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Suzanne Carcieri |
 RI
First Lady Suzanne Carcieri was born in Cranston, Rhode
Island and grew up there and in East Greenwich. She attended
East Greenwich High School where she was a class officer,
a member of the Rhode Island Honor Society, and the National
Honor Society.
Mrs. Carcieri earned a
bachelor’s degree in biology from the University
of Rhode Island, and shared her lifelong love of science
as a secondary level science teacher. She later earned
a master’s degree in health education from Rhode
Island College. Mrs. Carcieri has
served on numerous boards and organizations. As First
Lady, Sue Carcieri has been active in the community,
lending her name and time to numerous organizations that
have an impact on education, on the welfare of our citizens,
and on the health of Rhode Islanders at all stages of
life. Additionally, she and her husband are the co-founders
of the Academy Children’s Science Center in East
Greenwich. |
William J. Felkner |
 Mr. Felkner is the founder and president of the Ocean State Policy Research Institute and Fellow for Education and Welfare Policy. He is also the president of the Rhode Island Association of Scholars. A complete biography can be found on the Scholars and Staff page.
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Daniel S. Harrop, M.D. |
 Dr.
Daniel S. Harrop is a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown
University and a former faculty member at Harvard Medical
School. He received his B.A. in 1976 and his M.D. in
1979, both from Brown, and his M.B.A. from the Edinburgh
Business School in Scotland. Board-certified in adult
and geriatric psychiatry, he is a past president of the
Rhode Island Psychiatric Society, a member of the Continuing
Medical Education Committee of the RI Medical Society,
and a member of the Committee on Medical Quality of the
American Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Harrop serves as
a consultant to major medical management companies,
including Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, United Healthcare,
Magellan Healthcare, and others, and maintains a private
practice in Providence, RI. He is a member of the Board
of Directors of Bishop Hendricken H.S., President of
the Brown Club of Rhode Island, and President of the
RI Catholic Medical Society. A past president of the
Rhode Island Libertarian Party, he was the 2006 Republican
Party nominee for Mayor of Providence. |
| Jay Jacot, Associate
AIA |
| Jay
Jacot is Business Manager for the New Haven architecture
firm of Thompson|Edwards LLC.
He is also President of the Architecture Resource Center,
Inc., a non-profit educational foundation located in New
Haven, and was formerly Treasurer, and remains a Director,
of the Connecticut Architecture Foundation – the
non-profit arm of the AIA Connecticut chapter. Jay is also
Director of Northeast Operations for an asset recovery
organization. He was for many years the Treasurer, and
currently serves as Verger, of the Zabriskie Memorial Church
of S. John the Evangelist in Newport.
Jay is a retired Captain in the Navy Supply Corps. Financial
management and oversight positions have included budgeting
and budget execution responsibilities for a major component
of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Director of a worldwide financial
oversight program for a major naval command, and Director
of a contract fraud remedies program for a major activity
of the Defense Department.
Jay has lived in many places. This includes Navy assignments
in Hawaii, Vietnam, the Philippines and Iceland; and civilian
defense industry assignments in Washington, DC, Florida
and Rhode Island.
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Jay has lived in Rhode Island on and off for many years.
This includes an assignment at the former Quonset Point
Naval Air Station, the former Cruiser-Destroyer Force office
in Newport, and lastly at the Naval War College – prior
to retirement. He makes his home in Newport
Jay received his MA in Management from Central Michigan
University and his BA in Economics from the University
of Connecticut. |
| Edward M. Mazze, Ph.D. |
 Edward
M. Mazze is Distinguished University Professor of Business
Administration at the University of Rhode Island. From
1998-2006, he served as Dean of the College of Business
Administration and held the Alfred J. Verrecchia – Hasbro
Inc. Leadership Chair in Business. Prior to his appointment
at the University of Rhode Island, he served as Dean
of The Belk College of Business Administration at The
University of North Carolina—Charlotte and Co-Director,
The Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise – Charlotte,
Dean of the School of Business and Management at Temple
University, and Dean of the W. Paul Stillman School of
Business at Seton Hall University. He received BBA and
MBA degrees from City University of New York and his
PhD degree in business administration from Pennsylvania
State University.
Professor Mazze serves
as a member of the Board of Directors of Technitrol,
Inc. (NYSE), Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ),
The Barrett Growth Fund and the Ocean State Business
Development Authority. Dr. Mazze is the former Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the William
Penn Bank in Philadelphia. Government appointments
have included, among others, membership on the Panel
of Chapter 7 Trustees of the United States Department
of Justice in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, the United
States Department of Commerce District Export Council;
and Chair of the Tax Competitiveness Committee of the
Rhode Island Economic Policy Council. Edward M. Mazze is the
author, co-author and/or editor of twelve books in
business and over one hundred fifty articles appearing
in publications such as Industrial Marketing Management, Journal
of Marketing Research, Journal of Advertising
Research, Journal of Finance, Journal of Marketing,
Journal of Economics and Business, American Business
Law Journal, Journal of Retailing, The Journal of Consumer
Affairs, and Long Range Planning Journal. |
| The
Hon. J. William Middendorf II, Chairman,
Middendorf and Company, Washington, D.C. |
 Middendorf has served a number of presidential administrations
in high-level positions, including Secretary of the Navy
and Ambassador to the European Communities, the Organization
of American States, and the Netherlands. A delegate to presidential
nominating conventions as far back as Barry Goldwater’s
in 1964, Middendorf remains active in shaping conservative
foreign, defense and economic policy through regular meetings
with staff members on Capitol Hill.
An
intellectual force behind the North American Free Trade
Agreement, Ambassador Middendorf has written
about the concept
of a free-trade area uniting the region as early as 1988.
Among other appointments, the Ambassador is a founding
member of the Heritage Foundation. Middendorf also
is a true renaissance
man with interests in both music and art. |
Lloyd
Monroe |
.gif) Lloyd
Monroe is a Financial Advisor at Oceanstate Financial Services,
and a Registered Representative, New England
Securities. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Lloyd earned
a B.A. and M. A. in History at Brown University, and his
J.D. from Indiana University School of Law.
Lloyd has broad experience in diverse
professional arenas including, law, higher education,
and government. He has
served with distinction as an Assistant United States Attorney,
and as a Special Attorney, assigned to the Organized Crime & Racketeering
Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. After retiring
from the practice of law Lloyd was a graduate research
fellow at Brown University, and also recruited students
from all disciplines as an Associate Dean at the Graduate
School. His later work as a public policy and intergovernmental
relations consultant, as a research and executive director
of a statewide select commission earned national recognition.
Lloyd is a member of the East Providence,
Greater Providence, and Newport County Chambers of Commerce,
a Board Member
of the Rhode Island Statewide Coalition, a Board Member
and former Board Secretary of Prevent Child Abuse—Rhode
Island, and a former Board Member and former Treasurer
of the Haitian Resource Center of Rhode Island. Lloyd and
his spouse, Alicia D. Monroe, M.D., are the proud parents
of three adult children.
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Jon Scott |
 Jon Scott was
born and raised in Providence. He graduated from Moses
Brown School, where
he was a four sport athlete and was involved in Close-Up
(a governmental exploration program that brings high school
students to Washington, D.C. each year). He went on to study
at the University of Rhode Island, where he sat on the Student
Senate, which he eventually chaired and served as the Student
Representative on a number of State Boards. At about the
same time he began his second adventure in the nation's capitol,
as a lobbyist for “Students Advocating Financial Aid”.
Jon took a break from politics – he raced sailboats
for five years and then took a job as a counselor for a Providence
based D.C.Y.F. contracted group home provider. His experience
there was eye-opening and further developed his commitment
to helping those who have fallen through the nation's safety
net. He worked with that organization for twelve years and
received a first hand education in both the successes and
failures of our social services programs. Jon currently lives
in Providence with his adopted son, Chris. In addition to
his other work he has coached football, lacrosse, wrestling,
and sailing for twenty years. He sits on a number of boards
including Furball Farms (a non-profit animal rescue organization)
and the Moses Brown Alumni Association. He ran for United
States Congress in 2006 based upon a deeply held belief that
everyone in this country, regardless of their situation,
deserves a voice in our government. |
| Sandra Thompson |
 Born
in Iowa, Sandra Thompson has lived with husband Paul in
East Greenwich since 1985. She is a mother of two with
four
grandchildren.
Sandra and Paul were the owners and operators of a Providence-based
printing company from 1987 to 2002.
A graduate of the University
of Minnesota with a B.S. degree in secondary education,
Sandra taught English
and Speech, and directed theatre in Minnesota and New
Jersey.
In 2004, Sandra was elected
vice-president of the Operation Clean Government Board.
In 2006, she was elected first vice-president of
the same panel. Sandra also serves the community
as the executive director
of the Voter Initiative Alliance and was involved
in
the collection of over 21,000 signatures on a petition
asking for Voter Initiative to be put on the ballot.
Mrs. Thompson is a URI
Master Gardener and a member of the RI Wild Plant Society. |
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