The ALN Board Members are volunteers actively involved
in many Newport organizations and activities, including our neighborhood associations. This background informs our discussion of the five areas of focus.
During the past two years 20 community forums
were hosted by ALN.
The Alliance for a Livable Newport is a diverse group of residents. Membership is open to any person, business or civic group.
ALN BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS:
Isabel Griffith- President
Roger Wells- Vice President
Ron Becker - Treasurer
John Hirschboeck - Secretary
Executive Assistant:
AT LARGE DIRECTORS:
Gerry DeCotis
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS:
Castle Hill - Glenn Whisler
Historic Hill - Win Smith
The Point - Lauren Carson
Off Broadway - Jack McVicker
ADVISORY BOARD:
Peter Fagan
George Herchenroether
Jane Timken
David Wixted
Contact us at: info@allianceforlivablenewport.org
PROFILES
Meet Isabel Griffith, Vice-President
Born and raised in Dallas, TX, Isabel has two degrees from Southern Methodist University. Her teaching career began in Virginia and she has taught in elementary, middle, and high schools as well as in higher education. Two single sex, girls' boarding and day schools helped shape her career. She served as Department Chair (Science), worked in Admissions and became Academic Dean, Associate Head and finally, Interim Head of School. While living in Virginia, Isabel and her then husband operated a farm and had some success racing horses in MD, NY, PA and DE. She was Upper School Head at The Latin School of Chicago before becoming a consultant to independent schools.
After eleven years at Independent Educational Services in Princeton, New Jersey, running their placement service for administrators and conducting a number of head of school searches, Isabel moved to Rhode Island in 1997 to work in Portsmouth with Educational Directions, Inc., a consulting and publishing firm which serves independent schools throughout the United States. In her years at EDI she assisted schools with over fifty searches for administrators.
Since moving to Newport, Isabel has lived in the Point Neighborhood where she is in the final months of her tenure as President of the Point Association. Her hobbies are gardening and reading. She is foolishly proud that she owns neither a cell phone nor a television set.
