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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 PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A tireless matchmaker in temp job market

Business Services 01/06/2023

If life imitates art, Dawn Apajee can offer proof in something she read: think like an immigrant. “It resonates with me and sums up...

BROADENING EDUCATION: Staff members at the Equity Institute work together in Providence. The institute is an education-based nonprofit that develops programs for teachers, administrators and the community, with a focus on creating diversity, equity, inclusion and anit-racist policies. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A pipeline for teachers from communities of color

Education 12/09/2022

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Training: Equity Institute The origins of the Equity Institute are rooted in the personal lives and barriers confronted...

SAFE SPACE: Kevin Matta, in addition to his role as Amos House’s chief human resources and diversity officer, is the board president for Diversity & Inclusion Professionals Inc., an organization that offers advice and training for human resource and diversity officers across Rhode Island.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

For Matta, changing the system is lifelong commitment

Economic Activity 12/09/2022

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Diversity Champion: Kevin Matta Diversity & Inclusion Professionals Inc. Board President Amos House Chief Human Resource And Diversity Officer KEVIN...

Equity is serious business for this toy company

Economic Activity 12/09/2022

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Entertainment: Hasbro Inc. WITH ITS STORIED, almost centurylong history, Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. is known as the corporate parent...

WHIMSICAL PRODUCTS: Katy Westscott, CEO of Katrinkles Inc. in Providence, which makes buttons and tools for crafters, goes over some of the company’s products with production technician Brandon Amorin. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Katrinkles Inc. gets crafty about helping the environment

Business Services 11/11/2022

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2022 EXCELLENCE IN GREEN MANUFACTURING: Katrinkles Inc. BE THE CHANGE you want to see in the world, an axiom attributed to Gandhi, could also...

TEAMWORK: From left, Amgen Rhode Island manufacturing associate Alexandra Marzilli, senior associates Matt Miller, Jie Wen Yang and Kate Boucher, and Front Line Manager Marissa Burke work together in a section of the company’s new West Greenwich plant that employs single-use technology to manufacture drug substances. COURTESY AMGEN RHODE ISLAND

Amgen strives to find, groom new talent through various avenues

Economic Activity 11/11/2022

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2022 EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIVITY: Amgen Rhode Island AS ONE OF THE LARGEST manufacturing companies in the state, Amgen Inc. has a...

HELPING HAND: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center volunteer Susan Barnes, right, assists a customer in the nonprofit organization’s food pantry in Newport. PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Soaring inflation hurting nonprofits in many ways

Coronavirus 10/28/2022

Ask Heather Hole Strout what keeps her up at night and she answers without hesitating. “Housing. It’s a big issue. Many we help have...

MESSAGE MAKER: Lori Giuttari and co-owner Scott Indermaur in 2018 established Visual Thrive LLC in Cranston, an agency that helps small and midsize businesses market their message using web design, social media, professional photography and video. /  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Lori Giuttari, Visual Thrive LLC chief marketing officer

Business Services 08/19/2022

Leaders & Achievers 2022 LORI GIUTTARI Chief marketing officer, Visual Thrive LLC AFTER 30-PLUS YEARS as a marketing professional, Lori Giuttari says running a successful business...

RAPID GROWTH: After Peter Marino became CEO and president of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island in 2014, the nonprofit health insurer’s revenue grew from $450 million to $1.5 billion and its membership has more than doubled. /  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Peter Marino, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island CEO and president

Business Services 08/19/2022

Leaders & Achievers 2022 PETER MARINO CEO and president, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island FRONT-LINE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, as well as the Rhode Islanders they...

PROTECTING CHILDREN: AAA Northeast recently donated $5,000 to the R.I. State Police’s Community, Equity and Inclusion Unit to purchase child vehicle seats and perform outreach in underserved communities. Pictured back row from left, R.I. State Police Trooper Roupen Bastijian, Sgt. Wesley Pennington and Capt. Kenneth Jones. Pictured front row from left, AAA Senior Traffic Safety Manager Diana Gugliotta and public affairs specialists Cassidy Duble O’Connor and Joanna Frageorgia. COURTESY AAA NORTHEAST

Employee health takes a multilayered approach at AAA Northeast

Financial Services 08/05/2022

PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2022 1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES 1. AAA Northeast CEO (or equivalent): John Galvin, CEO and president Number of employees: 2,909 Two and a half years into the...

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