slides: See the Connections: PPAC Board and Projo
Thursday, April 03, 2014
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See how members of the board of directors for the Providence Performing Arts Center are financially linked to the Providence Journal.
Related Slideshow: PPAC and Projo: How Are They Connected?
Top board members for the Providence Performing Arts Center have a vested financial interest in the newspaper into which the nonprofit funnels hundreds of thousands in advertising revenue, the Providence Journal. See the list of the board members who have a potential conflict of interest.
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Joe Walsh
Chairman of PPAC Board, Providence Journal Lobbyist
Top lobbyist at the State House for more than two decades. He has chaired the PPAC board since the early 1990s and is on the board of the related for-profit companies. PPAC won’t disclose if he has an ownership interest.
Serves as the lobbyist for the Providence Journal and other newspapers trying to block the budget article to stop forcing cities and towns to buy newspapers for legal notices. The article would save the state and Rhode Island communities millions.
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Mark T. Ryan, Esq.
First Vice Chairman of PPAC Board, Former Providence Journal Executive Vice President
Ryan, who serves as counsel to the Providence Journal and is a significant shareholder in A.H Belo stock (parent company to the Providence Journal), is currently a principal of Moses Afonso Ryan LTD.
He has worked in various capacities on a city and state level, including serving as a commissioner on the I-195 Commission, Chair of the Search Committee for an Economic Development Director for the City of Providence, and Co-Chair of the City of Providence Mayor Angel Taveras’ Transition Team.
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