AICU Rhode Island board and staff congratulate David Proulx on his selection as Interim President of the Rhode Island School of Design. Proulx brings 28 years of experience working in higher education. Most recently, he has served as Chief Financial Officer at RISD since 2018, where he has been valuable contributor at the monthly AICU Rhode Island Chief Financial Officers Committee meetings.

Before arriving at RISD, Dave served six years as Vice President of Finance and Administration, Treasurer, and special advisor to the President for revenue at Franklin & Marshall College. Prior to this, he spent 14 years at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), where he led the implementation of a complete restructuring of the University’s budget process. Dave is a native of Bedford, New Hampshire, and earned both his Bachelor’s in Business Administration and MBA from UNH. He has also completed the Management Development Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.