David founded Perspectives in 1977. Prior to that he was a home Director, a house parent, and worked in a variety of human service areas. He has spent his entire professional career beginning in 1972 working with people with disabilities. David has a Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and Bachelors in Social Service. His belief in the right of everyone to live in and be part of the community regardless of disability has driven Perspective’s Philosophy from the start.

David is married and has three children, the youngest of whom is an undergraduate at Tufts. His two daughters live on the west coast where one is a Speech Therapist and the other is completing her PhD in Primatology. His wife Joyce is an early childhood educator, a public school principal and has worked as an accreditation specialist for public schools. He lives in North Kingstown.

Judy has been with Perspectives since 1988, in the capacity of Assistant Executive Director. Judy’s role consists of supervising the Administrative Leadership team and the Clinical team as well as running the day to day operations of the agency.

Judy has provided significant contributions to the agency by developing new and unique services such as Youth & Family Services, Transitional School Services, Therapeutic Summer Program, while enhancing Vocational Development Services and creating unique living situations.

Judy's focus has been to work with significantly behaviorally challenged individuals.

Peter began working in the field of developmental disabilities as a sheltered workshop supervisor in 1977, subsequently moving into residential work as a Direct Support Professional. Peter became the Director of a group home for eight men in Newport, Rhode Island in 1980. Six years later, Peter received the call to move into administrative work, where he has been ever since. He has been with Perspectives since 1998.

As an Administrator, Peter's work takes him down many roads. Among his myriad of responsibilities, Peter manages all of the properties owned or occupied by Perspectives, and coordinates all of the transportation needs for the agency, including vehicle acquisition, insurance, and maintenance. Peter is also Perspectives' Safety Officer, and delivers regular training sessions in home management and safety, environmental resources, and safe driving.

Sean began working for Perspectives Corporation in April 2000, as a clinical supervisor in the children's home-based treatment program. Along the way, he gained administrative responsibilities over Youth and Family Services as the Division began to expand. Sean became a full time Administrator in 2004 for this division. He accomplished his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Vermont and his masters degree from the University of Miami in Mental Health Counseling. At this time Sean carries licensure as a Mental Health Counselor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Prior to working at Perspectives, Sean was an outpatient therapist in Miami, Florida and for five years in Fall River, MA. Overall, his professional experience has involved working with clients of all ages, providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and groups. As a native Rhode Islander it has been a pleasure for Sean to be a professional in the Perspectives family serving the Rhode Island community.

Kim attended the University of Rhode Island. She started working at Perspectives Corporation in 1989 as a job coach at Alternatives Job Placement Center. While finishing her degree in Psychology at URI, Kim advanced her career through the years from direct support (at AJPC and Mockingbird Group Home) to various management positions (at Westerly Group Home, Circle Drive Group Home, Mockingbird Group Home and Spindrift Day/Vocational Program). Kim was promoted in 2003 as an Administrator and currently oversees Perspectives Adult Day Services and Adult Residential Non 24 Services programs.

Casey started at East Greenwich group home in June 1991 as a fill-in and became full-time direct care three months later. In March 1993 Casey became one of 2 assistant directors at East Greenwich group home; couple of months later, Casey also applied for and became a psychologist assistant, a position that he held concurrently with his AD position. In July 1994, he became the director of Crestwood Drive. In 1996, he opened Moonstone Beach Road (first one) and served as a director both this program and Crestwood. In 1998, Moonstone Beach Road became Whipple and Casey continued on as Director, adding Riverview and leaving Crestwood. In November of 1998, a temporary Administrator position was posted; he applied and was hired. The position became permanent a few months later.

Nancy started with Perspectives in July of 1997. She began her career at Perspectives with the Transitional School Services. Then was hired as an Assistant Director in the summer of 1998 with the TSS program. Next she was hired as the Director of the Coventry Program [Adult Day Services] in the fall of 1998. In the summer of 2000, Nancy was hired as an Administrator overseeing both residential and adult day services. Nancy graduated from RIC in 1990 with a BS in Early Childhood Education-Language Arts Concentration. Nancy has been an originating member of the Facilitator's Forum since April 1999. The Facilitator's Forum is a group that welcomes members from all facets of service provision throughout the State that comes together to share skills, ideas and experiences around facilitation.

In addition, Nancy is a Leadership Rhode Island alumni from the Beta II class of 2006.

The fall of 2009 will be Dale's 28th year with Perspectives. In 1981, Dale began as a part time Direct Support Professional at Heritage while working full time at LaPlante Center. She was hired as the Director of Circle Drive, a position she enjoyed for several years. In the early 1990s she had the opportunity to open a new home, Crestwood Drive. Her next experience was extremely challenging and a unique learning experience, Dale was hired as the Director of both Crestwood and Kings Factory and ran them simultaneously. These experiences, the talented, wonderful people Dale worked with and had the pleasure to serve prepared her for her current position of Administrator.

Brenda has been an employee of Perspectives Corporation since 1994 when she began as a Direct Support Professional for the adult residential services. In 1998, Brenda graduated from Rhode Island College with a Masters in Social Work, and began working with a team at Perspectives to develop the Youth and Family Services division. Since that time, the Youth division has expanded to include a variety of services to support children diagnosed with special health care needs.

Deb Harbin RNBC graduated from URI in 1991 earning a Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing. She worked for several years at the VA Hospital in West Haven CT, starting out in neurology and later transferring to psychiatry.

Deb started working for Perspectives part time in 1995, eventually leaving the hospital to work full time at Perspectives. She has board certification as a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse since 1996. She has personal experience in the human services field, as she and her husband, Marc, have eight children, several who have developmental disabilities.

Christine came to work for Perspectives in August 2009. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Psychology, earned a masters degree in education from the University of Massachusetts and also attended the Northeastern University's masters program for Applied Behavioral Analysis. Working with people who have developmental disabilities and significant behavioral challenges has been the focus her 25 years + experience. In 2002, Christine completed intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT); applying this cognitive behavioral approach to people who have disabilities and issues with impulsivity and emotional regulation.

Christine has worked in a variety of residential, day and outpatient settings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island but finds her home here at Perspectives because of the agency's deep commitment to core values that support best clinical practice.

Mary began her career in Human Service in 1978 after graduating from URI with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Human Science and Services. Mary worked at the Adeline LaPlante Center, teaching independent living skills to a group of people who would soon be moving to a new group home on Circle Dr. in No. Kingstown. Mary began working for Dave Ruppell as the house on Circle Dr. opened in 1980 and also worked at the Kenyon Ave. and Rodman St.
programs until leaving the Agency in 1984 to raise a family and begin work in the Human Resources field.

Mary was fortunate to return to Perspectives Corporation in 1995 as the Benefit Coordinator, working at the Main Office as the company grew from 250 to 850+ employees. Mary received her Human Resource Certificate from Roger Williams University in 2000 and has always made excellent customer service for the employees of Perspectives Corporation her top priority.

Amy began working at Perspectives Corporation in September 2006, as one of the HR Department Heads. Currently, her disciplines are in Recruitment and Hiring and Workers Compensation. Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Administration of Justice with concentrations in court administration and law enforcement and an Associates Degree in Philosophy. She has taken several courses on the Graduate Level for HR Management and holds a Human Resources Certificate from Roger Williams University.

Prior to working at Perspectives, Amy had worked in Human Resources specifically in health and mental health centers in RI and MA having extensive responsibilities with JCAHO accreditation.

Julie began with Perspectives Corporation in January of 1994 as the Secretary for the main office. Several years later, she joined the Finance Department. She has performed a variety of duties through the years, from answering the telephone, to processing payroll and finally taking on the role of Department Head. She now manages the Administrative Assistant Team who are key members in providing administrative support in all aspects of general office operations, including compiling all behavioral data for the people we support and providing daily support to consumers who are employed by the office.

Amy is a graduate of Westfield State College, with a degree in Education. When joining Perspectives in 2003, as the Training & Resource Coordinator, she came with 8 years of experience in Adult Training and Education, having been previously employed by Lifespan and Brown University’s Learning Community. Amy also was a Web Developer for 3 years, which has enabled her to move into her latest role as Training and Project Coordinator, to additionally include managing the Web Dept and consulting with the IT Dept.

Amy’s project management skills have contributed to Perspectives’ implementation of agency-wide standardized policies and procedures, new and interactive Public, Employee and Community websites, an online Employee training system and electronic record keeping system for Client and Employee information.

Brian began working at Perspectives in September 2008. He is a graduate of Gibbs College, with a degree in Computer Science and comes with 10 years of experience in the IT field.

His contributions to the agency include a complete overhaul of all servers, computers, printers, scanners, fax machines, and the network as well as implementation of a virtual private network and wireless technology at every office and program location. The rollout of laptops along with the VPN has increased efficiency of remote employees who can now work in the field.