Rhode Island Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Calendar of Events
Friday, March 15th, 2019,5-7 PM
The Guild, 461 Main St. Pawtucket
This an opportunity to meet our new co-presidents (Tamara Burman and Emily McGinnis) and board members (to be announced!), mingle with other RPCVs, and share your ideas for future events and activities too!
Please take note that there will be filming taking place at some point during the night. (The Foreign Press has asked Tamara to film her in RI as an opportunity to promote Peace Corps in her country of service. So please show up and represent Peace Corps for RI. No additional specifics around this.) RSVP for the event on Facebook.
Light appetizers will be served, with beers from eight local breweries on tap for purchase and indoor games like corn hole, jenga, and connect four available to play.

Get to know Tamara:
Hello, my name is Tamara Burman, RPCV who served in the Sustainable Community/Economic Development sector from 2014-2016. Kyrgyzstan is a small Central Asian country near Kazakhstan and China. Most of my work in PC was with improving the overall functioning of a small NGO working in democracy and small businesses. I also did work with tourism, preschools, leadership, and culture clubs; all the normal PCV stuff. Since coming back in the summer of 2016, I connected with the group at our Save the Bay meetup where I volunteered to help with communications and Facebook stuff. I helped to host a few meetups and was hopeful to get things going. This past fall I moved to Chicago for a few months for a position that just didn't work out. So now I am back home, excited to work as your co-President to formalize the workings of the group to offer structure, vision, and more opportunities for connections to support and connect each other and Peace Corps. I am starting a new position as a community organizer working on health equity in Woonsocket and West Warwick as my fulltime gig. I am glad that Emily and Pam have been such good friends and supporters in our mutual commitment to the group and mission! My personal email is Tamaraburman717@gmail.com for future connections.
Get to know Emily:
Hi, everybody! For those of you who I haven’t met yet, I’m a Youth Development RPCV from Peru who served from 2012 - 2016. After two years in a rural Andean community, I extended to serve as a volunteer coordinator with PC Peru in Lima (Peru’s capital) and head our Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Committee. While working in PC Peru’s national office, I also spent a few days a week with CARE Peru in their Education and Gender Equality programs, and my last 6 months in country working on gender-based violence prevention with Peru’s Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations. I’m originally from Middletown where I currently live, and work at the Business Innovation Factory (BIF) in Providence, a non-profit strategy design consultancy that works with client institutions to reimagine healthcare, education, and social services. I got connected with the RI RPCV group in Fall 2016 and have attended many of our events since then (and have helped organize a few). Like Tamara, I’ve also helped Pam and a few others with our social media, website, group by-laws (still in progress!), and have served as our NPCA liaison. I’m very excited about continuing to fortify our group and grow the RPCV (+ supporters!) community in lil’ Rhody in the future, and look forward to seeing/meeting everyone at a gathering soon! In the meantime, I can be reached at mcginnef@gmail.com.
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RI-RPCV Administrative Volunteers
| Function | Officer | Phone | e-address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Leader | Tamara Burman | Tamaraburman717@gmail.com | |
| Group Leader | Emily McGinnis | mcginnef@gmail.com | |
| Treasurer | Nathan Watchous | ||
| Secretary | Kaitlyn Morgan | ||
| Board Member at Large | Joan Mathieu | ||
| Calendar Sales | Su Rubinoff | surubinoff@gmail.com | |
| NPCA Liaison | |||
| Web site | Stan Premy | stan@stanpremy.org | |
| Laura Bechard | |||
| Directory |