[[Image:ElizabethRoberts1.jpg|right]]'''Elizabeth H. Roberts''' is the 68th and current ([[Democrat]]) [[Lieutenant Governor]] of the state of [[Rhode Island]]. She is Rhode Island's first female Lt. Governor<ref>http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?id=3307</ref>. Before being elected to the Lt. Governor position she served in the [[Rhode Island State Senate]] for five terms. She is a graduate of [[Brown University]] and received a MBA degree in healthcare management from [[Boston University]]<ref>http://www.ltgov.state.ri.us/about/</ref>.
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[[Image:ElizabethRoberts1.jpg|right]]'''Elizabeth H. Roberts''' is the 68th and current ([[Democrat]]) [[Lieutenant Governor]] of the state of [[Rhode Island]]. She is Rhode Island's first female Lt. Governor.<ref>http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?id=3307</ref> Before being elected to the Lt. Governor position she served in the [[Rhode Island State Senate]] for five terms. She is a graduate of [[Brown University]] and received a MBA degree in healthcare management from [[Boston University]].<ref>http://www.ltgov.state.ri.us/about/</ref>
==Personal==
==Personal==
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Elizabeth H. Roberts husband, Thomas H. Roberts, comes from one of [[Rhode Island]]'s major political families<ref>http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060523_roberts23.12445a62.html</ref>. Together they have had two children.
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Elizabeth H. Roberts husband, Thomas H. Roberts, comes from one of [[Rhode Island]]'s major political families.<ref>http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060523_roberts23.12445a62.html</ref> Together they have had two children.
==Political Views==
==Political Views==
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As Lieutenant Governor, Roberts has been a strong proponent for lifting restrictions on [[stem cell]] research<ref>http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=4387</ref>.
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As Lieutenant Governor, Roberts has been a strong proponent for lifting restrictions on [[stem cell]] research.<ref>http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=4387</ref>