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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING JASON GRAMITT ON BEING ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE

COUNCIL ON GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS LAWS (COGEL)

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Shekarchi, Edwards, Blazejewski, and Lima

     Date Introduced: January 23, 2020

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Jason Gramitt, Executive Director and Chief Prosecutor of the Rhode Island

Ethics Commission, has earned the honor and distinction of being elected President of the

Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL); and

     WHEREAS, COGEL, an international organization officially formed in 1978, is a

professional organization for government agencies and other associations working in ethics,

elections, freedom of information, lobbying, and campaign finance. The organization assists

various agencies by providing information about statutory and regulatory functions, budgets and

names of personnel, and by working as a coordinator to expand communication between

governmental ethics agencies and commissions; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Gramitt is eminently qualified to embrace his new role as President of

COGEL. He is a graduate of Ohio University, Roger Williams University School of Law, and

Harvard Kennedy School. From 1996 through 1998, he was a staff attorney in the Appellate

Screening Unit of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. In 1998, he took a position as an attorney

with the Criminal Appeals Panel of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and was also actively

practicing law at Winograd, Shine & Zacks, P.C.; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Gramitt has been an Adjunct Faculty member at the

University of Rhode Island, an Adjunct Faculty member at Johnson & Wales University, was an

attorney and Education Coordinator with the Rhode Island Ethics Commission beginning in 2001,

and is currently the Executive Director and Chief Prosecutor for the Rhode Island Ethics

Commission; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Gramitt is a paradigm of the very best legal and leadership qualities and

he is truly worthy of our praise and acknowledgement; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Jason Gramitt on being elected as President of

COGEL. We furthermore wish him continued success, fulfillment, and good health; 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 Mr. Jason Gramitt, Esq.

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