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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

HONORING SUZANNE MAGAZINER ON BEING NAMED THE CHIEF MARSHAL OF

THE 2020 BRISTOL 4TH OF JULY PARADE, THE OLDEST 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION

IN AMERICA

     Introduced By: Representatives Donovan, Speakman, Shekarchi, and Mattiello

     Date Introduced: July 16, 2020

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Suzanne Magaziner, a distinguished graduate of Wellesley College, Harvard

Law School, Harvard Business School, and Brown University, has had a long and distinguished

career as a business strategy consultant, beginning with the Boston Consulting Group and later as

a consultant with the international consulting firm she co-founded with her husband, Ira

Magaziner. Since their marriage, they have made Bristol, Rhode Island their home; and

     WHEREAS, Since retiring, Suzanne has worked tirelessly on behalf of various non-profit

organizations, particularly those that assist underserved populations. She currently serves as the

Chair of Trinity Repertory, a position she has held since 2014. Prior to that, she served on its

Board for more than ten years. Under her guidance and direction, Trinity’s work includes the

nationally recognized Project Discovery, which has brought 1.5 million school children to low

cost performances. Additionally, Trinity has a program for autistic children and adults (TRAIN),

which has become a national model for many other artistic organizations; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Magaziner has also served on the Board of Sophia Academy, a private

middle school for girls from low-income homes in Providence, for more than a dozen years. She

also was a founding board member of the Nowell Leadership Academy, an alternative high

school for pregnant, parenting, and at-risk students, and has served on the boards of Roger

Williams University, Save the Bay, Save Bristol Harbor, and several schools. Together, she and

her husband have made available acreage on their Bristol farm for the East Bay Food Pantry to

raise fresh, organic vegetables, and starting in 2020, bees for honey for their clients; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Magaziner was the recipient of the 2019 Woman of Wisdom Award

from Sophia Academy, the 2018 YWCA Woman of Achievement Award, the 2015 Outstanding

Philanthropic Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the Association of Fundraising

Professionals, the 2012 Providence Place Gives Award, and the 2012 Citizens Award from Save

Bristol Harbor; and

     WHEREAS, Suzanne and Ira Magaziner are the proud parents of three children and two

grandchildren: The Honorable Seth Magaziner and his wife Julia McDowell, Jonathan and his

wife Jennifer Doorly Magaziner, the parents of Ronan and Kiernan, and Sarah. Suzanne and Ira

have been a part of the Bristol Fourth of July Parade since 1981; now, therefore be it

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

congratulates Suzanne Magaziner on being named the Chief Marshal of the 2020 Bristol Fourth

of July Parade; 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. Suzanne Magaziner.

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