John J. Lombardi

John Lombardi (born 1952) is an American Democratic politician from Providence, Rhode Island. As President of the Providence City Council, he served as Acting Mayor for four months between the conviction of Buddy Cianci and the election of David Cicilline. Lombardi grew up in Federal Hill on DePasquale street and graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1970. He attended Rhode Island College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1975. He worked as a teacher, earning a Master of Arts in Secondary Education from Rhode Island College in 1982, before turning his interests to law. He received a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 1987. In 1984, he was elected to the Providence City Council, representing Ward 13. In 1999, Lombardi...