Staff

Shanna Wells
swells@ricw.ri.gov
Director of Project Management and Administration

Ms. Wells has spent her career orchestrating community outreach programs that assist individuals and families to obtain a better quality of life. Former Research Associate and Outreach Coordinator for the University of Rhode Island Feinstein Center for A Hunger Free America, she coordinated the Food Stamp Outreach Project - an educational program for potential stamp recipients. Wells has advocated at local and national levels for legislative and policy changes. As Program Director for Family Preservation Services she developed domestic violence prevention and crisis intervention family counseling curriculums for halfway houses. Wells is a graduate of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

The Rhode Island Commission on Women established in 1970, is a 26 member commission supported by a director and a corps of volunteers. Its mission is to advance women toward full equity. A non-partisan state agency, it works to promote rights and opportunities for all women across all arenas, including - but not limited to - education, health, economic development, employment, legal rights, political participation and the quality of individual and family life.