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“Our goal is to achieve gender equity through systemic change,15岁的凯利·内文斯说, Executive Director at the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island (WFRI.) A graduate of RWU’s Master in Science of 领导 program, Nevins embodies leadership in action every day in her career. 

“我们帮助女性考虑竞选公职, 我们训练女性倡导变革, and we do direct advocacy work on women’s economic security and access to reproductive health and freedom. We also publish research on the status of women and girls in Rhode Island,内文斯说。. 

作为执行董事, Nevins is ultimately responsible for everything that happens at the organization. She spends her time fundraising and drumming up support for the issues that WFRI addresses. 

最近, Nevins has been spending a lot of time at the state house building relationships with legislators and providing testimony on bills that impact women and girls. 仅在2018年和2019年, her organization helped pass bills that ensure that every Rhode Island employee gets paid sick time, 废除了对月经产品的征税, 并编纂了罗伊诉案. 韦德. 

“I like connecting with people and I like the idea that every day I’m doing something that is going to have a major impact on the people in our state,内文斯说。. 

Nevins initially found WFRI through a project in her leadership program. 

“We had to prepare case studies about a nonprofit in Rhode Island we were interested in and I chose the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, and this was prior to my becoming employed by them. It was because of the case study work I was doing that I thought, ‘Oh, 这将是一个很酷的组织.“最终，我得到了这份工作，”她说. 

The leadership program also taught Nevins skills essential to her job, such as creating a budget that ties to mission objectives. Her classes expanded her understanding of issues that guide her work. 

“The leadership courses I took at Roger Williams gave me different ways of thinking about equity and inclusion. There was a particular course that I took early on in the program focused on diversity issues and I felt that it was really important to the work I am doing today,内文斯说。. 

Beyond preparing her for this meaningful career, the leadership program gave Nevins lasting community and good friends. 

“In the master’s program you form a real tight bond with the other students that are in your cohort. I remain very close with many of the folks who I attended Roger Williams with. 我们今天仍然见面。.