Emily Gowdey-Backus
Emily Gowdey-Backus joined Providence Business News as a staff writer in April 2016. She is a native of Connecticut and holds a Master’s Degree in international journalism from Cardiff University. Emily covers the education, workforce development, hospitality and tourism, and nonprofit beats for the newspaper.
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JWU’s Bowen announces retirement
PROVIDENCE - After working 44 years for Johnson & Wales University, 14 years of which as chancellor, president and CEO, John J. Bowen has...
Alex and Ani bracelet sales fund assembly line for nonprofit Edesia
PROVIDENCE - North Kingstown-based nonprofit Edesia Inc. purchased a new assembly line to aid in the production of its "ready-to-use" foods with the help...
Warren-based waffle company launches Kickstarter for bus café
PROVIDENCE – The Burgundian, a specialty waffle company based out Hope & Main’s Warren kitchen, launched a $30,000 Kickstarter campaign Friday to finance the...
Curb emotions: Plan ahead on business transfers
Eighty-year-old Nancy McAdams is still involved with the day-to-day operations of Anchor Travel Agency, in Pawtucket, the business she opened 40 years ago.
Her daughter,...
UMass Dartmouth professor aids in ‘12 Strong’ movie research
DARTMOUTH – Author and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth professor of Islamic history Brian Glyn Williams acted as a research aid during the filming and...
Five Questions With: John Wolf
John Wolf is the new executive director of the San Miguel School in Providence. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1989 and...
Onorato awarded for re-creation of 17th-century Newport neighborhood
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Ronald J. Onorato, University of Rhode Island art and architectural history professor, won the inaugural Winifred Brownell award, or “The Winnie,”...
Tall ship Oliver Hazard Perry releases 2018 program schedule
NEWPORT – The 200-foot-tall SSV Oliver Hazard Perry tall ship is prepared for a full year of travel including stops in Charleston, S.C., St....
Collette celebrates 100 years with goal of donating 1 million meals
PAWTUCKET – In 2018, as Collette celebrates its centennial anniversary in business, the tour operator set itself a goal of donating 1 million meals...
Narragansett Boy Scouts organization hires first female COO
WARWICK – The Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday Tiffany Bumgardner-Scheffler was hired as the group’s first-ever female chief operating...
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