Senator Lori Urso
Secretary, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Member, Senate
Committee on Environment & Agriculture
Member, Senate Committee on
Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies
Lori Urso is a Democrat representing District 8 (Pawtucket) in the Rhode
Island Senate. She was elected in November 2024.
Sen. Urso brings a record
of leadership and accomplishment in local government and the nonprofit sector.
Since 2014, she has served as president and CEO of the Old Slater Mill
Association, helping to preserve a valued national landmark, and operates the
Slater Industrial Archives, a repository for Pawtucket history.
Since
2015, she has served on the RI Historical Records Advisory Board and has
co-chaired Pawtucket International Women's Day. She served nine years on the
board of the Pawtucket Foundation, and currently serves on the Pawtucket
Riverfront Commission.
Previously, Sen. Urso worked in river and watershed
conversation in Rhode Island, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1.
Sen. Urso holds a Master of
Public Administration from the University of Rhode Island and a Bachelor of Arts
from Rutgers University. She was a 2013 Rhode Island Foundation Leadership
Fellow, and she served as a member of the Westerly Town Council from 2000 to
2002.