Full Name:
Joseph 'Joe' A. Trillo
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Marilyn; 2 Children: Joseph, Deborah; 1 Stepchild: Erika Kruse
Birth Date:
02/10/1943
Birth Place:
Providence, RI
Home City:
Providence, RI
Religion:
Catholic
BA, Emerson College, 1966
Former Minority Whip, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Former Deputy Minority Leader, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Candidate, Governor of Rhode Island, 2018
Representative, Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 2000-2017
Former Member, Corporations Committee, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Joint Commission on Capitol Security, Rhode Island General Assembly
Member, National Republican Committee
Former Member, Oversight Commission on Fire Safety, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Former Member, Permanent Joint Committee on Economic Development, Rhode Island General Assembly
Former Member, Permanent Joint Committee on State Lottery, Rhode Island General Assembly
Former Member, Rhode Island Emergency Management Commission, Rhode Island State House of Representatives
Producer/Host, Issues and Ideas
Producer/Host, Trillo Talks
Former President, Cranston Jaycees
President, Custom Alarms, American Automobile Association, present
Former Member, National Association of Miss America State Pageants
Former Vice President, National Association of Musical Merchants
Vice President, Porta Bella Yacht and Tennis Club
Former President, Rhode Island Alarm Dealers Association
Member, Warwick Chamber of Commerce
Member, Appanague Village Association, 2002
Member, Aurora Civic Association, 2002
Member, Natick Village Association, 2002
Member, Executives Association of Rhode Island, 1988
Co-Founder, New England Alarm Association, 1984
President, Miss Rhode Island Scholarship Pageant, 1968-1980
President, Alarm Association of Rhode Island, 1978
Priority Issues:
-Fight to hold the line on taxes.
-Work to bring good paying jobs to the Ocean State's economy.
-Fine Tune the way government works in Rhode Island.
-Help control illegal immigration.
-Work to make us more tax competitive than our neighboring states.