The Corporation of Brown University
David Cicilline
Trustee (2024-30)
Biography
| David Cicilline, a Class of 1983 graduate, is president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, one of America's oldest and largest community foundations. Previously, he served as the U.S. Representative for Rhode Island's first congressional district from 2011 to 2023 and was a member of the House Democratic leadership as chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. He was also a leader in Congress on issues of core American values, serving as chairman of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Prior to his Congressional service, Cicilline served as mayor of Providence for two terms and in the state legislature in Rhode Island. He also served on the board of the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center in Rhode Island. He is a senior fellow at Brown's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and a member of the United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Council, the United States Global Leadership National Advisory Council, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Georgetown University Law Center and resides today in Providence. |