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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health, Education and Welfare Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives

Former Member, Small Business Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives

Education

  • Attended, Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
  • BA, Marine Affairs, University of Miami, 1985-1990

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
  • BA, Marine Affairs, University of Miami, 1985-1990
  • Inside Sales Representative, Relay Power, 2018-present
  • Senior Solar Consultant, Gotsun Gosolar, 2017-2018
  • Solar Consultant, Level Solar, 2016-2017
  • Regional Coordinator, Healthy Air Campaign American Lung Association of the Northeast, 2013-2014
  • Client Solutions Director, Left Brain, 2009-2013
  • Sustainable Rhode Island Coordinator, The Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living, 2008-2009
  • SPF-SIG Manager, Mayor's Council on Substance Abuse Prevention, City of Providence, 2007-2008
  • State Coordinator, Endangered Species Coalition, 2006-2007
  • Communications and Policy Directer, American Lung Association of Rhode Island, 1999-2006
  • Community Development Associate, American Cancer Society of Rhode Island, 1997-1999
  • Grassroots Coordinator, American Heart Association, 1999
  • Community Service Coordinator, Brown University, Center for Environmental Studies, 1996-1997

Political Experience

  • Attended, Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
  • BA, Marine Affairs, University of Miami, 1985-1990
  • Inside Sales Representative, Relay Power, 2018-present
  • Senior Solar Consultant, Gotsun Gosolar, 2017-2018
  • Solar Consultant, Level Solar, 2016-2017
  • Regional Coordinator, Healthy Air Campaign American Lung Association of the Northeast, 2013-2014
  • Client Solutions Director, Left Brain, 2009-2013
  • Sustainable Rhode Island Coordinator, The Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living, 2008-2009
  • SPF-SIG Manager, Mayor's Council on Substance Abuse Prevention, City of Providence, 2007-2008
  • State Coordinator, Endangered Species Coalition, 2006-2007
  • Communications and Policy Directer, American Lung Association of Rhode Island, 1999-2006
  • Community Development Associate, American Cancer Society of Rhode Island, 1997-1999
  • Grassroots Coordinator, American Heart Association, 1999
  • Community Service Coordinator, Brown University, Center for Environmental Studies, 1996-1997
  • State Representative, Rhode Island State House of Representatives, District 18, 2003-present
  • Candidate, Rhode Island State House of Representatives, District 18, 2018
  • Communications and Technology Manager, Rhode Island Democratic Party, 2012

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health, Education and Welfare Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives

Former Member, Small Business Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Environment and Natural Resources Committee

Member, Oversight Committee

Chair, Subcommittee on Energy

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
  • BA, Marine Affairs, University of Miami, 1985-1990
  • Inside Sales Representative, Relay Power, 2018-present
  • Senior Solar Consultant, Gotsun Gosolar, 2017-2018
  • Solar Consultant, Level Solar, 2016-2017
  • Regional Coordinator, Healthy Air Campaign American Lung Association of the Northeast, 2013-2014
  • Client Solutions Director, Left Brain, 2009-2013
  • Sustainable Rhode Island Coordinator, The Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living, 2008-2009
  • SPF-SIG Manager, Mayor's Council on Substance Abuse Prevention, City of Providence, 2007-2008
  • State Coordinator, Endangered Species Coalition, 2006-2007
  • Communications and Policy Directer, American Lung Association of Rhode Island, 1999-2006
  • Community Development Associate, American Cancer Society of Rhode Island, 1997-1999
  • Grassroots Coordinator, American Heart Association, 1999
  • Community Service Coordinator, Brown University, Center for Environmental Studies, 1996-1997
  • State Representative, Rhode Island State House of Representatives, District 18, 2003-present
  • Candidate, Rhode Island State House of Representatives, District 18, 2018
  • Communications and Technology Manager, Rhode Island Democratic Party, 2012
  • Board Member, People's Power and Light, 1999-2002

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Earth Day Champion, Clean Water Action
  • Legislator of the Year, National Association of Social Workers of Rhode Island
  • Legislator of the Year from the Rhode Island State Nurses Association
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, American Cancer Society, new England Chapter

  • Dog: Zach

Policy Positions

Rhode Island State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test

Abortion and Reproductive

1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
- Pro-choice

2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
- No

3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes

4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- Yes

8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No

9. Other or expanded principles
- Regarding consent by parent, a minor should have access through the courts and her physician to an abortion in cases where her safety is in jeopardy.

Budget, Spending, and Tax

State Spending

Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.

1. Education (higher)
- Slightly Increase

2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase

3. Environment
- Slightly Increase

4. Health care
- Slightly Increase

5. Law enforcement
- Maintain Status

6. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- Greatly Increase

7. Welfare
- Slightly Increase

8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

State Taxes

Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.

1. Alcohol taxes
- Slightly Increase

2. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Increase

3. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Increase

4. Gasoline taxes
- Slightly Decrease

5. Property taxes
- Greatly Decrease

6. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status

7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status

8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Maintain Status

9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase

10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

Budget Stabilization

Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Rhode Island's budget.

1. Tapping into Rhode Island's "rainy day" fund
- Yes

2. Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders
- Yes

3. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
- No

4. Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees
- No

5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No

6. Privatizing certain government services
- No

7. Other or expanded principles
- The notion that privatizing services saves money regardless is not an accurate portrayal of the facts. In many cases, privatization of government services has in fact cost more for worst services. Questions in the survey in the future should take this into account.

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?

1. Individual
- Yes

2. Political Action Committee
- Yes

3. Corporate
- Yes

4. Political Party
- Yes

5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes

6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?

1. Other or expanded principles
- Public financing of campaigns are needed to level the playing field between candidates.

Crime and Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No

2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

3. Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized?
- Yes

4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No

5. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
- No Answer

6. Do you support expanding the definition of a hate crime to include gender identity?
- Yes

7. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economic

1. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- No

2. Do you support the legalization of casino-style gambling?
- No Answer

3. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- Yes

4. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- Yes

5. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

6. Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

7. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support national education standards?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams?
- No Answer

3. Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers?
- No Answer

4. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No Answer

5. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes

6. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Rhode Island high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment and Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
- Yes

2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops?
- Yes

4. Do you support state funding for improvements to Rhode Island's energy infrastructure?
- Yes

5. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- Yes

6. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Gun

1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes

3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- Yes

4. Do you support requiring a license for gun possession?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes

3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- Yes

4. Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance?
- Yes

5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No

6. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Rhode Island?
- Yes

7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social

1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
- No

2. Should Rhode Island allow same-sex couples to form civil unions?
- Yes

3. Do you support state funding for stem cell research?
- Yes

4. Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- Yes

5. Do you support the state's use of affirmative action?
- Yes

6. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Rhode Island's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

7. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Rhode Island's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- Rhode Island needs to create opportunities for green sector jobs:- developing an offshore wind farm will help create some of those; - increasing weatherization efforts of residential homes is another key way to increase green jobs and save homeowners money.

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