Governor Gina Raimondo has been named one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine in a list released this morning.
Here’s what Fortune Magazine had to say:
#38 – Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo
America’s smallest state just tackled one of the country’s biggest fiscal problems. Countless state and local governments struggle with underfinanced pension plans, and Rhode Island’s was one of the worst before 2014. That’s when Gina Raimondo, then state treasurer, engineered an overhaul that slashed cost-of-living increases and pointed the system toward solvency. Public-sector unions fulminated and sued, but voters rewarded Raimondo by electing her governor. In 2015 she negotiated legal settlements that preserved her pension reforms, inspiring hope in cash-strapped statehouses everywhere.
Of the list, Fortune Mag says “The leaders you’ll meet here, known and new, will lift your mood and upgrade your assessment of the world’s future. Some may inspire you to join their followers. And those unheard-ofs, so seemingly ordinary, may even prompt you to rethink your own potential as an inspiring leader.”
Gongrats Governor Raimondo!
View the rest of the list HERE
