Representative Charlene Lima

Deputy Majority Leader

Member, House Judiciary Committee

Member, House Committee on Municipal Government

Charlene Lima (D) represents District 14 in Cranston. First elected in November 1992, Rep. Lima is a Deputy Majority Leader and a member of both the House Judiciary and House Municipal Government Committees.

In 2012, she co-sponsored a bill signed into law which requires a background check for people seeking to participate in mentoring programs.

Rep. Lima has a long history of public service. She served on the Attorney General’s Juvenile Justice Task Force, the Secretary of the State Panel for Election Law Reform, and the Providence/Cranston 13th District Representative Committee.

A retired educator, Rep. Lima taught for the Providence School Department and was also a member of the American Federation of Teachers and the Providence Teacher’s Union.

Rep. Lima has also been involved with the Rhode Island Society to Prevent Blindness and the Women’s Auxiliary of the St. Mary’s Feast Society.

Rep. Lima earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1975. She graduated from Classical High School in Providence in1971. Rep. Lima was born on August 18, 1953. She is married to Frank Fiorenzano.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
455 Laurel Hill Avenue
Cranston, RI  02920
(401) 946-5707