Apr 23, 2021, by Staff Writer SMITHFIELD, RI – Two Bryant economists, President Ross Gittell, Ph.D., and Faculty Fellow and incoming Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategy Edinaldo Tebaldi, Ph.D., are joining the Rhode Island Foundation’s new initiative, “Make it Happen: Investing for Rhode Island’s Future,” to help develop recommendations for spending up to $1 billion in broad new stimulus funding the state is projected to receive from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). “We are proud that members of the Bryant University community are able to contribute to this important initiative." Prominent Bryant alumni, Jessica David '10MBA, consultant and former executive vice president of strategy and community investments at the Rhode Island Foundation, and John Galvin ’91MBA, President & CEO at AAA Northeast, are also among the top Rhode Island leaders who will contribute to the effort. Rhode Island Foundation President and CEO Neil Steinberg received a Bryant Honorary Degree in 2015.