Full Name:
Deborah L. Ruggiero
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
04/02/1958
Home City:
Jamestown, RI
BA, Communications and English, Boston College
Representative, State House of Representatives, Rhode Island, District 74, 2009-2023
Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, Rhode Island, 2022
Deputy Majority Leader, State House of Representatives, Rhode Island, 2013-Present
Former Member, Finance Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Former Member, House Health, Education, and Welfare Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Services, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Small Business Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Chair, Small Business Renewable Energy Task Force, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Environment and Transportation, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
President, DR Communications Group, 2007-present
Host/Creator, "Amazing Women", 2004-present
Communications Consultant, present
Former Director of Community Development, Citadel Radio
Director of Business and Community Development, WPRO 92PROFM LITE ROCK 105, 2000-2012
Adjunct Faculty Member, Providence College and Emerson College, 1990-2008
Sales Manager, WPRI TV/FOX Providence, 1991-1999
Former President, American Lung Association of Rhode Island
Member, Jamestown Rotary
Member, Save the Bay
Founding Board Member, Women's Fund of Rhode Island