R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-6.1-1
There is hereby established within the executive branch of state government a commerce and workforce coordination cabinet comprised of officials from state agencies with responsibility and oversight relating to economic and workforce development. The cabinet shall include, but not be limited to, the following members, upon his or her appointment: the secretary of commerce, the director of the commerce corporation, the director of the department of transportation, the director of the department of administration, the director of the department of revenue, the director of the department of human services, the commissioner of higher education, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, the director of the department of business regulation, the director of the department of environmental management, the director of the department of labor and training, the director of the department of corrections, the chair of the governor's workforce board, or his or her designee, and the executive director of Rhode Island housing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-6.1-1