Ruth Feder appointed executive director, Mental Health Assn. RI

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Ruth Feder, of East Greenwich, has been appointed executive director of the Mental Health Association of R.I. Feder is also president of the board of directors of Cove Homes, Inc., dedicated to developing affordable housing, and vice-chair of the board of commissioners of the East Greenwich Housing Authority. She sits on the boards of the R.I. Disability Law Center and School One.

Feder previously served as an attorney for the State of R.I.’s Office of the Mental Health Advocate.

She is a graduate of Bowdoin College and holds a Master of Social Work degree from Boston University and a Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk University Law School.

The mission of the nonprofit Mental Health Association of R.I., which is celebrating its 100th year, is to promote mental health, prevent mental illness, reduce stigma and improve R.I.’s system of mental health care. This is achieved through education, advocacy and the dissemination of research.