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SOUPED UP: Blount Fine Foods Corp. employees, from left, Amanda Hadad, Nathan Hayden, Marques Irving, William Bigelow, Thomas Gervasi and Robin Leatherwood show off the company’s Clam Shack soup line.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

A unique soup du jour at Blount Fine Foods

Business Services
PBN Innovative Companies 2022 FOOD, BEVERAGE & AGRICULTURE: Blount Fine Foods Corp. BLOUNT FINE FOODS CORP.’S products are sold on a national scale, but the company...
GUIDING PRINCIPLES: Province Mortgage Associates Inc. President David Currie attributes his success to hiring well and holding employees accountable. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

David Currie, Province Mortgage Associates Inc. president

Business Services
Leaders & Achievers 2022 DAVID CURRIE President, Province Mortgage Associates Inc. SINCE DAVID CURRIE FOUNDED East Providence-based Province Mortgage Associates Inc. in 2005, his business...

Ocean State Job Lot understands importance of keeping communication open

Industries
PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2022 1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES 4. Ocean State Job Lot CEO (or equivalent): Marc Perlman, Alan Perlman, Steve Aronow, principal owners Number of employees: 2,580 ONE...
A PILLAR ON CAMPUS: Katharine Hazard Flynn is director of the University of Rhode Island Business Engagement Center and oversees the URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement’s Corporate and Foundations unit. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

She’s at the ‘front door’ engaging businesses

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2022 Industry Leader Education Services Katharine Hazard Flynn, University of Rhode Island Business Engagement Center After four decades as a business leader, Katharine...
RIGHT TRACK: Christy Ashley, associate dean at the University of Rhode Island College of Business, says she feels URI is a place where she can make a difference. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Return to URI paying dividends

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2022 Woman to Watch Education Services Christy Ashley, University of Rhode Island College of Business In 2015, marketing professor Christy Ashley gave up...
INSTRUMENTAL ROLE: Jennifer Goodrich Coia, general counsel at Paolino Properties LP in Providence, played a large role in the company’s development of the 1887 Exchange Building into The Beatrice luxury hotel. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Coia always ready to take on legal challenges at Paolino Properties

Law
2022 C-Suite Awards: Small company | Jennifer Goodrich Coia, Paolino Properties LP general counsel As in-house general counsel at Providence-based real estate firm Paolino Properties...
ACADEMY LEADERS: Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy diversity and inclusion leaders are, from left, teachers Mia Palombo, Angela Garcia, Alicia Canning, Janae McMillan, Chief of Human Capital Joshua Giraldo, teacher Gina Ortega and CEO and Superintendent Jeremy Chiappetta. PBN PHOTO/
ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Blackstone Valley Prep staff plays central role in shaping inclusive culture

Education
PBN Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2021 K-12 Education: Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy A strong commitment to diversity and inclusion is an essential part of...
CHARITABLE GIVING: At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Michael Falvey, CEO and president of Falvey Insurance Group in North Kingstown, provided all his employees with $100 and the instructions to use it to benefit someone in need, and a few months later gave all employees $250 to donate to a social justice cause of their choice. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Michael Falvey

Financial Services
PBN 2021 Leaders & Achievers Awards Michael Falvey | CEO and president, Falvey Insurance Group In 1995, Michael Falvey started Falvey Cargo Underwriting as a...
ALWAYS TEACHING: Although John J. “Jack” Partridge, one of the founding partners of Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP in Providence, has stepped down from the law firm, he continues to mentor new lawyers entering their respective practices. / COURTESY PARTRIDGE SNOW & HAHN LLP

John J. Partridge

Business Services
PBN 2021 Leaders & Achievers Awards John J. Partridge | Founding partner, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP At 81, John J. “Jack” Partridge has a...
ACCOMPLISHED: Sylvia Maxfield says her proudest achievement of her 10-year tenure as dean of the Providence College School of Business is raising the school’s ranking to a top 50 position, as awarded by the undergraduate ranking website Poets & Quants. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Sylvia Maxfield

Education
PBN 2021 Leaders & Achievers Awards Sylvia Maxfield | Dean, Providence College School of Business Over her nearly 10-year tenure as dean of the Providence...
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