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Lori Stabile joined Providence Business News as the web editor in September 2014. Prior to joining PBN, she was a reporter and bureau chief for The Republican in Springfield, Mass., and a reporter for the Kent County Daily Times in West Warwick, R.I. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from the University of Rhode Island.
TRAINING: Quiana Ferguson, left, and Glendale Perez, center, students in a Building Futures pre-apprenticeship class that was held earlier this year from May 5 to June 6, work with Building Futures training team instructor Brook Swanson, second from right, on an exercise designed to introduce techniques used by millwrights. Pictured at right foreground is an unidentified student.
COURTESY BUILDING FUTURES

BUILDING SUPPORT: Women growing in the trades

Catherine Pena was working two jobswith three little boys at home trying to make ends meet when a friend suggested working in the trades....

PMC Media Group a rising media mogul

PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $2.5 MILLION TO $15 MILLION 2 . PMC Media Group CEO (or equivalent): Darren Jodoin, president 2024 Revenue: $3.8 million 2022 Revenue: $2.8...

Vertikal6 gets technical with its growth

PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $2.5 MILLION TO $15 MILLION 3. Vertikal6 CEO (or equivalent): Rick Norberg 2024 Revenue: $12.5 million 2022 Revenue: $9.7 million Revenue growth: 28.7% RICK NORBERG,...
PLANT PROGNOSIS: Keiddy Urrea-Morawicki, director of the Plant Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown, works in the lab.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

URI lab is a real (plant) lifesaver for farms, landscapers

Roots Farm co-owner Kelli Roberts’ Asian greens were wilting and she wasn’t sure what was causing the problem, so she contacted the Plant Diagnostic...
BUILDING STRENGTH: Michelle LaSata, right, owner of MPOWER Training & Fitness LLC, works out with Susan Dansereau, a personal trainer, at MPOWER in Woonsocket. LaSata, who took ownership of the fitness center in 2024 recently participated in a free 10-week program called LocalBiz Resilience Program targeting entrepreneurs in Woonsocket and Central Falls. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In two disadvantaged R.I. cities, a pilot business program focuses on...

Olga Saucedo made her lifelong dream of owning a restaurant come true, opening Cultura Mixta Family Restaurant in Central Falls last spring. In May 2024,...
CREATING ACCESS: Tina Guenette, CEO and president of Real Access Motivates Progress, estimates she has assisted more than 200 businesses, mostly in Rhode Island, to become fully accessible for the disabled. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

RAMP’s Guenette makes progress through mobility

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2024 Awards EDITOR’S CHOICE – ADVOCATE: Tina Guenette, Real Access Motivates Progress AFTER TINA GUENETTE BECAME paralyzed a decade ago, the...
SHIPPING UP: Ted Williams, president of Senesco Marine LLC in North Kingstown, stands in front of a ferry that is under construction. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Senesco Marine’s Williams keeps the industry afloat, both on land and...

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MANUFACTURING CHAMPION: Ted Williams, president, Senesco Marine LLC TED WILLIAMS SERVED 27 years in the U.S. Navy, where he developed his love,...
PLANNING AHEAD: Trailblaze Marketing Digital Media Manager Kyle Steinberg, left, shares ideas with co-worker Jen Guimond, center, and company founder and President Christopher Parisi. 
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

Trailblaze Marketing is using AI to blaze trails

2024 PBN Innovative Companies Awards CREATIVE: Trailblaze Marketing TRAILBLAZE MARKETING IS SEIZING the potential of artificial intelligence. AI, according to Christopher Parisi – the Providence-based marketing firm’s...
CUTTING EDGE: Garrett McKinnon landed a job as a composites technician at Moore ­Brothers Co. in Bristol after graduating from the IYRS School of Technology & Trades, which 
he enrolled in after deciding he wanted more than working long hours at a boatyard.
COURTESY JAKE RAPOZA

ROOM TO GROW: Marine trades offer jobs, training for all ages

Garrett McKinnon wanted to advance his career. He was working long hours at a boatyard and enjoyed it but wanted more. As he researched educational...
FINDING SOLUTIONS: Patricia Joyce, right, senior account manager, and account managers Sarah Murphy, left, and Alysha Beaudry work on their laptops at the Cranston office of e-health technology company Abacus Health Solutions LLC. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Abacus Health Solutions reduces barriers to diabetes care

2024 PBN Innovative Companies Awards HEALTH & WELLNESS: Abacus Health Solutions LLC ABACUS HEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC wants to improve the lives of those living with chronic...
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