It is entirely appropriate that for this fifth Providence Business News 40 Under Forty celebration, we return to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, pictured on the cover.
Founded in 1954 on the site of the first U.S. National Championship in tennis, the Hall of Fame has been not only a repository of the game’s history since its inception but a living link to its future, as yearly new members are welcomed into its pantheon.
It is a given that this class of PBN’s 40 Under Forty has achieved career success, from founding businesses to helping large enterprises prosper to tending to the needs of the less fortunate. And for the first time, this year we welcome a rabbi to the list.
But as we have stressed from the beginning of this program, what sets every class of the 40 Under Forty apart is its commitment to the community, whether through work or volunteer activities. This year’s class is no exception.
As executive director of Children’s Friend & Service, David Caprio heads an agency that is committed to its neighbors’ children, filling gaps in their lives where it can.
Lynette Hodgden’s job is to oversee Amgen’s environmental, health and safety performance at its West Greenwich facility, and her success accrues not only to the company and her co-workers, but to Rhode Island’s environment.
Thomas Fitzgerald, a Citizens Financial Group banker, has spent that last eight years mentoring underprivileged children in the Boston area through a program he and a school chum founded.
Damon Arpin has been volunteering at the Nickerson House Community Center, the 125-year-old social service agency, in the odd hours when he isn’t a relationship manager for Sovereign Bank, and his work there has been recognized by a seat on the board.
The list goes on, but you get the very full picture, one we are all fortunate to see.
