In releases issued Tuesday President of the Senate Dominick J. Ruggerio (D-Dist. 4, North Providence, Providence) announced committee appointments for Sen. Kendra Anderson (D-Dist. 31, Warwick, Cranston) and Sen. Jeanine Calkin (D-Dist. 30, Warwick).

Anderson will serve on the Commerce and Housing & Municipal Government Committees.

The Commerce Committee considers legislation and matters relating to financial institutions, business regulation, property and casualty insurance, technology and telecommunications.

The Senate Committee on Housing and Municipal Government considers all legislation and matters affecting housing, municipal government and transportation.

Senator Anderson is an ESOL teacher in Central Falls, a member of Progreso Latino, and founder of Climate Action Rhode Island. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamilton College.She was elected to the Rhode Island Senate in November of 2020.

Calkin will serve on the Senate Committee on Education and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

The Education Committee considers legislation pertaining to education, including student performance, governance, programming and teacher preparation and planning.

The Health and Human Services Committee handles all legislation and matters relative to public health and welfare; health care and human service access and quality; health and human service professional standards of practice, and facility standards of care. 

Calkin was inaugurated to her second term last week, having previously represented District 30 from 2017 to 2018.  She also served on the Health and Human Services Committee during her first term. She is a project manager at the nonprofit coalition Renew New England Alliance.