Paul E. Kandarian
Fighting tight funds to help families
Anthony H. Bliss is a numbers guy. He’s also a man with a heart. So when the numbers guy had to tell his bosses...
For MarcAurele, part of leading is giving back
So how does a pro-football hopeful go into teaching for a handful of years only to change careers, and by age 60 find himself...
Health of bay, workers gets priority
At the Narragansett Bay Commission in Providence, it’s all about the bay – and the workers striving to keep it clean.
“Just by the...
Commitment to employees returned on bottom line
It makes sense that a company dealing with insurance would be concerned with its employees’ health. And AIPSO, a nonprofit management organization and...
Family-first approach part of Tides’ allure
In 1975, Michael Reis co-founded the Ocean Tides School, and at the end of his term as president there, recognized the need for at-risk...
This numbers guy fueled by purpose, commitment
Lee D. Grossi has spent a lifetime doing financial work, mostly in the public sector.
In 1980, he was appointed chief financial officer to merge...
Bedbugs to crime scenes; Enviro-Clean on the case
When the bedbugs bite, who you gonna call? Like just about everything else involving a cleanup, Eric Anderson is hoping it’ll be his company,...
R.I. has more than its capital for meetings
The business of business, which took a hit in Rhode Island the last couple of years thanks to the national economic downturn, is on...
Going national, holding focus, keep Devlin on toes
Who doesn’t remember the lilting CVS jingle of years ago, the three-tone ditty that went, in sing-song fashion, “Cee … VEEEE … Ehhhs!”
Depends on...
Creativity becomes key selling point for city
The fact that Providence is now a branded city – “The Creative Capital,” a much-ballyhooed naming campaign that was rolled out earlier this year...



















