Mary Beth Daigneault
Administrator

Linda Peckham
Director of Nursing Services

St. Clare Home looks after the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of the elderly of our community as a health care agency of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.  Established in 1927, St. Clare Home is a 47-bed skilled nursing facility located in the heart of Newport, RI offering the highest quality care to our residents.

In addition to 24-hour nursing care, St Clare Home provides a variety of recreational activities to suit the physical, social, and emotional needs of our residents, delicious meals prepared by our own chefs, housekeeping and laundry services, medical social services, and dietary and rehabilitative consultations and treatments. St Clare home is a member of CareLink and a not-for-profit, non-sectarian community.

Our mission is rooted in the work of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit and that of St. Clare herself – to improve the quality of life for our family and community through care and service.  We are proud of our past and present, and we are committed to being an integral part of the senior care continuum in Newport long into the future.

Rev. Msgr. Paul D. Theroux, S.T.B, J.C.L.
Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia

John J. Barry III
Secretary for Catholic Charities & Social Ministry

St. Clare Home is a health care agency of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. In 2009, Diocesan outreach programs served more than 447,367 individuals in Rhode Island in its various hospitals and ministries, providing services, assistance and advocacy to those who need it most.

The Diocese is a geographic delineation for a community of more than 624,120 Roman Catholics who worship in the 150 parishes and shrines. There are 413 priests (277 diocesan priests and 123 religious priests), 103 deacons, 508 religious sisters and 89 brothers serving in the Diocese. More than 16,259 children attend the Diocese’s 51 elementary and high schools. The Diocese itself is comprised of more than 221 individual corporations representing our parishes, offices and agencies.

Attorney-at-Law
Chair, St. Clare Home Advisory Board

Chris is a lifelong Newport resident and an active and devoted member of the St Clare family.  He is a practicing attorney and government relations consultant who received his bachelor’s degree from Providence College and his juris doctor from Suffolk University.  Mr. Boyle represented the City of Newport in the Rhode Island General Assembly from 1981 to 1993 and was a member of the House leadership team serving as Majority Whip from 1988 to 1993.  He has served on the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education, the Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency, the Board of Directors for Rhode Island Labor Studies and Research, the Edward King Senior Center, and People’s Credit Union.  Mr. Boyle currently serves on the board of the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund and Sail Newport.

Frank Spinella,
President

Gaile Flight
Development Coordinator

FJS Associates, Ltd is a full service consulting firm specializing in the development of housing. The company began in 1993 and has assisted non-profit housing developers, municipalities, and for profit companies in the creation and preservation of a wide range of housing units.

FJS provides a full range of services including assisting in team selection, project planning, budget preparation, project coordination, securing predevelopment funding, securing permanent funding, construction administration and completion.  These services can be specifically tailored to compliment specific project requirements. Developments have included rental apartments, transitional units, condominiums, single-family homes, historic conversions, new construction, rehabilitation of existing buildings and land subdivisions.

John M Robinson, PE, AIA,
President

Spencer C. McCombe, AIA, LEED A.P.
Senior Associate

Robinson Design Inc. is a firm of architects and engineers that primarily specializes in the design of buildings for the elderly and multi-family housing.  RDI’s staff is lead by John Robinson, who is both a Registered Architect and a Registered Professional Engineer.  Over the past twenty-five years he has designed more than 40 facilities for the elderly, ranging in size from $500,000 to $9,000,000. He is a founding member of the American Institute of Architects Design for Aging Network, and has served on teams of Environmental Gerontologists to evaluate long-term care physical settings and design model facilities for the elderly.

Spencer McCombe, AIA, brings 16 years of experience to RDI, working for four years in the Milwaukee area and then the last twelve years in the Newport area. His responsibilities include the full range of professional architectural services from the initial design sketch all the way through the coordination of the interiors specification. He has had extensive experience in specific areas of the profession including: historic district commissions, zoning and planning boards, coast and flood zone buildings, historic tax credits, and energy efficient design.

Jonathan Stabach,
Project Manager

VHB provides comprehensive land development and urban redevelopment services to public and private clients. VHB’s unique approach brings together skills in land planning, survey, environmental sciences, site/civil engineering, pavement management services, and landscape architecture. Careful research, assessment, and analysis of a region’s existing natural and infrastructure conditions form the basis for innovative development plans that create opportunities for economic growth, improved lifestyle, and environmental stewardship.

Representative clients include: residential and mixed-use development firms; retailers such as CVS, Stop & Shop, Target, and Kohl’s; and universities such as Wesleyan, MIT, University of Massachusetts, Duke University, University of Florida, Wellesley College, University of Virginia, Harvard University, Northeastern University, and Boston College. Many medical institutions, municipal facilities, parks, and corporate headquarters (Reebok, Staples, Carmax, Capital One, Amerigroup, WGBH) are included among our projects.

Robert Silva, Esq.
Senior Partner

David Martland, Esq.
Partner

Silva, Thomas, Martland & Offenberg, Ltd., is a full service law firm located in Middletown, Rhode Island, serving Newport County, Bristol County, and the surrounding areas.  They provide legal advice and representation in the areas of land use and zoning, real estate, estate planning, probate, elder law, business and commercial law, administrative law, personal injury, family law, education law, intellectual property, and criminal defense.  Silva, Thomas, Martland & Offenberg assists businesses and individuals with commercial and residential zoning, meetings with zoning and planning boards, evaluating and setting development goals, and proceedings before regulatory agencies. They have experience representing clients in purchase and sale agreements, landlord/tenant law, commercial and residential real estate closings, leases, mortgages, foreclosures, and condominium purchases and conversions.

Silva, Thomas, Martland & Offenberg believes that clients are best served by attorneys who know them beyond a mere business relationship. Their commitment to personal service, quality legal representation, trust, and respect is the foundation of their long-standing relationships with the community.

Real Estate Consultant

Paul is an Aquidneck Island-based real estate broker and consultant with extensive knowledge of regulatory and zoning requirements including density, setbacks, lot coverage, height, parking, noise, drainage and site design. He is a recognized expert in real estate values and construction costs and has provided testimony before courts, state agencies, city councils and zoning boards.

Francis X. McMahon
President

Kevin Gould
Managing Director

Arianne Lynch
Managing Director

Advocacy Solutions is a full-service public affairs firm based in Providence, Rhode Island. The Advocacy Solutions team has decades of experience working on behalf of both public and private organizations to educate and engage key audiences on a wide range of important issues. They are experts at building productive relationships with policy makers, business leaders, public officials, association and coalition members, community leaders, voters, residents, consumers, and the media. The firm represents clients across a wide range of industries and interests including real estate development, healthcare, technology, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, financial services, energy, and education.