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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING CAROL GIBSON, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW,

RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING, ON HER RETIREMENT

AFTER MORE THAN 38 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ON MARCH 31, 2025

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Boylan, Chippendale, Furtado,
Dawson, Kennedy, Ajello, Shallcross Smith, and Cortvriend

     Date Introduced: March 25, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Carol Gibson began her distinguished public service career in 1986 when

she accepted a position within the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

Shortly thereafter, Carol transferred to the Rhode Island Department of Administration in 1987;

and

     WHEREAS, Carol Gibson later took the civil service exam for a Claims Interviewer

within the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, and upon passing, accepted a position

in the former East Providence unemployment office for the then Department of Employment and

Training in 1991. Carol's tireless work ethic, abiding integrity, and excellent work skills were

recognized immediately by her superiors and she was quickly promoted to the position of

Adjudicator, investigating contested benefit issues; and

     WHEREAS, In 1995, Carol relocated to the Elmwood Avenue Office when the

Adjudication Division was centralized, combining ten local adjudication offices into one office.

The Department was further relocated to the Pastore Center General Complex in Cranston in

2001; and

     WHEREAS, Once again, Carol Gibson's exceptional leadership skills and work ethic

were noticed by her superiors, and as a result she was promoted to the position of Principal

Manager within the Department of Employment and Training in 2003, and was further promoted

in 2005 to the position of Coordinator of Unemployment Insurance Programs. In 2009, she

received yet another promotion, and was named the Chief of Unemployment Insurance Programs;

and

     WHEREAS, In 2011, Carol Gibson transitioned from the Department's administrative

office to the Board of Review as a Referee. Once again Carol displayed her superior work skills

and she was appointed to the position of Chief Referee and in June of 2021, she was further

promoted to the position of Administrator of Operations; and

     WHEREAS, Carol Gibson has always been a consummate professional who has excelled

at every position she has held within State Government and within the Rhode Island Department

of Labor and Training, where she worked for 34 years of her distinguished 38 years as a Rhode

Island state employee. Carol has served the Department with distinction, honor and integrity, and

has been throughout the years a valued mentor to many department employees. She also provided

superb leadership and steady and knowledgeable guidance to the Department and the Board of

Review. Carol will be dearly missed by the Department and her fellow colleagues; now, therefore

be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

congratulates Carol Gibson on her retirement from the State of Rhode Island after more than 38

years of exceptional and devoted service to the citizens of the State. We furthermore wish her a

most happy retirement with her husband, Peyton, her children, Rachel and Caleb, and the entire

Lopes Family. We also wish her continued success in all her future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Carol Gibson.

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