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THE ROAD HOME: Rosalind Rustigian, owner of V. George Rustigian Rugs Inc. in Providence, took over her father’s business in 1980 after his death following a stint working in New York at Prudential Insurance. 
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Rustigian keeps the rugs rolling

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2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Rosalind Rustigian V. George Rustigian Rugs Inc. owner WHEN ROSALIND RUSTIGIAN was a teenager, her dad, Rusty, offered her some...
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Judy Rametta, president of StarTrak Studios Inc. in Warwick, works with her husband, Jack, assembling audio and visual projects for local businesses, politicians and charity causes.
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Rametta’s job quite the production

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2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Judy Rametta StarTrak Studios Inc. president JUDY RAMETTA ISN’T what you’d call a name dropper, and she wants people to know...
A SOLID FOUNDATION: Angela Conte sits with a selection of granite blocks at Structural Stone LLC, a North Kingstown quarry business owned by Conte and her husband, Donald. 
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Carving a niche in a rock-hard industry

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2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Angela Conte Structural Stone LLC co-owner EXPLORE MANY East Coast cities, and chances are you’ll see the work of Angela...

Delivering peace of mind to parents

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2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Tiesha Sinouthasy Peace of Mind Nannies founder IF DEALING WITH COVID-19 wasn’t stressful enough for parents of young kids, finding reliable...
IN THE CLOUD: Ruth DiGiovanni has found success with a company that provides cloud-based phone systems after she and her husband sensed there was a market to tap in the area. 
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Building a company by speaking geek

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2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Ruth DiGiovanni RemiPBX Inc. co-owner RUTH DIGIOVANNI KNOWS talking about her company, which develops and installs cloud-based phone systems, isn’t...
SPREADING HER WINGS: Lindsay Kuhn launched her online plat­form Wingspans Inc. after realizing there was a career opportunity gap for Providence students while teaching at Nathan Bishop Middle School. 
COURTESY LINDSAY KUHN

Business connections through storytelling

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2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Lindsay Kuhn Wingspans Inc. founder FROM THE TIME she was a teenager in Coral Springs, Fla., Lindsay Kuhn recognized the power...
CAREER COACH: Charise Wilson opened Workforce Ready Solutions, an employment coaching business, in Lincoln in 2019.
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Wilson uses her experience carving her own path to help others...

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Charise Wilson knows firsthand how valuable mentors are, especially for a job hunter who’s determined to move up but doesn’t know how to get...
CIRCUITOUS ROUTE: Rosalind “Roz” Rustigian tried her hand at several different occupations before taking over her father’s V. George Rustigian Rugs Inc. business in Providence after he died in 1980.
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Roz keeps the rugs rolling at Rustigian

Business Women
When Rosalind Rustigian was a teenager, her dad, Rusty, offered her some fatherly advice. “He wrote me a note. It said I should keep my...
SPREADING HER WINGS: Lindsay Kuhn launched her online career platform Wingspans Inc. after realizing there was a career opportunity gap for students in Providence while teaching at Nathan Bishop Middle School. 
COURTESY ­LINDSAY KUHN

Connecting students and job seekers to careers through storytelling

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From the time she was a teenager in Coral Springs, Fla., Lindsay Kuhn recognized the power of storytelling. Throughout her career, that power has...
POSITIVE ­IMPACT: XBInsight Inc. President Kathi Graham-Leviss developed a database of thousands of jobs that predicts how successful someone will be at work from both a fit and performance ­perspective.
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DAVID HANSEN

She has the insights to predict job success in terms of...

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Anyone who’s watched “Succession,” the addictive saga about the mega-wealthy Roys, knows how it ends (spoiler alert): the family business doesn’t always remain in...
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