OLIVER HAZARD PERRY IN THE NEWS

Oliver Hazard Perry CEO Capt. Jonathan T. Kabak

FIVE QUESTIONS WITH JONATHAN KABAK

Providence Business News
February 28, 2020

We continue to offer empowering programs that provide personal and professional growth aboard the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, Rhode Island’s flagship. The best way to offer these experiences is in new and innovative ways that increase access and opportunity to more-diverse audiences...It is sail training and sea education for the 21st century.

CAPTAIN JONATHAN KABAK CHOSEN FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GREENHOUSE NONPROFIT LAB INITIATIVE

January 14, 2020

Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island is thrilled to announce that Captain Jonathan Kabak, our CEO, has been selected as one of the fellows for the Social Enterprise Greenhouse inaugural Nonprofit Lab. Partnering with the United Way of Rhode Island, the Nonprofit Lab seeks to "generate development of self-sustaining solutions enabling organizations to expand and accelerate their ability to create positive social impact.”

The six-month long accelerator program encompasses a 6 week "bootcamp" phase, a networking and planning phase, and a final pitch event in June, where the top three finalists will receive a total of $90,000 in prize money towards their organizations.

OHPRI ON PUBLIC RADIO (AUDIO INTERVIEW)

1540 WADK Newport, RI
November 4, 2019

We are open for business. One of the things we take very seriously in our role as the state's flagship is that we want to make it a ship for the people of Rhode Island....this is the Ocean State, and as such we should have a deep, meaningful connection to the ocean.

A crew member climbs aloft on the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry as the ship passes under the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge

120 FT ALOFT WITH TALL SHIP RIGGER BECCA BUCKLER

WomenOffshore.com
September 16, 2019

It might seem daunting to take on a rigging project like this, on such a grand scale and with so much on the line. Becca likens rigging to putting together a puzzle. “I love constantly being challenged, to think of creative solutions to unique problems.”

Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission is to provide innovative and empowering education-at-sea programs to promote personal and professional growth.