MEDIA CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michelle Saunders, Board Chair
Email: info@youthprideri.org
Phone: (401) 421-5626
Youth Pride, Inc. Welcomes New Board Member
Providence, R.I. – August 19, 2019 — Youth Pride, Inc. is excited to announce the addition of a new Board Member as of August 2019. Greg Tumolo brings to the board, his passion and skills in legislative advocacy and public policy initiatives affecting LGBTQ youth and shares in YPI’s core values of leadership, affirmation, and community for all LGBTQ youth in Rhode Island. “Greg embodies the spirit of community and brings talent, expertise and energy to the table. We are very fortunate to have him by our side as we continue to strengthen community in Rhode Island,” Michelle Saunders, Board Chair.
Gregory Tumolo is senior counsel at Duffy & Sweeney, Ltd. and head of the employment law team, where he provides employers with the creative and cost-effective compliance solutions to grow their businesses and effectively manage risk. Specifically, he handles the documents companies need to recruit and retain a diverse and talented workforce; build a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and harassment; and comply with their obligations under local, state, and federal law.
He regularly assist clients with issues arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and state anti-discrimination and wage and hour laws.
Greg has litigated discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, and whistle-blower claims, successfully defending employers in cases before the before state courts and administrative agencies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
In addition to his law practice, Greg has testified as a subject matter expert before the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor on the proposed overtime rules (September 2018), and also before the House Special Legislative Commission to Study Unlawful Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (April 2018). Greg was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2014 and 2018 for the area of labor and employment law. Greg served on the first gay-straight alliance (GSA) at his public high school. While studying at Bryant University, he served as the President of Bryant Pride and also served as a student representative on a commission to study bias-related incidents on campus.
