Leadership Rhode Island is a nationally recognized community leadership development organization, founded in 1981. Mission We engage and connect people through shared experiences that positively transform individuals, organizations and communities. Vision We see a Rhode Island that is flourishing — economically, civically, culturally — built on a foundation of ever-improving human capital whose strengths and potential we spend each day revealing and igniting. And we see the lessons of this lively leadership experiment being shared and amplified around the country and the world to nurture the kind of fully-engaged societies that create lasting, positive change.