Elizabeth Brownlee, President
Elizabeth Brownlee is a Woonsocket, Rhode Island native. She has a bachelors in French, a Masters in Teaching; certifications in 1-6 Elementary education, ESL education, building level admin Pk-12, and an endorsement in reading-dyslexia. She is currently an elementary math coach with the Providence Public School district, the largest urban school district in RI. Prior to coaching math, she was a math teacher for many years in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has worked in partnerships with TeachLab, ATMNE, AIR, TNTP, AWM, and the RI Dept of Education, among others. Apart from teaching, she is interested in research on multicultural education, including diversity centered education models and asset based instructional strategies. Her future endeavors include pursuing a Phd in Educational Psychology and developing her own educational consulting company.
Steve Levesque, Treasurer, Membership Chair
Steve Levesque has been an educator for over 30 years and currently teaches mathematics at Burrillville High School. He earned his MAT in Mathematics at Providence College and his BS in Secondary Education from URI. Steve enjoys learning to incorporate technology in the classroom and engaging students in meaningful ways. He has been active in RIMTA for much of his teaching career, having served in several roles. Most recently, he served on NCTM's Membership and Affiliate Relations Committee. Steve has a lovely wife and two wonderful children and when he has time, he enjoys playing sports (especially basketball and softball), reading and hiking.
Cathy Boutin, NCTM/NCSM Representative
Cathy Boutin is an eighth grade mathematics teacher and the grade eight grade level leader at John F. Deering Middle School in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Cathy has taught mathematics for over 25 years was the 1999 RI Secondary Mathematics Presidential Awardee. She obtained certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Early Adolescent Mathematics in 2009. Cathy has served as a member of RIMTA since 1985, most recently as Past President. Cathy is the Eastern 1 Affiliates Relations Committee Representative for NCTM and has also served on the West Warwick Teachers Alliance Education Committee for the last six years. When Cathy is not wrapping her head around mathematics, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, reading, shopping, and watching reruns of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond.
Lynn Rakatansky, At-Large Representative 
Lynn Rakatansky retired from teaching middle school mathematics in East Providence, RI and has served as adjunct faculty at Lesley University in Massachusetts. Lynn has served as President of both RIMTA and ATMNE and has been active in program planning for many local, regional and national conferences including serving as Program Chair for ATMNE 2011 and 2017. Lynn received the 2000 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and was recognized as the 2010 DeRobbio Awardee.
Daniel Irving, At-Large Representative
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Ben Hall, RIDE Representative
Ben Hall is a Math Specialist at the Rhode Island Department of Education. Prior to moving to RIDE, he taught Math for 23 years, the last 16 at the Paul Cuffee School in Providence. He primarily taught middle school along with a few years of high school, serving both as a seventh and eighth grade teacher and the Math Specialist for the Paul Cuffee Middle School. He is excited to join RIMTA and support Math teachers throughout Rhode Island. He enjoys walking, reading, playing tennis, doing puzzles, and spending time with his family.
Joshua Lach, RIDE Representative
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