PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is losing one of her closest advisers and hiring a new top aide from the Obama administration.
The Democratic governor’s office said Friday that Matt Bucci is leaving in late January to take a job with Los Angeles-based global infrastructure firm AECOM.
Bucci is a special adviser to Raimondo and directs the governor’s office. He will remain in Rhode Island, working on the California company’s growth and strategy division. AECOM has a Rhode Island presence and has done business with the state.
Raimondo is also hiring a new senior adviser, Jon Romano, who begins next month. Romano is a senior adviser to outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and once worked for former North Carolina Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue. His salary will be just over $155,000.
