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Bridget Shirvell

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It’s About People: Larry Riggs, president of Pare Corp. for nearly 40 years, has grown the civil and environmental engineering firm from 10 employees to almost 200, crediting his people’s character and skill. 
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Larry Riggs

Business Services
PBN Leaders & AchieversA wards 2026 LARRY RIGGS Pare Corp. president When Larry Riggs became president of Pare Corp. in 1986, it was a single-office practice with...
Building an Ecosystem: Glenn Robertelli, executive director of RI Bio, pivoted from co-founding robotics firm Admetsys to growing Rhode Island’s life sciences sector, saying “collaboration, not competition ... wins.” 
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Glenn Robertelli

Entrepreneurship
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 GLENN ROBERTELLI RI Bio executive director Glenn Robertelli has spent 25 years building things that didn’t yet exist. Now...
HEART HEALTHY: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island associates and their families gather at Rhode Island College during the American Heart Association’s 2025 Southern New England Heart Walk.
COURTESY BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF RHODE ISLAND

At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, wellbeing is more...

Financial Services
PBN Best Places to Work 2026 Awards ENTERPRISE COMPANIES #1. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Local employees: 933 CEO and President Martha L. Wofford Anastasia...
TRUSTED PARTNERS: Ruben Tejada, left, manager of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Gisselle Valencia, director of human resources, at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island in Smithfield. Tejada says the company’s customer focus is rooted in cultural competency, language access and community engagement.
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Building equity into every layer of care

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PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS Health Care (Large Company): Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island For more than three decades, Neighborhood Health Plan of...
FINANCE FUNDAMENTALS: Bryan Hoff­man, a financial services certified professional with Gorra Financial Group, teaches financial literacy to a special education class at East Providence High School through Won Strategy, a program that introduces high school students to the fundamentals of business.
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Entrepreneurship as a tool for equity

Education
PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS Education: Won Strategy From ideation and product design to financial literacy and marketing, Providence-based Won Strategy’s Why to How...
TEAM EFFORT: Troy Hawkins, left, and CJ Hawkins, center, both machinists, and Russell Walsh, shop manager, work on the manufacturing floor at Hawkins Machine Co. in Coventry.
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Tradition and technology make for a potent combination at Hawkins

Industries
PBN 2025 Manufacturing Awards FAMILY-OWNED MANUFACTURER: Hawkins Machine Co. For nearly half a century, Hawkins Machine Co. has been quietly powering industries large and small from...
NEW BLOOD: Richard Wiscott, provost at Johnson & Wales University, says the university is always looking for new adjunct professors because “they bring current, real-world experience into the classroom and help keep our academic programs relevant.”
COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

IN DEMAND: Adjuncts fill growing need in college classrooms

Digital Special Editions
Think back on your college days and some of your favorite professors were likely adjuncts. Adjunct faculty have long played an essential role in...

P.R. Quinlan Associates made the right move

Business Services
PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $250,000 TO $2.5 MILLION 4. P.R. Quinlan Associates Inc. CEO (or equivalent): Frank Caliva, CEO and president 2024 Revenue: $462,089 2022 Revenue: $327,188 Revenue...
DESIGN WORK: Stephen Caron, left, Mill City Construction Inc. vice president, goes over design plans with Stephen Traghella, company president, 
at the company’s North Smithfield office. 
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Mill City Construction building its way to become leaders of the...

Business Services
PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $15 MILLION TO $50 MILLION 1. Mill City Construction Inc. CEO (or equivalent): Stephen Traghella, co-owner and president 2024 Revenue: $38.1 million 2022...

KSA Marketing is driven by results

Business Services
PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $250,000 TO $2.5 MILLION 3. KSA Marketing CEO (or equivalent): Katie Schibler Conn, founder 2024 Revenue: $2 million 2022 Revenue: $1.4 million Revenue...
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