Rhode island Lt. Gov. Dan McKee has been elected chairman of the National Lieutenant Governors Association. The Cumberland Democrat won the post last week at the group’s annual meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
As chairman, McKee will preside over a December 2016 confab in Arizona, a March 2017 meeting in Washington, D.C. and the annual summer meeting in Nashville.
McKee, a former Cumberland mayor elected as lieutenant governor in 2014, will also lead the group’s 17-member executive committee in directing policy discussions.
“As a first-term lieutenant governor, it is a tremendous honor to be selected by leaders from across our nation to serve as chair of the NLGA,’’ said McKee in a statement.
During the annual meeting in Michigan, the lieutenant governors discussed state-based best practices for building regional economies, promoting tourism and supporting cities.
