Scott Avedisian
Scott Avedisian is the former Republican mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, the second largest city in the state after Providence.
Avedisian represented Ward 1 in the Warwick City Council from 1990 to 2000, being reelected four times. He was first elected mayor in 2000, and has served since then. He is the youngest person ever elected as Mayor of Warwick and was the youngest person ever elected to the Warwick City Council.
Avedisian holds an undergraduate degree from Providence College and a Master of Public Administration degree from Roger Williams University. He also received an honorary degree from the New England Institute of Technology. He is of Armenian descent.
In April 2018, Avedisian announced that he was stepping down from office to become the head of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, better known as RIPTA.
