“Rhode Island’s life science agency has its first, full-time CEO after a legislative confirmation Tuesday. The Rhode Island Senate’s unanimous vote — the chamber’s first appointment of the 2025 session — cements Dr. Mark Turco’s new position as president and CEO of the Rhode Island Life Science Hub. The agency’s 15-member board of directors signed a three-year contract with Turco in December, but required signoff of state lawmakers under the state’s fiscal 2024 budget, which created the agency. The vote Tuesday came swiftly and without discussion. Turco attended with his family, who snapped cell phone photos of him waving to applauding lawmakers.”
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