Rhode Island Senate Committee Approves Clingham As New Mental Health Advocate

Circle Connections: New Talent A Senate committee unanimously approved Megan N. Clingham as Rhode Island's new mental health advocate, clearing the way for a vote of the full Senate. The confirmation by the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services came eight months after Gov. Lincoln Chafee nominated Clingham to replace H. Reed Cosper, who retired June 2. Clingham, 46, is a staff lawyer in the Office of the Child Advocate who spent 10 years as an assistant public defender. This was reported by the Providence Journal on March 5, 2013. Contact information: Catherine Cool Rumsey, Senator, Rhode Island . . .