WRNI's local governing board is Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR), a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3), Rhode Island corporation. The board of directors consists of the Rhode Islanders listed below. Meetings of the board are held at noon on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 951 N. Main Street, Providence.  Meetings are open to the public.

Jim Marsh (Chair)
Peri Aptaker (Chair of Finance Committee)
Elizabeth Cheng
Samuel Chase
Joan Countryman
Topher Hamblett
Marie Langlois
Susan Lovejoy
Cathy Lund
David Margolis (Secretary)
John E. Marshall
Eugene B. Mihaly (Chair Emeritus)
H. Joseph O'Connor (General Manager; CEO)
John J. Partridge
Julie Sharpe
Peggy Sharpe
Robin Wallace
Don Wineberg