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BLAZING A TRAIL: As Rhode Island’s cannabis sector has gained traction, attorney Megan Sheehan has been growing her legal practice, Green Path Legal, right along with it.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Leaf and law: Sheehan combines her passions

Business Women 08/04/2023

Life lessons come from all directions. Consider the takeaway for Megan Sheehan, a Barrington lawyer: “My great aunties told me, ‘I just discovered vape...

MAKING THE ASSIST: Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center patient Andrea Blair, right, of Cumberland, wears the EksoNR exoskeleton and moves through a walking session with the guidance of physical therapist Allissondra Dutra.  COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP./BILL MURPHY

High-tech exoskeleton lending a hand, arms and legs

Focus 07/21/2023

Early last December, Chuck Allen was enjoying a lazy afternoon at home in North Kingstown. His wife, Becky, had run out for a few...

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Judy Rametta, president of StarTrak Studios in Warwick, works with her husband, Jack, assembling audio and visual projects for local businesses, politicians and charity causes. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Her job has become quite the production

Business Women 07/07/2023

Judy Rametta isn’t what you’d call a name dropper, and she wants people to know that celebrities don’t stop by her production house, StarTrak...

PICTURE PERFECT: Brandi Morgan Raupp, right, owner of East Coast Capture LLC, and her crew set up a photo shoot at a preschool in Cranston. From left are photographers Kayla Oliveira and Olivia Lace.  PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Her kid-focused studio is capturing the market

Business Women 06/09/2023

Remember school photo day? The cookie-cutter headshots, the weird lighting, each kid’s chin tilted in the exact same direction, all of which led to...

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...