DAVID TESTA, Warwick School Committee

Because at the end of the day, someone’s school system has to be the best, why not ours?

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." - Malcolm Forbes

Content Copyright 2016-2024.  David Testa, Warwick School Committee. All rights reserved.

Biography & Experience


EDUCATION​​​

  • Born 1963 in Cranston. Educated in Cranston Public Schools - George Peters Elementary (formerly West View School); Hugh B. Bain Junior High; Cranston High School West Class of 1981. 
  • Graduated Providence College 1985 - B.A. Political Science (while working 30-35 hours a week to put myself through college).


EMPLOYMENT

  • Employed as a Buyer in the Foodservice Distribution industry from 1986 - 2012.
  • 2013-2018: Category Leader at Gordon Food Service, a $13 billion dollar, family-owned food service distribution company. Responsible for managing a $160 million category - including 28 staff, budgeting, marketing. 
  • 2018-present: Marketing Specialist Gordon Food Service.


FAMILY

  • Resident and homeowner in Warwick since 1992, when I married my high school sweetheart, Laura (Petrone), of Warwick. We have three daughters - Julia (earned her BA'19 and MA'22 from RI College; graduated Pilgrim HS'15), Georgia (earned her BA'22 and working on her MA at RI College; graduated Pilgrim HS'18), and Abigail (proud, final graduating class of Aldrich Jr. HS'16; graduated Pilgrim HS 2020; entering her final years at RI College working on her B.S.). 
  • All our children attended Warwick Public Schools K-12.
  • Communicant of St. Peter’s Church, Warwick, 1992 to present.


COMMITTEES/OFFICES HELD

  • Active in our Warwick Public Schools via PTA, School Committee meetings, other WPS committees, letter writing and more since our oldest child entered WPS in 2002.
  • Chairperson Parent Communication Advisory Committee (PCAC) from 2009 until my election to the School Committee 2016.
  • Original member of the Warwick Schools Long Term Facilities Planning Committee (LTFPC) 2009-2013.
  • Elected member to the Warwick School Committee since 2016. 
  • Member of the of the WPS Building Committee 2019-present; Committee Chair 2021-present.
  • Member and facilitator of the WPS Achievement Committee 2016-present.
  • Executive Board member of the RI Association of School Committees (RIASC), 2018 to present.
  • President of the RI Association of School Committees (RIASC) 2022-2024; Current Past President of RIASC 2024+.