Community Activities:
- Member: Save the Bay
- Member: Smith Castle Historical Association
- Co-Chair of the William H. Sheehan Scholarship
- Co-Chair of William H. Sheehan Leukemia Society Annual Fundraiser
Awards:
- Saratoga Museum Foundation Award (2008)
- Conservation Legislator of the Year Award (2005)
- Community Service Award (2002)
- RI Saltwater Anglers Association 2002 Environmental Award
- President's Academic Excellence Award (URI, 1988)
Biography
Biography
Date of Birth: January 27, 1966
Occupation: Educator (History) at Toll Gate High School, Warwick, RI
Educational Background:
- North Kingstown High School (1984)
- University of Rhode Island, BA in History and German (1988)
- Catholic University, MA in History (1992)
- Rhode Island College, Teacher Certification (1995)
Political Background:
- Current Member: RI State Senate
- Current Chairman: Senate Quonset Commission
- Member: Commission to Study the QDP Steam Plant Closure (2001)
- Chairman: Ocean State Defense League (grassroots anti-container port organization)
- Board Member: Quonset Davisville Management Corporation
- Member: Narragansett Democratic Town Committee
- Current Member: North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- 1998 Candidate: US Congress
- Alternate Delegate: RI Federation of Teachers
- Campaign Volunteer: Weygand for Congress
- Intern: Office of US Senator Claiborne Pell
- Research Intern: German Parliament
- Foreign Policy Intern: Atlantic Council of the United States
