RITA Foundation - Moving Minds

The mission of the Rhode Island Trucking Association Foundation is to enhance the image of the trucking industry, support educational programs and workforce development, and to conduct meaningful research and programs that serve to promote trucking’s important role in the supply chain.

Trucks and professional drivers MOVE everything we eat, drink, wear, watch and drive. Donations directly fund educational scholarships and workforce development to attract more women and younger generations of all backgrounds to a career in transportation.

The Rhode Island Trucking Association Foundation is a 501(c)(3), and its donations are fully tax deductible. We appreciate your consideration of a donation to advance the Foundation’s mission and “Move Minds.”

Call Foundation Board Members Debora Babin Katz or Chris Maxwell at (401) 729-6600 to discuss a donation.

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RITA Foundation Board of Trustees

Stephen SoaresChairman
Khane Goodson, Moors & Cabot, Inc.Treasurer
Frank Kernan, ALTA Materials HandlingSecretary
Debora Babin Katz, TrucBrushEx Officio
Tess Booth, University Of Rhode Island
Steve Boyle, Workforce Solutions
Ralph Coppola, Ivy Wealth ManagementAdvisory
Lisa D’Ambra, RI Brain & Spinal Tumor Foundation
Mark Giuffre, UPSAdvisory
Jonathan Hanson, Ferguson New England
Steve Kitchin, New England Institute of Technology
Sara Packer, New England Tractor Trailer Training School
Lindsey Trent, NextGen TruckingAdvisory
Brian Bender, Ocean State Job Lot
Carla Manni, Trans-Link

Foundation News

Supporting Wreaths Across America

By RITA Staff | September 30, 2025

RITA, TAM and MTAC will host the Wreaths Across America convoy as it travels through New England at Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Dec. 9.

RITA Foundation participates in URI Supply Chain Night

By RITA Staff | October 21, 2024

RITA Foundation Chair Steve Soares and RITA President Chris Maxwell participated in the University of Rhode Island College of Business Supply Chain Night.

RITA Foundation at URI Supply Chain Management dinner

By RITA Staff | April 30, 2024

On April 25, RITA Foundation Chairman Stephen Soares addressed the URU Supply Chain Management Senior Recognition Dinner.

RITA’s First Female Chair Aims to ‘Move Minds’

By RITA Staff | February 26, 2023

Debora Babin Katz assumed the gavel as the first woman to Chair the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Trucking Association on Tuesday.

RITA & WIT Foundation announce recipient of Lena Daly Scholarship

By RITA Staff | February 2, 2021

Lauren Lancellotta of Johnston, Rhode Island is the second recipient of the RITA WIT Foundation Lena Daly Scholarship.

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