David Cicilline

David Nicola Cicilline (born July 15, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who represented Rhode Island's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023. Prior to his tenure in Congress, Cicilline served as mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, from 2003 to 2011, during which he focused on reforming city government amid fiscal challenges, including efforts to address structural deficits that drew criticism for inadequate disclosure during his 2010 congressional campaign. He began his political career in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, serving four terms from 1995 to 2003. As chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law from 2019 to 2023, Cicilline led an extensive investigation into digital market dominance, culminating in a majority report recommending legislative reforms to curb the power of major technology platforms through measures such as divestitures and bans on self-preferencing. In June 2023, he resigned from Congress to become president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, one of the nation's oldest community foundations managing over $1.5 billion in assets dedicated to philanthropic initiatives in the state.

David Cicilline was born on July 15, 1961, in Providence, Rhode Island, the third of five children born to Sabra Cicilline (née Peskin), who is Jewish, and John Francis "Jack" Cicilline, an Italian American criminal defense attorney known for representing organized crime figures. His father maintained Roman Catholic ties, as did at least one brother, while Cicilline adopted his mother's Jewish faith and has described himself as a practicing Jew.