in for-profit and non-profit organizations.

Barnet (Bunny) Fain leads the engagement team for A New Leaf. He serves on many nonprofits boards and often serves as chair. These include RISD, Lifespan Health Care, many Hospitals, Museums, arts organizations, and more. Bunny has retired as CEO of Highland Distributors, but remains active with Executive Service Corps and SVPRI.

Morgan Hall is an interior design consultant with the Rhode Island Design Center, where she works with both residential and commercial clients specializing in custom interior design. She graduated from the University of Vermont 2003 with a degree in Psychology. Through her work she strives to create an environment that supports her clients' personality and vision.

Alan Harlam is the Director of Social Entrepreneurship at Brown University which provides resources, networking and funding to support student initiatives on and off campus. Recently, he has helped launch a catering business that rebuilds lives through training and employment experience and provides income to support much needed services to the poor and homeless in South Providence. Prior to his career as a social entrepreneur, he provided capital and turnaround management to financially distressed companies.

Bari A. Harlam is Vice President, Pharmacy Marketing and Customer Experience at CVS Caremark. Bari has also served on the faculty at the University of Rhode Island and Columbia University's Graduate School of Business. She has published in a variety of journals including Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, the International Journal of Research in Marketing, and the Journal of Business Research. She holds undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. Bari lives in Providence, RI with her husband, Alan and 3 children.