Meet the President
Mark K. Gardner
Mark Gardner teaches US History at Chariho Regional High School and serves as a State Co-Coordinator for Rhode Island Model Legislature. He is also the historian for the Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society, headquartered at the Paine House Museum in Coventry, RI.
Meet the Vice President
Louise A. Oliveira
Louise Oliveira was Chair of the History Department at Exeter-West Greenwich High School from 1990 until her retirement in 2015. She serves as a State Co-Coordinator of Rhode Island Model Legislature and she is a program advisor and docent and at Linden Place Museum in Bristol, RI.
Meet the Secretary
Lindsay Bedard
Lindsay Bedard is a social studies teacher at North Providence High School.
Meet the Treasurer
Patricia Jarvis
Patricia Jarvis is the RICSS treasurer.
Administrative Staff
Nicholas Barrow
Systems Administrator & Chief Media Consultant
Nicholas Barrow is an alumnus of the RICSS’s program, the Rhode Island Model Legislature (“RIML”) , where he volunteered to redesign their digital platform. Upon graduating high school and moving onto Georgetown University, Nicholas agreed to continue to provide website and technology services to RICSS, managing both the infrastructure for RICSS and RIML.