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A LIFE OF SERVICE: Family Service of Rhode Island Chief Financial Officer Anthony H. Bliss has spent his entire professional life in the nonprofit realm. He came to Family Service five years ago. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

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...
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: Joseph MarcAurele, CEO of The Washington Trust Co., in his office at 10 Weybosset St., with his executive secretary Maria N. Savella. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

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...
MEMBERS OF THE Narragansett Bay Commission and others pose with a boring machine at the Combined Sewer Overflow tunnel in Providence. / PBN FILE PHOTO

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...
MANAGING SUCCESS: Nonprofit management organization AIPSO’s employees at last year’s annual company picnic.

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AIPSO/ROBIN MESSINA /

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...
MAKING CONNECTIONS: Tides Family Services caseworker Maria Heaon, back, meets with two clients of the agency.

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SKL COMMUNICATIONS /

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...
A FRIEND INDEED: Lee D. Grossi, center, chief financial officer at Children’s Friend, is the recipient of PBN’s 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award for chief financial officers. At 63, he has held a variety of positions and been called on by four R.I. governors. Also pictured are Children’s Friend Controller Ron Conteras and Director of Advancement Julie Casimiro. /

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...
BEST PRACTICES: Enviro-Clean Marketing Manager George Salter, left, talks with CEO Eric Anderson in a space which the company uses for training sessions. /

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,...
DISCOVERY MISSION: This year’s Discover New England conference at the Newport Marriot. It connected European tour operators with New England travel agents. /

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...
BRAND AWARENESS: Heidi Devlin, CVS Caremark VP of advertising, in front of her department’s “pad on the back” notice board. /

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...
CREATIVE ECONOMY: Gary Glassman, founder of Providence Pictures, is the type of entrepreneur city and economic-development officials are looking to attract. /

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...
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