Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today that Jan Reitsma has joined the Office of the Governor as Special Advisor for Policy and Legislative Affairs. His first day will be Monday (March 10).
Jan Reitsma spent the last six years as the Executive Director of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission and Superintendent of Roger Williams National Memorial. He also has served as Director of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management; Assistant and Under Secretary to the Mass. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs; and Associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart.