Alumni Association Welcomes New Leadership

Tiffany Ovalles ’18 has been hired as the new director of the Office of Alumni Relations at Rhode Island College, while Kevin San ’12, MPA ’13 has been named as the incoming president of the Alumni Association’s board of directors.

The new role is a homecoming for Ovalles, who has spent the past twelve years working in a variety of private sector roles, while San has remained a fixture on campus since completing his master of professional accountancy degree in 2013. Since 2014, he has been an adjunct faculty member in the School of Business, teaching governmental and nonprofit accounting.

“The opportunities and experiences I gained after graduating from RIC have been incredible and I am excited to be able to give back to the RIC community,” says Ovalles.

Since graduating with a bachelor of arts in communications, she has worked in a variety of sales, consulting and management roles in retail, e-commerce and HR services. After college, she worked for Alex and Ani in both management and visual merchandising, before relocating to Los Angeles for a client relations role at Reserve Studies, Inc., a company that provides real estate cost-estimating and financial analysis services. She has been back in Rhode Island since 2018, where she served as a project manager at Acertitude, an executive search firm. For the past four years, she was the director of operations at Bike-On, a retailer of handbikes, recumbent bicycles, adaptive cycles, and wheelchairs.

“As I embark on this new journey, my goal is to enhance collaboration across all departments to become a key strategic partner,” she says of her new role. “This will enable us to offer alumni meaningful, lifelong opportunities to engage and connect with the RIC community.”

San most recently served as treasurer for the Alumni Association, and his dedication and leadership have led to his appointment as president for the new term. In addition to his teaching role at RIC, he serves as the controller at the Rhode Island Lottery Commission.

“Rhode Island College has played a pivotal role in my personal and professional development, and I am excited to give back to the community that has given me so much,” he says. “My experience as a student and now as a faculty member has shown me the incredible potential within our alumni community. I am committed to harnessing that potential to enhance our collective contributions to the college's mission.”