Transportation
The Transportation Policy Committee serves as a forum for state and provincial elected officials, their federal counterparts, as well as policy makers from state transportation departments, authorities, and industry stakeholders, to share information, explore solutions, and advocate for transportation funding and financing policies and innovative technological solutions that will maintain and enhance the region and the nation’s transportation infrastructure while promoting the safe and efficient transport of people, goods, and services on a safe, reliable, and environmentally sound surface transportation system.
Pat Brennan
Representative, Vermont
Lou DiPalma
Senator, Rhode Island
Senator
Louis
P.
DiPalma
represents
the
12th
Senate
District
in
the
State
of
Rhode
Island.
He
assumed
office
on
January
6,
2009.
His
current
term
ends
on
January
3,
2023.
Senator
DiPalma
is
currently
involved
with
the
Middletown
School
Facilities
Core
...
Committee;
the
Rhode
Island
Science,
Technology,
Engineering
and
Mathematics
(STEM)
Advisory
Committee;
the
Aquidneck
Land
Trust;
the
Sakonnet
Preservation
Society;
the
United
States
Navy
League;
the
Physics
First
Advisory
Board;
the
St.
Philomena
School
Board
of
Trustees;
the
Rhode
Island
Science
and
Engineering
Fair;
the
Rhode
Island
Space
Grant
consortium;
the
UMASS
Dartmouth
Computer
and
Electrical/Computer
Engineering
Advisory
Committee
and
serves
as
a
Lector
and
Eucharistic
Minister
at
St.
Lucy's
Church.
A
1979
graduate
Notre
Dame
Catholic
High
School,
he
went
on
to
earn
a
B.S.
in
Computer
Engineering
from
the
University
of
Bridgeport
in
1983
and
a
Masters
in
Computer
Science
from
Brown
University
in
1989.
Senator
DiPalma
served
on
the
Middletown
Town
Council
from
2004-2008
before
elected
to
the
Rhode
Island
Senate.
Lou
is
married
to
Margaret
and
they
have
two
children,
Kellie
and
Abigail.
He
is
employed
as
a
Technical
Director
for
Raytheon.
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