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RAY OF HOPE: Loren Hope Designs LLC founder and Creative Director Loren Barham, left, and assistant Maggie Ferri examine glass for new designs. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Passion helps Hope sparkle

From an early age, the glimmer of vintage jewelry captured Loren Barham's attention, but the link between artistry and entrepreneurship wasn't always clear to...

Meeting client needs key to success

Ten years into her career at HCC Marketing in Barrington, Kerry Chaffer learned from a confidant that the "chemistry" she engendered in making clients...
FOLLOWING HER OWN LEAD: With nearly a decade leading the nonprofit The Women's Fund under her belt, Marcia Cone decided to tap into a longstanding consulting practice and strike out on her own in July. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Nonprofit ace grows own biz

Helping organizations grow by building on their strengths is Marcia Cone's forte. After spending the better part of a decade building the nonprofit The Women's...

PAL chief preserves culture, jobs

The path for women interested in anthropology and archaeology 30 years ago was teaching – not a direction in which Deborah Cox necessarily wanted...
DRIVING FORCE: Ann Marie Fillion, CPA and principal at BlumShapiro, started out as a staff accountant at Sullivan & Co. in Providence in 1982. She's thrived in the industry in part because of a desire to help smaller businesses and nonprofits alike. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

The numbers add up for Fillion

Ann Marie Fillion always had an affinity for both numbers and people – those two interests have translated into a career that transcends the...
DIRECT CONTACT: StrategicPoint Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer Betsy A. Purinton, pictured above in a black top, speaks with, from left, financial advisers Sean Giles and Chrissy Canapari and Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer Richard Anzelone. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Focus on future helps her thrive

Betsey A. Purinton, 64, the managing director and chief investment officer for StrategicPoint Investment Advisors in Providence, is 13 years into her latest career...
COOKED TO ORDER: Beating a life-threatening illness led Lisa J. Raiola to launch a culinary incubator last year that is breathing new life into not only her career but the careers of 30 startup entrepreneurs. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Beating illness set her on a path

Beating a life-threatening illness led Lisa J. Raiola to launch a culinary incubator on Oct. 3 that is breathing new life into not only...
FORWARD THINKING: With a background at companies such as State Street, Mari Anne Snow, CEO and founder of SophiaThink Consulting, says technology has always been a part of everything she does. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Snow finds fire through change

For Mari Anne Snow, knowing when to leave a company or abandon an idea that isn't workable is as important as succeeding in an...
PLANNING AHEAD: Barbara Sokoloff, right, says that a passion she had for community planning drove her as she grew her consultancy business in the 1980s. Also pictured is Managing Associate Derek Farias. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAIME LOWE

Still patching urban fabric

Barbara Sokoloff knew one thing when she decided to start her own consulting firm nearly 30 years ago: She wanted to help transform "holes...
RHODE ISLAND is one of four states receiving $180,000 in funding and technical assistance through the National Skills Coalition to help close the skills gap here.

R.I. receiving funding to close skills gap

PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island is one of four states receiving $180,000 in funding and technical assistance through the National Skills Coalition to help close...
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