RIGOP Leadership

 

Giovanni Cicione
Chairman 
Gio Cicione lives in Barrington with his wife Chelia and three children.  Gio earned his BA at George Mason University, and JD at Boston University School of Law.  Gio opened his own law firm in Barrington in 2006.  Before opening his own firm, Gio was an attorney at the firm Adler, Pollock & Sheehan in Providence.  Gio has served as Legal Counsel for the RIGOP, led all legal operations during the 2006 elections, leader and active member of the RI Young Republicans, and ran as the endorsed candidate in 1996 against Democrat Congressman Patrick Kennedy in the first Congressional District.  Gio is a member of the Barrington Republican Town Committee, and trustee of the RI Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

 

Robert Coupe
Secretary
Robert was raised in Johnston and graduated from Bishop Hendricken High School and Colby College. After interning with Congresswoman Claudine Schneider, he began his career as an aide to Senator John Chafee in Washington, DC. After returning to Rhode Island to serve as Campaign Coordinator for Senator Chafee’s 1994 re-election and as Campaign Manager for Nancy Mayer’s 1996 U.S. Senate campaign, Robert worked in the State House for Lieutenant Governor Bernie Jackvony and directed the RI GOP’s Victory 2000 program. Rob graduated from the Boston University School of Law in 2001 and practiced law in Boston with the firm of Choate Hall & Stewart. He later served as an Assistant General Counsel for Governor Romney’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services before returning to private practice and settling in Cranston with his wife, Johnna, an elementary school teacher, and their son.


Marc Tondreau
Treasurer
Marc Tondreau resides in Lincoln and is employed by Deloitte & Touche Tax Technologies, providing client support for the firm's international tax suite of software products. Prior to joining Deloitte, Marc was as an International Tax Analyst at Textron Inc. and at Ernst & Young LLP. He received a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Providence College and a Masters of Science in Taxation from Bryant University (formerly Bryant College). Marc is Treasurer of the Lincoln Republican Town Committee and serves on the School Board of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy in Central Falls.


Representative Joseph Trillo
National Committeeman


Representative Carol Mumford
National Committeewoman

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