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Molly Richard / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Molly Richard

Molly Richard | Assistant professor, University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences 1. Your research estimates that nearly 10,000 Rhode Islanders experienced doubled-up homelessness...
Tim Cox

Cox designs new R.I. disability access license plate

TIM COX, a design professor at Johnson & Wales University, helped create Rhode Island’s new disability access license plate and a companion charitable plate...

Five Questions With: Joshua McGinn

Joshua McGinn is the new director of professional development for the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. The Putnam, Conn., resident became director of professional...

Five Questions With: Dr. Judson A. Brewer

In August, Brown University received a three-year, $900,000 award from the Los Angeles-based Tiny Blue Dot Foundation to create a game that teaches people to...

Five Questions With: William Sherry

William Sherry is a sales associate with Compass Inc., where he has worked since November 2023. He previously spent more than four years with...

Five Questions With: Jacob Tonseth

August marked the opening of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile medical van in Hopkinton. Located at Wood River Health in the town’s Hope Valley...
NETWORKING PLATFORM: Contessa Brown wanted a place where adults could socialize without the typical nightlife atmosphere after she become a Christian and quit going to bars and nightclubs in 2008. Unable to find many spots to her liking, in 2009 she launched Café S.O.U.L., a community platform providing a networking space for artists, entrepreneurs and wellness advocates.
COURTESY CAFE S.O.U.L.

Everybody’s Business: Cafe S.O.U.L. nourishes creative spirit, community

(Editor’s note: This is the 73rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Jason Kelly / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE D. BERNABA

Five Questions With: Jason Kelly

Jason Kelly | Director, Bryant University Chafee Center for International Business 1. What does the Chafee Center’s new World Trade Center designation mean for Rhode...
Jennie Johnson

Johnson named chief advancement officer of United Way of Rhode Island

JENNIE JOHNSON is the chief advancement officer for United Way of Rhode Island Inc., having joined the nonprofit in July. In this role, she...

Five Questions With: Shawn Harris

Shawn Harris is co-founder of Sixteen on Center, a design-build firm that has worked on residential projects across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts for...
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