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Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo

  • Rhode Island
  • Democratic
Career

U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 2021-2025
Governor of Rhode Island, 2015-2021
Treasurer of Rhode Island, 2011-2015

Education

B.A., Harvard University
Ph.D., Oxford University
J.D., Yale Law School

Details

Born: May 17, 1971

Governor State Treasurer/CFO U.S. Cabinet Member U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Biography

Gina Raimondo served as U.S. secretary of commerce from 2021-2025. She served as governor of Rhode Island from 2015-2021, the first woman to serve as Rhode Island's governor, and as Rhode Island's treasurer from 2011-2015, only the second woman to serve in that role in Rhode Island.

Raimondo was born May 17, 1971, in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She earned a B.A. in economics from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in sociology from Oxford University (where she was a Rhodes Scholar), and a J.D. from Yale Law School. After law school, Raimondo clerked for U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York. She then served as senior vice president of fund development at the venture capital firm Village Ventures before co-founding and serving as general partner of the venture capital firm Point Judith Capital and was.

Sources:

Ballotpedia (n.d.). Gina Raimondo. Retrieved on June 17, 2020, from https://ballotpedia.org/Gina_Raimondo.

National Governors Association. (n.d.). Gov. Gina Raimondo. Retrieved on June 17, 2020, from https://www.nga.org/governor/gina-raimondo/.

State of Rhode Island. (n.d.) The Governor. Retrieved on June 17, 2020, from https://governor.ri.gov/about/governor.php.

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