1. Your Independent Candidate for RI State
Representative in House District 1
Paid for by the Friends of Ray Mathieu, John E. Bucci, Jr., Treasurer
I shall be an Independent first time elected official with none of the political
party cronyism and baggage of the incumbents and not be encumbered by
the influence of narrowly focused special interest groups.
Why you should vote for me on November 8
Vote NOVEMBER 8
RI’s Ray of Hope
401-408-4422 | RayforRep@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/raymathieu
www.RayMathieu.com
I’ll bring to the General Assembly a unique understanding of how to fix the RI
Economy based upon my over 40 years of sophisticated financial experience
and expertise as: VP & Controller of Fleet Bank, Senior VP & Controller of
Old Stone Bank, CFO (25 years) of Providence Equity Partners with a strong
reputation for straightforwardness and high ethical standards.
Since retiring in January 2012, I have focused on:
A) Economic development and job creation in RI by fostering
and nurturing start up businesses by:
I) Investing my own money through Cherrystone Angel Investors and Ocean
State Angel Investors.
II) Sitting on the Boards and Investment Committees of The Slater Technology
Fund (www.slaterfund.com) and The Business Development Company of RI
(www.bdcri.com)
III) Being an Advisor and Judge at the Annual RI Business Plan Competition
(www.ri-bizplan.com)
B) Improving RI’s education system by:
I) Participating in Lt. Gov. Dan McKee’s new Education Moonshot initiative.
II) Being a Board Member Treasurer of OSHEAN, Inc.(www.oshean.org)
III) Being a Trustee of the URI Foundation (www.urifoundation.org)
IV) Being a Member of the URI Business Advisory Council (http://web.uri.edu/
business/advisory-council/)
ELECT
As a State Representative, I shall focus on the issues which the majority of
my constituents find most important to RI. Based upon my personal door
to door campaigning so far, those issues are: Economic Development Job
Creation, Improving RI’s Public School Education and Ethics Reform.
• Rhode Island native. Lived in RI virtually my entire life. Worked in
Providence for almost 40 years.
• Solid family man. Married 33 years to Lucia Mathieu (Pimentel).
Raised 2 sons.