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Friendly to its members key to Westerly Community Credit Union’s success

PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $15 MILLION TO $50 MILLION 4. Westerly Community Credit Union CEO (or equivalent): Stephen J. White 2024 Revenue: $25.8 million 2022 Revenue: $18.3...

South County Health offers coverage that’s quite beneficial

PBN Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island 2025 Awards 500-1,499 EMPLOYEES #2. South County Health CEO (or equivalent): Aaron Robinson, CEO and president Number of employees: 588 The SOUTH...
TREE’S COMPANY: Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island employees plant a tree during a community initiative at Elmwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Providence.
COURTESY NEIGHBORHOOD 
HEALTH PLAN OF RHODE ISLAND

A ‘Neighborhood’ that is welcoming

PBN Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island 2025 Awards 500-1,499 EMPLOYEES #1. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island CEO (or equivalent): Peter Marino, CEO and president Number of...
TASTE TEST: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island try to eat cookies from their own foreheads during a contest at the nonprofit’s office. 
COURTESY BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RHODE ISLAND

Workplace wellness critical to Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission

Best Places to Work 2025 Awards #1 SMALL COMPANIES: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Local Employees: 38 CEO: Katje Afonseca AS THE LARGEST youth mentoring organization...
GIVING BACK: Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, CEO and president at Collette Travel Services Inc. in ­Pawtucket, established the Collette Foundation, a nonprofit that supports communities in need worldwide through hunger and education initiatives. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Collette’s Leibl-Cote navigates through a world of wonder, and uncertainty

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, Collette Travel Service Inc. CEO STAYING IN BUSINESS for more than a century in any...

League of Charter Schools’ Deltito-Sharrott charts the course for education

Business Women Awards 2025 WOMAN TO WATCH SOCIAL SERVICES/NONPROFIT: Chiara Deltito-Sharrott, Rhode Island League of Charter Public Schools executive director EDUCATION PREPARES MANY to succeed in...
FINANCIALLY SOUND: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Chief Financial Officer Jack Blatchford oversees the organization’s annual budget of more than $4 million. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Focused on the mission and the bottom line

2025 C-Suite Awards NONPROFITS/SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES: Jack Blatchford Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island | Chief financial officer FOR JACK BLATCHFORD, regularly overseeing Big Brothers Big...
INSTANT GROWTH: Since joining Children’s Friend & Service in 2022, Pamela Verklan helped the organization achieve a 78% increase in major gift contributions, a 77% jump in donor retention and an 87% rise in volunteer participation. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Children’s Friend’s Verklan charts a positive future for children and families

2025 C-Suite Awards NONPROFITS/SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES: Pamela Verklan Children’s Friend & Service | Chief of philanthropy PAMELA VERKLAN’S PHILOSOPHY toward fundraising for Children’s Friend & Service is...

United Way of R.I. issues a challenge to learn about one...

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2024 SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY LESS THAN 150 EMPLOYEES: United Way of Rhode Island Inc.  MAKING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS to address diversity, equity...
DAY AT THE PARK: Family Service of Rhode Island employees, from left, Paola Velez, Isabel Malloy, Rebecca Taft, Luke Brookner, Nakena Kilgore, Dawn Strickland and Sarnya Kunchithapatham Pichaiyappa gather at a recent all-staff event at India Point Park in Providence. 
COURTESY FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND

Family Service of R.I. engages everyone to meet a common goal

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2024 SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY MORE THAN 150 EMPLOYEES: Family Service of Rhode Island AS SOCIAL UNREST began to unfold during...
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