Bob Sutton

Bob and his wife Lynda have lived in Jamestown since 1970 and he is presently the volunteer Farm Manager at the Jamestown Community Farm. Bob is retired from the Department of Environmental Management where he worked for fifteen years. Prior to that he served as the Jamestown Town Administrator for eighteen years and before that worked as a Research Associate at the University of Rhode Island for four years.

Bob has served on the Jamestown Town Council for the past two years. He believes in a strong, responsible local government that commits itself to maintaining a sustainable quality of life that supports a community of diversified interests and happy children.

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Mike White

Mike is a decorated Vietnam veteran who retired as Captain just three years after being drafted. After returning from the war, he earned his B.A. in English and began working for the United States Veteran’s Administration. He retired in 2004.

Mike’s experience on Town Council and the Planning Commission has shown him the need for balance on the island: to keep our community young, vibrant and beautiful, the island needs to value both affordability and increasing property values.

He lives in town with his wife, Lee, who has been active in the Community Theatre. Both Mike and Lee have been involved for many years with the Central Baptist Church. Recently he retired from the church’s Board of Trustees. He especially enjoys time spent with his two granddaughters, who also live on the island with his son Jeremy and wife.

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Bob Bowen

Bob has lived in Southern RI since 1975. He earned a degree in Environmental Chemistry from URI in 1978. Currently he works at URI for the Coastal Resources Center, which focuses on sustainable coastal development. Bob has worked in Asia, Africa and South America.

He believes the role of government is to foster stewardship of our resources and to consider what we leave for the next generations. He moved to Jamestown in 1999 and shortly afterwards became interested in local issues, especially waterfront uses. He has volunteered on the Jamestown Harbor Management Commission for 5 years. He also has worked on an ad-hoc committee in 2005-2006 that delved into the potential of wind energy as a source of power and income for the town. This lead to the formation of the Jamestown Wind Energy Committee in 2007 where he serves as co-chair. He is an active boater and fisherman, single and lives in the Jamestown Shores.

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Bill Murphy

Bill is experienced and dedicated to improving the island. He sees the need to update town ordinances; then finish ongoing projects and seek State and Federal funds to pay for them. Priorities include upgrading the sidewalks along Narragansett Avenue, building an addition to the Jamestown Community Center for the Recreation Department, and putting forward the "in-law" ordinance to help Jamestowners.

Bill brings to the council experience with government: he is a past State Representative and former Jamestown Town Councilman. He enlisted in the US Army, served twenty years and retired as a Major. He has owned and run three small businesses.

Bill has volunteered for many groups on the island, such as the Jamestown Volunteer Fire Department, Jamestown Lions Club, St. Mark Knights of Columbus, the American Legion, Jamestown Affordable Housing Committee, Jamestown Emergency Medical Service Association, Jamestown Community Theater, and Jamestown Shores Association.

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Mike Schnack

Mike gained his fine grasp of town issues while serving on the Planning Commission and the Town Council. Further, his clear-sighted strength of asking relevant questions ensure pragmatic solutions can be found.

During his previous term on the Council, the town built the new town hall, resolved the highway barn issue and began buying lots in the Shores to protect the watershed -- all accomplished without a major tax increase.

Mike works as Director of Labor Relations for the leading water services company in North America. There he is responsible for all of the company’s labor relations across the country. He earned his B.A. from Providence College and his M.B.A. from URI.

He lives on Clarke Street with his wife Colleen and two children, Michael and Caty. Both attend North Kingstown High School.

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Jim Donnelly

Town moderator Jim Donnelly serves as town moderator as a way of giving back to a community he loves. Jim brings great spirit and energy to everything he does. He combines a fundamental good nature with vast experience as a private attorney and as a former Town Solicitor for Jamestown, to run the Annual Financial Town Meeting in both a friendly and efficient manner.

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Cathy Kaiser

Cathy has served as Chair of the Jamestown School Committee since May 2001. She is a member of the Executive Board of the Rhode Island Association of School Committees and in 2004 received that organization’s annual award for outstanding school committee leadership. She actively promotes an education agenda at the State House, has represented RI school committees on two legislative commissions (on education funding; and on unfunded mandates), and is a frequent contributor to editorial pages. A teacher at Attleboro High School, Cathy has a masters degree in comparative literature. She is the mother of two adult sons.

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Julia Held

Since 2005, Julie has been a thoughtful, active member of the School Committee. She has focused on four subcommittees (policy, high school review, strategic planning and contract negotiation) and acting as a liaison to the Special Education Local Advisory Committee and the Wellness Committee.

Julia’s attachment to Jamestown began with visits to her grandmother as a child. She and her husband Randy White moved here permanently in 1980. They live in West Ferry with their three children: Alex 25, Owen 20, and Madeleine (Maia) 15, who attends North Kingstown High School.

Julia earned her B.A. in Biology from Wellesley College in 1979. Later she earned a M.A.T., also in biology, from Rhode Island College. Julia has taught biology at RIC since 1987 and at CCRI since 2001.

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Dana Long

Dana moved to Jamestown in 2001 to build a life with David Long after growing up in the Midwest and traveling full-time as a training consultant in sales, service and leadership. Currently she works in human resources for Schneider-Electric (the parent company of APC).

She also has worked with children across the globe with the charity, Cherish Our Children International (COCI). COCI develops leadership skills in youths.

Dana and David’s twin daughters, Jessica and Sofia, are in kindergarten. Dana is ready to focus on the local community and school system. From her work in human resources Dana knows first hand the value of hiring the right people for key roles and then supporting them to make an organization thrive. These skills and her personal passions for helping children will make Dana a valuable School Committee member.

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