Rhode Island
 Don
Carcieri
Governor
Don Carcieri was elected to his second term as Governor of Rhode Island
in November 2006. Governor Carcieri graduated from Brown University with a
degree in International Relations, and began his professional career as a
high school math teacher before turning to business. He has served as a bank
executive before joining Cookson America, Inc., a global manufacturing
company. Prior to his retirement from Cookson America, Governor Carcieri was
Chief Executive Officer and Joint Managing Director of Cookson Group
Worldwide.
In his 2008 State of the State address, Governor Carcieri focused on the
need to control state spending while increasing the efficiency in the way
the government does business, and reducing the tax burden of the state's
citizens. He called for reform of the state's Medicare and retirement
systems, and asked cities and towns to look aggressively at consolidating
services and reducing overhead cost.
Governor Carcieri and his wife Sue have four children and 14
grandchildren.
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