GLAD’s 2024 Rhode Island Event
Thank you for joining GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders in Providence!
Thank you for joining us at GLAD’s 2024 Rhode Island Event on Thursday, May 30th. It was a fantastic way to celebrate recent victories in the Ocean State and we loved seeing all of you. With your help, we filled the room with 100 attendees and raised $34,300 and counting!
Check out photos from the event!
Our Honoree
Dr. Beth Cronin is the Division Director of the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women and Infants Hospital. She attended the University of Vermont Medical School and then completed her residency at Women & Infants Hospital. She has been on faculty at Brown/Women & Infants since completing her residency in 2010.
She serves as an Associate Program Director for the residency program and is passionate about improving care and access to care for all LGBTQIA+ individuals. She is the Committee Chair for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Advancing Health Equity and co-authored the committee opinion on Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals. She also serves as the RI Section Chair for ACOG, where she uses her voice to advocate for better access to equitable care for all of her patients. She lives in Providence with her wife, Jess, and their 4 children.
Featuring
Patience “Polly” Crozier (she/her/hers) has engaged in cutting-edge trial court and appellate litigation involving assisted reproduction and parentage including Hunter v. Rose (2012), Adoption of a Minor (2015), Partanen v. Gallagher (2016), Adoption of Daphne (2020), and J.M. v. C.G. (2023). Polly’s work focuses on youth and family issues, including parentage protections, adoption, access to fertility healthcare, transgender family law, juvenile justice, and child welfare, and work at the intersection of LGBTQ justice and reproductive justice. Most recently, she has successfully worked to help pass statutory family law reforms in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as well as health care provider shield laws in Massachusetts and Vermont.
Polly is a graduate of Yale University and Boston College Law School, and she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Irma S. Raker of the Maryland Court of Appeals and to the Justices of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court.
View last year’s event here.
Host Committee
Co-Chairs
Joseph Garland & Philip Haines
Katherine & Kimberly Weir
Janson Wu & Adam Levine
Members
Nick Autiello & Eric Rietveld, Esq.
Sen. Dawn Euer
Ruth DiGiovanni
Amy Goldfarb & Lisa Futato
Rep. Rebecca Kislak and Dr. Joanna Brown
Barbara L. Margolis, Esq. & Colleen J. Gregory, Ph.D.
Donna Nesselbush & Kelly Carse
Lauren Nocera
Cathy Plourde
Sponsors
Ruby
Platinum
Gold
Joseph Garland & Philip Haines
John M. Kelly
Katherine & Kimberly Weir
Silver
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
City of Providence – Mayor Brett Smiley
Beth & Jess Cronin
Amy Goldfarb & Lisa Futato
Rep. Rebecca Kislak & Dr. Joanna Brown
Jessica & Jed Leach from Opt Eyewear Boutique
Barbara Margolis Esq. & Colleen J. Gregory, Ph.D.
Sir Thomas Matt
Donna Nesselbush & Kelly Carse
Rhode Island Foundation
Janson Wu & Adam Levine
Bronze
Nick Autiello & Eric Rietveld, Esq.
Angela Caliendo & Susan Jernick
Expedition Consulting, LLC
Elizabeth Howlett
Seth Magaziner
Rhode Island Spirits Distillery & Tasting Room
Micah Salking & Ted McGuire
Thundermist Health Center
Copper
Sen. Dawn Euer
Thilo Vollrath
As of May 22, 2024