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RECRUITING ASSISTANCE: Dawn Apajee, right, owner of staff recruiting agency City Personnel Inc., works with senior recruiter Megan Atkins at her office in Providence.  PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A tireless matchmaker in temp job market

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Dawn Apajee | City Personnel Inc. owner IF LIFE IMITATES ART, Dawn Apajee can offer proof in...

DYNAMIC LEADER: Tracey Beck, left, co-owner and chief operating officer of The Beck Cos. in North Smithfield, speaks with cabinet assembler Ruth Gomez.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Unexpected turns in Beck’s career lead to being all in the...

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Tracey Beck | The Beck Cos. co-owner and chief operating officer TRACEY BECK’S UNIQUE ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER has become...

STEADY GROWTH: Audrey Finocchiaro, co-owner of The Nitro Bar, has taken her coffee business from a simple cart in 2016 to now preparing to open her fourth location in June, in Little Compton.  PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Finocchiaro brewing up a successful venture with Nitro Bar

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Audrey Finocchiaro | The Nitro Bar co-founder SOME SMALL-BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS take a roundabout route before finding their niche....

REWARDING JOB: Kristen Gossler, president of American Trophy and Supply Inc., has expanded the business with her husband, Peter Cameron, since buying it from her parents in 1990.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

American Trophy’s Gossler succeeding by giving accolades to others

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Kristen Gossler | American Trophy and Supply Inc. president FOR SOME, THE PATH that life takes can emerge...

TRIAL SUPPORT: Enith Morillo is principal consultant at Cadoret Global Inc., a company she launched in 2019 to provide assistance to small companies going through the process of drug development and clinical trials.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

The promise of a better future kept Morillo going

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Enith Morillo | Cadoret Global Inc. principal consultant FROM THE TIME she was in her teens, Enith Morillo...

She’s percolating on a path to nitro-fueled success

Business Women 05/12/2023

The Nitro Bar barista whips up cold brew nitro coffee with the flair of a bartender. He scoops ice into a glass and with...

TAKING NECESSARY STEPS: Brown Medicine CEO Ann M. Kashmanian says having a mentor, as well as being one, is important to climb the management ladder.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Brown Medicine CEO Kashmanian’s path to leadership was steered by mentors

Business Services 04/21/2023

2023 C-Suite Awards Career Achiever: Ann M. Kashmanian | Brown Medicine CEO IF IT TAKES A VILLAGE to raise a child, it takes equally committed supporters...