Blake A. Filippi (jan 1, 2015 – dec 31, 2022)

Description:

Charlestown, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Dates of Service: January 1, 2015 - 2022

Date of Birth: September 10, 1980

Birth Place: Rhode Island

Education: University of Arizona (B.A., History, 2003); Camden School of Law, Rutgers University (J.D., 2007)

Other Offices: House Minority Leader (November 2018 - 2022); House Minority Whip (2016-2018)

Affiliations: Member, Rhode Island Farm Bureau (Present); Member, Rhode Island Bar Association

Honors and Awards: 2021 Rhode Island Republican Party Standing Ovation Samuel Slater Eye on Innovation Award Recipient

Other Information: Leader Filippi filed a lawsuit against General Assembly leadership, challenging the way the Rhode Island legislature hires and fires staff, and spends $46 million-a-year. His father, Paul Filippi of Providence, RI, opened the first integrated music venue in New England in 1949.