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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING JODY SULLIVAN ON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE NEWPORT

COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

     Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, DiPalma, Felag, Pichardo, and Miller

     Date Introduced: June 10, 2015

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Jody Sullivan earned a Master's degree in Management from Salve Regina

University in 2003, and has owned and operated several successful small businesses. She began

her distinguished service with the Newport County Chamber of Commerce in 1994, and her

tireless work ethic, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities immediately drew the

attention of her colleagues and superiors; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Sullivan was promoted to the position of Deputy Director in 2004. She

was appointed to the position of Interim Director in 2009, and she was named the Executive

Director in 2010. Under her direction and leadership as Executive Director, the Newport

Chamber of Commerce developed numerous successful initiatives and programs including their

"Buy Local" campaign, their member-to-member discount and gift certificate programs, and their

corporate sponsorship program; and

     WHEREAS, Jody Sullivan's numerous contributions to the Newport Chamber of

Commerce and the entire East Bay Community will be sorely missed. In the words of Scott

Humphrey, Chairman of the Board, Newport Chamber of Commerce, Jody Sullivan "has been a

tremendous leader and asset to the organization," and she has lived the Chamber's motto, "All

Chamber All The Time," every day since becoming the Executive Director in 2010; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby congratulates Jody Sullivan on her retirement from the Newport County Chamber of

Commerce after more than twenty years of distinguished service. We wish her continued success

in all future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Jody Sullivan.

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