Elected Officials

Republican Town Council Members

Jeffrey Dinsmore

Richmond Town Council

Richmond resident for 8 years
Former Human Services professional for 20 years / Former staff of N.A.F.I. Rhode Island. Responsible for day-to-day operations of various residential treatment programs. Management, purchasing, scheduling, property management, hiring, employee evaluation, bid preparation and budget experience
Trained by Teamsters Local 251 for CDL A license
Currently employed by the Town of Westerly in the Department of Public Works
Experience in hauling asphalt, sand & gravel for road, curb and storm repair
Skilled in operating Transfer Station scale which services approximately 300 residents daily
Skilled street sweeper, vacuum truck and dump truck operator for Town of Westerly
Co-Founder and Board Member, Gabrielle Dinsmore Heart & Hope Fund, a non-profit whose mission was to emotionally and financially support children and families in New England impacted by congenital heart defects. Non-profit supported hundreds of heart families and was operational from 2010 to 2017. Assets were then transferred to the RI Foundation and 2 permanent endowed funds were established to benefit heart families served by Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and 2 CT hospitals
Skilled listener, Team-player, Strategic-thinker, Collaborator
Married to Louise Dinsmore, father to Jovani and the late Gabrielle Dinsmore
Attended Community College of Rhode Island
Former Vice-Chair, Richmond Republican Town Committee

Republican School Committee Members

Louise Dinsmore

Chair of the Chariho School Committee

8-year Richmond resident
B.A. in Political Science, Providence College; Minor in Public Administration
Self-employed, professional non-profit fundraiser with 30 years’ experience
Managed and executed successful Capital Campaigns raising millions of dollars for Wood River Health, Providence Public Library, Jonnycake Center for Hope, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Rhode Island, Thundermist Health Services, PACE Organization of Rhode Island, to name a few
Founder, Forgotten Taxpayers Political Action Committee whose mission is to give a voice to the taxpayers on issues related to the school budget and town budget
Co-Founder/Board Member, Gabrielle Dinsmore Heart & Hope Fund. The non-profit mission was to emotionally and financially support children and families in New England impacted by congenital heart defects (CHD’s). Our organization supported hundreds of heart families and was operational from 2010 to 2017, where all assets were then transferred to the RI Foundation. Two permanent endowed funds were established to benefit heart families and pediatric patients of Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Yale New Haven Hospital and CT Children’s Medical Center
Board Member, Chariho Rotary Club, 2023-present. Lead the Club’s philanthropy in International Service. The Rotary motto is “Service Above Self” and the Rotary supports scholarships for Chariho students and local non-profit organizations
Member, Richmond Economic Development Commission in 2023
Chair, Richmond Republican Town Committee, managed 5 successful local campaigns for School Committee and Town Council in 2022
Recognized by Transform RI PAC in 2023 with the Leadership Award for leading the Republican Town Committee to overwhelming success
2017 Providence Business News honoree for Women in Business
2014 Honoree by the National Organization of Italian-American Women for work with local non-profits and Gabrielle Dinsmore Heart & Hope Fund
Served as a staff member for U.S. Congressman Ronald K. Machtley from 1989-1994, employed in both the RI and Washington, D.C. offices
Married to Jeffrey Dinsmore, mother to Jovani (attended Richmond Elementary from K-3) and the late Gabrielle Dinsmore
Kidney donor in 6-person swap

Patricia Pouliot

Former Chair, Richmond Republican Town Committee
Active in Rhode Island GOP
Retried U.S. Postmaster in Sterling and Plainfield, CT areas
Oversaw 5 post offices, remotely managed 14 employees, 6 postal routes and 5 retail operations
Managed 5 postal budgets simultaneously, charged with doing more year after year with fewer resources
Experienced in union grievance process
Responsible for building and landscape maintenance for 5 postal sites
Parent of Chariho graduate
Former parent classroom volunteer at Richmond Elementary School
Former 4-H volunteer
Richmond resident for 34 years
Wife, mother, grandmother

Republican General Assembly Serving Richmond

Senator Elaine Morgan

Elaine J. Morgan is a Republican representing District 34 (Charlestown, Exeter, Hopkinton, Richmond, West Greenwich) in the Rhode Island Senate. First elected to the Senate in November 2014, Senator Morgan currently serves as Deputy Minority Whip.

Sen. Morgan is currently a member of the Senate Committee on Special Legislation & Veterans' Affairs and the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services. She previously served as a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Education. She also served as the Senate Minority Whip from June 2019 through January 2021.

Sen. Morgan previously served three terms as Hopkinton's first female elected Town Sergeant.

During her time in the General Assembly, Sen. Morgan has acted to address the issue of human trafficking. She was the Senate sponsor of a 2015 law increasing penalties for engaging in sex trafficking of minors. She has cosponsored legislation to put a line-item veto before voters as a constitutional amendment, as well as a bill that would require businesses in Rhode Island with three or more employees to participate in the federal E-Verify program.

Sen. Morgan created a licensing program and set minimum standards for pump installers and commercial and residential water filtration/treatment system contractors. She has introduced legislation to eliminate all state income tax on social security income and includes protecting and strengthening the rights of parents and students in her legislative priorities.

In 2015, Sen. Morgan was appointed to the Rhode Island Commission on Women & Girls. She was named a “Friend of Small Business" for the 2015-16 legislative session by the NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business). She has been awarded as the top-rated Senator for protecting and preserving individual and constitutional freedom and liberties by CPAC and The RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity from 2014 - 2022.

Sen. Morgan was the 2019 winner of the Middendorf Pillar of Freedom Award and received a Conservative Achievement Award in 2020 from The American Conservative Union Foundation.

A lifelong Rhode Islander, Sen. Morgan is an entrepreneur and small business owner of Ashaway Dry Cleaning. She is a member of Our Lady of Victory Church in Ashaway and a former foster parent.

She and her late husband, Edward, have two children and two grandchildren.

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