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EDWARD O. "NED" HANDY III is chairman and CEO of Washington Trust Bancorp Inc., parent of The Washington Trust Co. / COURTESY WASHINGTON TRUST

Five Questions With: Edward O. Handy III

Edward O. “Ned” Handy III is chairman and CEO of Washington Trust Bancorp Inc., parent of The Washington Trust Co. The Westerly based bank...
DR. JASON RAFFERTY is trained in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. / COURTESY NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND COLLABORATIVE

Five Questions With: Dr. Jason Rafferty

Dr. Jason Rafferty, an attending psychiatrist and pediatrician at Thundermist Health Center, Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, provides comprehensive behavioral health...
SARAH TURNER admission director at the Gordon School in East Providence, interacts with students. / COURTESY GORDON SCHOOL

Five Questions With: Sarah Turner

Gordon School Admission Director Sarah Turner arrived at the school with extensive experience at Cambridge Friends School and the Waynflete School, two schools that...
PERFECT FIT: William A. White, president and CEO of Coastway Community Bank, meets with Katie MacDonald, left, marketing manager, and Jeanette Fitz, chief financial officer. Coastway will partner with HarborOne, which has agreed to acquire Coastway in a deal expected to close this year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Five Questions With William A. White

William A. White | President and CEO, Coastway Community Bank 1. HarborOne has agreed to acquire Coastway, a deal expected to close this year. How...
CAPITOL CAREGIVERS: Sen. Maryellen Goodwin, left, and Rep. Aaron ­Regunberg, right, were named 2017 AARP Capitol Caregivers for their earned paid sick leave legislation passed last year. They are pictured with AARP Rhode Island Director Kathleen Connell holding their certificates. / COURTESY AARP

Goodwin, Regunberg named AARP’s ‘Capitol Caregivers’

SEN. MARYELLEN GOODWIN, D-Providence, and REP. AARON REGUNBERG, D-Providence, were recently honored by AARP as the “Capitol Caregivers” for 2017 for their work to...
MELISSA RILEY is the property management director for Westcott Properties, a Providence-based real estate company. / COURTESY MELISSA RILEY

Five Questions With: Melissa Riley

Melissa Riley is the property management director for Westcott Properties, a Providence-based real estate company. She also is a 12-year real estate agent who...
DEB RICCI is business-readiness champion at Exeter-based Carousel Industries, an information technology consulting, management and integration firm. / COURTESY CAROUSEL INDUSTRIES

Five Questions With: Deb Ricci

Providence College graduate Deb Ricci has been Carousel Industries’ business-readiness champion for over a year now, in the information technology field overall for 45...
HAL HORVAT was recently promoted to president and chief operating officer of Centreville Bank. / COURTESY CENTREVILLE BANK

Five Questions With: Hal Horvat

Hal Horvat was recently promoted to president and chief operating officer of Centreville Bank. He talks with Providence Business News about the new job,...
DR. ALAN H. DANIELS is a spine surgeon who specializes in complex spinal disorders. He serves as chief of the Adult Spinal Deformity Service at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, director of spine surgery research at University Orthopedics and co-director of the Brown Spine Surgery Fellowship at Brown University. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY ORTHOPEDICS

Five Questions With: Dr. Alan H. Daniels

Dr. Alan H. Daniels is a spine surgeon who specializes in complex spinal disorders. He serves as chief of the Adult Spinal Deformity Service...
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Five Questions With Oliver Dow

Oliver Dow | Managing director, Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre 1. The theater company last year signed a lease to occupy the former Ocean State Theatre in...
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