Resume of Francis G. Chicoine

1433 SW Balmoral Trace

Stuart, Fl. 34997

TEL. 772-781-0941

Education: BSBA/MBA University of Rhode Island

Employment: Retired in 1994 as Vice President of Valley Resources, a natural gas distribution company in Rhode Island. Company subsequently acquired by National Grid.

Active in many organizations, but more importantly more related to this kind of activity, the following is more appropriate.

Past Chairman of a local School Board as well as State Chairman of the Rhode Island School Board’s Association.

Past Chairman of a Regional Mental Health Center and also past Chairman of the State Association.

Served on Woonsocket, Rhode Island’s Planning Board and Library Board of Trustees.

Employment: Responsible for testimony regarding natural gas rates before State Commission.