Military and Veterans Affairs
The Military and Veterans Affairs Committee provides policymakers with a forum to share and discuss issue-based solutions uniquely related to military members, veterans, and their families. The committee also serves as a vehicle to build regional consensus that fortifies the ongoing cooperative federal–state relationship designed to improve the overall health and well-being of the members of the military and veterans communities.
Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson
Representative, Rhode Island
Camille
F.J.
Vella-Wilkinson
(D)
represents
District
21
in
Warwick.
She
was
first
elected
in
November
2016.
She
is
the
first
vice
chairwoman
of
the
House
Committee
on
Conduct
and
she
is
a
member
of
the
House
Committee
on
Finance,
the
...
House
Committee
on
Judiciary,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
and
the
House
Committee
on
Rules.
Also
in
2018,
she
graduated
from
the
Eastern
Leadership
Academy,
a
fellowship
program
designed
to
enhance
the
leadership
abilities
of
state
officials
from
all
three
branches
of
government.
The
fellowship
took
place
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
in
Philadelphia.
Before
being
elected
state
representative,
Vella-Wilkinson
served
three
terms
on
the
Warwick
City
Council,
from
2011
to
2016,
with
two
terms
as
finance
chairwoman.
She
was
state
commissioner
on
the
Rhode
Island
Commission
for
Human
Relations
from
1999
to
2016.
She
has
also
served
as
the
City
of
Warwick
Veterans
liaison
from
2011
to
2016.
In
2016,
she
was
honored
with
the
Legislator
of
the
Year
award
from
the
Disabled
American
Veterans,
the
YMCA
Woman
of
Achievement
award
and
the
American
Legion
Post
43
Auxiliary
Female
Veteran
of
the
Year
award.
She
is
an
alumna
of
the
URI
Schmidt
Labor
Research
Center
and
Leadership
Rhode
Island
(2006),
a
member
of
American
Legion
Post
43,
Military
Officers
Association
of
America
and
St.
Benedict’s
Daughters
of
Isabella
Circle
423.
A
retired
Navy
officer,
she
is
self-employed
as
a
work-readiness
coach.
She
graduated
from
St.
Edmund
High
School
in
Brooklyn
in
1974.
She
received
a
bachelor’s
degree
in
English
and
psychology
from
Long
Island
University
in
1979.
She
received
her
master’s
degree
in
labor
relations
from
the
University
of
Rhode
Island
and
juris
doctor
degree
from
Roger
Williams
University
in
2006.
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For more information on the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, please contact staff liaison
Debbie-Ann Paige, Senior Policy Analyst
Email: dpaige@csg.org
direct: 646-383-5753