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January 2, 2008

Ex-N. Kingstown manager named Cicilline's new top aide

PROVIDENCE -- Richard Kerbel, longtime town manager in North Kingstown, has been tapped as Providence’s newest chief of administration, filling the vacancy created by the recent departure of John Simmons.

Kerbel, 57, will take over as Mayor David N. Cicilline’s top aide immediately. Simmons left at the new year to head the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council.

Kerbel served as town manager in North Kingstown from 1993 to 2006, before leaving to serve a one-year stint as town manager in Coventry. He resigned abruptly from his Coventry position in August 2007 after butting heads with the Town Council over finances.

He lives in North Kingstown.

Kerbel, a native of Ardsley, N.Y., holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Tufts University and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Colorado.

After a stint as an engineer for Boulder County, Colo., he enrolled at Texas A & M University, where he earned an engineering doctorate focusing on public works management. Before serving as North Kingstown's manager, Kerbel served as manager of Fallsburg, N.Y., and assistant manager of Rochester, N.Y.

-- Journal staff writer Daniel Barbarisi

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