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Five Questions With: Lisa Carcieri

Lisa Carcieri, the director of sales and marketing for Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, was recently named chair of the board of directors...
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Five Questions With: Victoria Cimino

Victoria Cimino | CEO and president, Discover Newport 1. As the new CEO and president of Newport’s tourism bureau, what is your strategic vision...
Susan M. Esper

Esper named Providence College board chair

SUSAN M. ESPER, a partner in audit and assurance in the Boston office of professional services and accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP, which...

Five Questions With: Patricia Chretien

Patricia Chretien is a branch manager for Coldwell Banker Realty, running the company’s East Greenwich and Newport offices. Before getting into real estate in...

Five Questions With: Marie Bernardo-Sousa

Marie Bernardo-Sousa is the president of Johnson & Wales University’s Providence campus. She recently announced that she will retire in August after being with...

Five Questions With: Jeffrey Rossi

Jeffrey Rossi, a certified public accountant, currently leads the consumer and industrial practice, as well as the transaction advisory services practice, for New England...

Five Questions With: Jill Sutton

Jill Sutton is the owner and president of Lofty Ambitions LLC, a Rhode Island company focused primarily on the renovation and transformation of historic...

Five Questions With: Dr. Zobeida Diaz

May is recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health is considered one of the main complications of pregnancy and the postpartum period. Dr. Zobeida...

Five Questions With: Pam Johnston

Pam Johnston is the CEO and president of the newly merged Rhode Island PBS/The Public’s Radio media organization. Johnston came to Rhode Island after...
BACK ON THE MENU: Michael Durrett Jr. and Carolyn Durrett purchased the Becky’s BBQ smokehouse restaurant in Middletown last year following the retirement of the former longtime owner, and they have breathed new life into the neighborhood favorite after reopening in August.
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Everybody’s Business: Durrett brings Carolina flavor to Becky’s BBQ in Middletown

(Editor’s note: This is the 57th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
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