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Contact Us

  • Address:
    1511 Pontiac Avenue
    Cranston, RI 02920
  • Directions:
    FROM THE EAST: Follow interstate 95 north or south to route 37 west. Take the Pontiac Ave exit. Bear left at the bottom of the exit onto Pontiac Avenue, heading south. Turn right at the third traffic signal onto Howard Avenue and into the Pastore Complex. Turn right at the first stop sign at West Road. The Department of Business Regulation is in the large stone buildings on the right, behind the yellow Maintenance Building The left side of the parking lot is close to the entrance.

    FROM THE WEST: Follow interstate 295 north or south to route 37 east. Take the Oaklawn Avenue exit (route 2 south). At the first traffic signal, turn left into the complex onto Howard Avenue. At the first stop sign, turn left onto West Road. DBR is in the large stone buildings on the right, behind the yellow Maintenance Building. The left side of the parking lot is close to the entrance.

    FROM THE PARKING LOT: Use the entrance to the Department of Business Regulation between Building 68 and Building 69 and check in at the desk.

Key Personnel

Name / Department
Phone
Fax
Email

Department of Business Regulation Director's Office

(401) 462-9500 (401) 462-9532 DirectorOfficeInquiry@dbr.state.ri.us
A. Michael Marques, Director     mmarques@dbr.state.ri.us

Richard W. Berstein, Executive Counsel

    rberstein@dbr.state.ri.us

Brian J. Riggs, Budget Administrator

    briggs@dbr.state.ri.us
Albert Smith, Agency IT Manager     asmith@dbr.state.ri.us
Dolores Sisson, Supervising Employee Relations Officer (401) 222-6392 (401) 222-6395 Dsisson@hr.ri.gov
Office of Legal Counsel

(401) 462-9539

(401) 462-9536

 
Neena Savage, Chief of Legal Services     NSSVG1@dbr.state.ri.us
Ellen Balasco, Deputy Chief of Legal Services (401) 462-9538   ebalasco@dbr.state.ri.us

Banking Regulation Division

(401) 462-9503 (401) 462-9559 BankInquiry@dbr.state.ri.us
Vacant, Associate Director & Superintendent    
Steven Cayouette, State Chief Bank Examiner (401) 462-9560   scayouet@dbr.state.ri.us
Sara Paterson Cabral, Assistant Supervisor of Examinations (401) 462-9570   SPATER@dbr.state.ri.us

Rebecca L. Specht, Principal Licensing Examiner

(401) 462-9564   RSPECHT@dbr.state.ri.us
Jeffrey L. Asermely, Assistant Supervisor of Examinations (401) 462-9573   DBKDB@dbr.state.ri.us

Commercial Licensing and Regulation Division

(401) 462-9506

(401) 462-9645 CommercialLicensingInquiry@dbr.state.ri.us
Maria D'Alessandro, Associate Director of Commercial Licensing & Regulation      
William J. DeLuca, Acting Administrator, Real Estate     WDELUCA@dbr.state.ri.us
Thomas Broderick, Chief Public Protection Inspector (includes Mobile Homes)     TTTMM@dbr.state.ri.us
William J. DeLuca, Chief Licensing Examiner, Racing and Athletics      
Kim Precious, Licensing Aide, Auctioneers,Bedding, Upholstery      
     
Linda Morton, Licensing Aide      
     

Design Professionals Board

(401) 462-9530 (401) 462-9532

Insurance Regulation Division

(401) 462-9520 (401) 462-9602 InsuranceInquiry@dbr.state.ri.us

Joseph Torti III, Associate Director & Superintendent

     
Sharon K. Gordon, Chief Insurance Examiner      
Jack Broccoli, Chief Insurance Examiner - Financial Analysis      
Paula M. Pallozzi, Chief Property & Casualty Insurance Analyst      
Vacant, Chief Life, Accident & Health Insurance Analyst      
Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Legal Services/General Counsel      
Donna Arabian, Adminstrative Officer      

Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner

(401) 462-9517 (401) 462-9645 HealthInsInquiry@ohic.ri.gov

Racing and Athletics Regulation Division

(401) 462-9525 or 462-9526 (401) 462-9645 RacingAthleticsInquiry@dbr.state.ri.us
William J. DeLuca, Chief Licensing Examiner, Racing and Athletics      
Chris Tobiasz, Pari-Mutuel Operations Specialist      

Securities Regulation Division

(401) 462-9527 (401) 462-9645 SecuritiesInquiry@dbr.state.ri.us
Maria D'Alessandro, Associate Director & Superintendent      
Dennis R. Murray, Chief Securities Examiner      
     

Board of Accountancy

(401) 462-9550 (401) 462-9536 rsnyder@dbr.state.ri.us
Rosemary B. Snyder, Administrator (401) 462-9549    
Board Members:      
John M. Mathias, CPA, Chairman      
       
Henry M. Saccoccia, CPA      
Jay N. Rosenstein, CPA      
James E. Feeney, CPA      
Jonathan A. Barnes