The Watch Hill Chapel Society is governed by a Board of Trustees,
who are ​elected by the members of the Society. Officers are elected by the Trustees.  

​Board of Trustees 2016-2017
Edith B. Eglin: President    
Elizabeth W. Bean: Vice President    
​Carl A. Contiguglia: Treasurer    
Peter E. Ruhlin: Clerk    

Patrick A. Lemp
Thomas D. Lips
H. Jackson Marvel
Andrew J. Parsons
Elisabeth N. Sayre
Grant G. Simmons
Walter S. Tomenson, Jr.
Charles S. Whitman III

The Watch Hill
​Chapel Society

On September 1, 1875, the Watch Hill Chapel Society was organized. The Chapel Society's By-Laws, adopted on September 4, 1875, provide:  “The object of the Society shall be the erection and maintenance of a Chapel at Watch Hill, and the support of Christian worship therein during the summer months, without any denominational or sectarian distinctions.” The February 8, 1876 Act of the Rhode Island General Assembly, under which the Chapel Society was incorporated, speaks of establishing a corporation “for religious purposes.”
Over the more than 140 years since the establishment of the Chapel Society, its Board of Trustees has interpreted its mission to encompass a broad range of services and outreach to the community, including the use of its Chapel as an important community gathering center and supporting charitable services in the Westerly, RI area.