The Board of Trustees of the Newport Restoration Foundation, following due deliberation and consultation, is restructuring the leadership of the organization, now centrally located at Doris Duke’s mansion, Rough Point, situated at the southernmost end of famed Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.
With plans for an expanded board, bringing radically broadened expertise, it has been determined that leadership will take the form of a partnership between board members acting as chairs of the streamlined committees, and the executive leadership of Alyssa Lozupone, Gina Tangorra, and Amy-Elizabeth Winsor in three principal management areas.
In light of this new operational structure, the Board and Franklin D. Vagnone, President and Director of NRF, have mutually agreed that his current contract will not be renewed. As of today, the executive leadership team will be assuming full responsibility for the operations of NRF.
Frankie has been instrumental in increasing the multiple activities that NRF brings to Newport’s residential and cultural life and the Board is grateful for his energy and vision in introducing needed change to the institution. The Board wishes him well as he seeks a new opportunity to apply his gifts and experience.
Amy Berkowitz, Chair of the NRF Board, comments:
“As we continue to fulfill the mandate and vision expressed in Doris Duke’s will, an expanded board and dedicated, centralized staff will do much to enhance the services we render to Newport and to our visitors from the world beyond. We look forward to the expansion of these services to meet the ever-increasing demands of climate change, preservation, and viability in a rapidly changing environment.”
