PROVIDENCE — The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence has elected a new slate of officers and welcomed four new board members to the nonprofit organization, whose mission is to prevent youth violence in urban areas across Southeastern New England.

At its recent annual meeting, Nondas Hurst Voll, retired executive director of The Fund for Community Progress, was elected to a second two-year term as board chairwoman. She also serves on the boards of the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island and the Advisory Counsel of Common Cause of Rhode Island.

Lawyer Robert J. McConnell, a partner at Motley Rice LLC, was elected vice chairman. He serves on the boards of The Fund for Community Progress and the George Wiley Center. His wife, Donna Benoit, has served as a nonviolence trainer in the Woonsocket schools.

The board’s treasurer is F. Paul Mooney, president of George H. Fuller and Son Co., a Pawtucket jewelry manufacturer. He serves on several boards including Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Save The Bay.

Thomas J. Izzo, a former state senator, is the board’s secretary. In the General Assembly, he chaired the committee on Health, Education and Welfare and sponsored legislation on child welfare reform, adoption, parental rights and juvenile justice. He is a retired administrator and teacher from the Cranston public school system.

Like Voll, McConnell, Mooney and Izzo will all serve two-year terms.

The new board members are Joyce E. Butler, who recently served as director of Ready to Learn Providence. She had previously worked with National Child Care Research Collaboration and Archive, National Child Care Information Center and the Massachusetts Department of Social Services.

The other newcomers are Seth Handy, a lawyer at Chace Ruttenberg & Freedman LLP in Providence; Heidi Keller Moon, a retired educator who taught at the University of Connecticut, Rhode Island College and Lincoln High School; and Dr. Eugene Mihaly, founder and chairman of the Mihaly Foundation, a direct marketing consulting firm for nonprofit groups, and a senior fellow at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

The core programs of the nonviolence institute are its street workers, nonviolence training, youth programs and victim support services. In recent years, the street workers, many of whom are former gang members who spent time in prison, have garnered attention for their attempts to quell Providence gang violence.

bmalinow@projo.com