NEW: Raimondo Announces Plan to Create Jobs + Grow RI Economy
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NEW: Raimondo Announces Plan to Create Jobs + Grow RI Economy
Raimondo's plan encompasses:
1. Rebuilding the state's infrastructure.
2. Supporting start-ups and small businesses -- particularly with regulatory reform.
3. Promoting tourism.
4. A strategy to reclaim Rhode Island’s place as a leader in manufacturing.
5. improving Rhode Island's workforce development efforts. Today's focus was manufacturing and workforce development.
“Every Rhode Islander has a manufacturing story to tell; my own father worked at the Bulova Watch factory for 28 years before it closed and the jobs went overseas,” said Raimondo. “And while the textile and jewelry making of our past might not be coming back, the global manufacturing landscape is beginning to change and for the first time in decades, manufacturing is returning to the United States. But it’s higher skill, high tech, advanced manufacturing so we need to act with urgency and have a strategy to seize this opportunity and ensure that our state is getting those jobs."
Raimondo's plan to establish Rhode Island as a manufacturing leader calls for a three-pronged approach: fostering innovation, with a focus on the state's strengths, preparing the workforce with 21st century skills and doing more to support existing manufacturers to help them grow.
Gina Raimondo CGF Campaign Donations
Beshar Family Contribution
Total Contribution: $13,500
Jacqueline G. Beshar, Co-Chairwoman of Capital Good Fund
- 9/27/2011 $1,000
- 10/3/2012 $1,000
- 3/4/2013 $1,000
Robert Beshar, Law Offices of Robert Beshar
- 12/9/2012 $1,000
- 12/15/2013 $1,000
Peter Beshar, Marsh & McLennan
- 9/15/2010 $500
- 8/22/2011 $1,000
- 9/23/2012 $500
Christine Beshar, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
- 12/9/2012 $1,000
- 12/15/2013 $1,000
Frederica Beshar
- 10/5/2012 $500
Scot Jones, Groov-Pin Corp. (Husband of Jacqueline G. Beshar)
- 5/9/2010 $250
- 6/4/2010 $750
- 12/05/2011 $1,000
- 10/3/2012 $1,000
- 3/25/2013 $1,000
Hower Family Contribution
Total Contributions: $10,000
Lee Hower, Co-Chairman of Capital Good Fund
- 12/16/2009 $1,000
- 3/11/2010 $1,000
- 7/7/2011 $1,000
- 3/30/2012 $1,000
- 2/16/2013 $1,000
Heather Hower, Brown University
- 12/30/2009 $1,000
- 3/11/2010 $1,000
- 7/9/2011 $1,000
- 3/30/2012 $1,000
- 2/16/2013 $1,000
Tobias Lederberg
Former Vice President of Capital Good Fund
Total Contribution: $5,000
- 12/21/2009 $1,000
- 3/30/2010 $1,000
- 9/23/2011 $1,000
- 3/31/2012 $1,000
- 3/19/2013 $1,000
Daugherty Family Contribution
Total Contribution: $4,125
William Daugherty, ANC Sports
- 6/15/2012 $1,000
- 3/24/2013 $1,000
- 11/27/2013 $1,000
Tracy Daugherty, Homemaker
- 11/29/2012 $125
- 3/24/2013 $1,000
Note: Tracy and Bill Daugherty are individual donors to CGF.
Jessica Ricci
Member of Capital Good Fund's Board of Directors
Total Contribution: $1,550
- 10/14/2010 $50
- 9/30/2011 $1,000
- 10/31/2013 $500
Citizens Bank
Total Contribution: $10,625
Edward O. Handy III
- 3/25/2010 $750
- 9/25/2010 $250
- 3/28/2012 $500
- 7/15/2013 $1,000
Maria Carlino
- 9/27/2012 $1,000
- 11/22/2013 $500
Donna Brady
- 3/17/2010 $150
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 1/20/2012 $100
- 7/15/2013 $200
- 11/7/2013 $100
Barbara C. Garrahy
- 8/24/2010 $100
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 9/12/2011 $250
- 7/9/2013 $500
Stephen P. Higginbotham
- 6/22/2010 $250
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 12/2/2013 $200
Michael Kennally
- 9/6/2010 $150
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 7/15/2013 $250
James M. Hagerty
- 5/3/2010 $250
- 6/29/2010 $150
- 10/6/2010 $250
Kenneth W. Robinson
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 7/15/2010 $500
Joseph Gleason
- 9/12/2013 $200
- 11/20/2013 $250
Kenneth B. Martin
- 7/22/2013 $250
Gregory Kirwan
- 10/4/2010 $250
Terrence W. Allen
- 10/5/2010 $250
Anthony A. Botelho
- 10/5/2010 $250
Gail Ginnetty
- 9/26/2013 $50
- 9/30/2013 $100
Peter R. Bakkala
- 6/22/2010 $125
David Grassini
- 2/6/2010 $100
Patricia E. Wegrzyn
- 8/15/2012 $100
Stephen Craven
12/31/2013 $50
Hassenfeld Family Initiatives
Total Contribution: $4,000
Alan G. Hassenfeld
- 6/23/2010 $1,000
- 8/17/2011 $1,000
- 6/5/2012 $1,000
- 9/5/2013 $1,000
Bank Rhode Island
Total Contribution: $1,375
William C. Tsonos, Bank RI
- 6/17/2010 $125
- 9/13/2011 $250
Linda Simmons, Bank RI
- 6/17/2010 $125
- 9/12/2011 $250
Emanuel E. Barrows, Bank RI
- 9/13/2011 $250
Mary E. Leach, Bank RI
- 6/17/2010 $125
Steven M. Parente, Bank RI
- 6/21/2010 $125
Robert H. Wischnowsky, Bank RI
- 6/21/2011 $125
Sovereign Bank
Total Contribution: $2,225
Kevin J. Sullivan
- 6/24/2010 $1,000
Michael Lee
- 10/27/2012 $100
- 12/31/2013 $25
TD Bank
Total Contribution: $1,575
Robert A. Kolb Jr.
- 6/16/2010 $1,000
John Conte
- 6/22/2010 $250
Rosalin Acosta
- 6/30/2010 $150
Scott H. Sanborn
- 6/22/2010 $125
Amy Beauchamp
- 9/29/2013 $50
Ariel Investments
Total Contribution: $1,000
John W. Rogers Jr.
- 9/15/2010 $1,000
New Roots Providence
Total Contribution: $325
Sabina Matos
- 3/31/2010 $25
- 6/20/2010 $25
- 9/12/2011 $250
- 12/30/2013 $25
Rockland Trust
Total Contribution: $250
William Lavelle
- 6/24/2010 $250
Social Venture Partners Rhode Island
Total Contribution: $250
Kelly Ramirez
- 6/6/2010 $100
- 12/10/2012 $25
- 9/24/2013 $25
- 9/30/2013 $100
Rhode Island Foundation
Total Contribution: $100
Carol Einhorn
- 3/31/2010 $100
