Background
Coffey, Sean Owen was born on January 8, 1950 in Providence. Son of James Hanley and Rita Yvette (Dierkes) Coffey.
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Sean Owen Coffey
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Bachelor of Science in Foreign Svc., Georgetown University, 1972; Juris Doctor, Boston University, 1976.
Career
Legal counsel, Rhode Island Department Environmental Management, Providence, 1977-1980;
chief legal counsel, Rhode Island Department Environmental Management, Providence, 1980-1983;
associate attorney, Letts, Quinn & Licht, Providence, 1983-1985;
associate attorney, Licht & Semonoff, Providence, 1985-1986;
partner, Licht & Semonoff, Providence, 1986-1992;
senator, Rhode Island State Legislature, Providence, 1985-1990;
partner, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, Providence, since 1992. Vice-chairman Joint Committee on Environmental and Energy, Providence, 1987-1990. Member Governor's Environmental Quality Study Commission, Providence, 1988-1990.
Chair Economics Opportunity Committee, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member Mayor's Management Task Force, Providence, 1984. Trustee Providence Preservation Society, 1990-1992, president, 1992-1994. Member board advisors National Trust for History Preservation, since 1990, chairman N.E. region, 1993-1995.
Board directors Save the Bay, 1991-1997, Providence Center for Counseling and Psychiatric Superior vena cava syndrome, 1991-1994. Board directors, chairperson community services board United Way Southeastern New England, since 1991. Chairman Governor's Needs for the '90sCommn., 1993.
Member American Bar Association, Rhode Island Bar Association (committee environmental law, chairman since 1995).
Interests
Connections
Married Eleanor Vaughan Coffey, March 10, 1979 (divorced December 1994).
