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PROGRESSING: From left, Cliff Wood, executive director of The Providence Foundation, talks with Kat Boots, project coordinator, and Jen Smith, programming director. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Five Questions With Cliff Wood

1 How do you feel about Providence’s current economic climate? Providence is on the move more noticeably and intensively than it has been in a...

Kidder named Chamber Executive of the Year for New England

RICK KIDDER, president and CEO of the SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce, has been selected by a committee of his peers from five states to...
JARROD LEWIS is the owner of J. Christopher Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Realty in North Providence. / COURTESY JARROD LEWIS

Five Questions With: Jarrod Lewis

Jarrod Lewis, owner of J. Christopher Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Realty in North Providence, was recently recognized among Keller Williams agents for being fifth in...
GARRY FOISY is principal of business development at Trilix in Warwick. / COURTESY TRILIX

Five Questions With: Garry Foisy

Garry Foisy, principal of business development at Trilix in Warwick, is giving select business leaders in Rhode Island and Massachusetts a chance to share...
RUSSELL GASTON is the newly named president and board member of the Ocean State Business Development Authority Inc. / COURTESY OCEAN STATE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY INC.

Five Questions With: Russell Gaston

Russel Gaston is the newly named president and board member of the Ocean State Business Development Authority Inc. The OSBDA was founded in 1981...
DR. ELIZABETH RENAUD recently joined University Surgical Associates as a pediatric surgeon in the pediatric surgery division. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY SURGICAL ASSOCIATES

Five Questions With: Dr. Elizabeth Renaud

Dr. Elizabeth Renaud recently joined University Surgical Associates as a pediatric surgeon in the pediatric surgery division. A native of Barrington, Renaud brings nearly a...
SUZY ALBA is the director of alumni and college relations at Rhode Island College. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Five Questions With: Suzy Alba

Suzy Alba, a lifelong Rhode Islander and first-generation college graduate, is currently the director of alumni and college relations at Rhode Island College and...
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Five Questions With Anne Marie Johnson

Anne Marie Johnson | President, Claflin Co. 1. Is Rhode Island a good place to grow jobs? Why or why not? We have a beautiful...

AARP Rhode Island honors Zarlengo for community service

PHIL ZARLENGO, CEO of MRM Inc., was recently honored by AARP Rhode Island with the 2017 AARP Rhode Island Andrus Award for Community Service,...
KATY ROBINSON is director of events, learning and development with RE/MAX Integra New England. / COURTESY RE/MAX INTEGRA NEW ENGLAND

Five Questions With: Katy Robinson

Katy Robinson is director of events, learning and development with RE/MAX Integra New England, the Massachusetts-based offices for Integra Enterprises Corp. of Toronto, which represents almost one-third of the RE/MAX agents worldwide,...
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