In Their Own Words

ELIZABETH JACKSON has been named the new chief marketing officer and senior vice president for strategy at KVH Industries Inc. of Middletown, which makes and sells in-motion satellite TV and communications systems. / COURTESY KVH INDUSTRIES INC.

Five Questions With: Elizabeth Jackson

In Their Own Words 01/03/2018

Portsmouth resident Elizabeth Jackson was named the new chief marketing officer and senior vice president for strategy at KVH Industries Inc. of Middletown, which...

SEN. JOSHUA MILLER, D-Cranston, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment & Agriculture and the Democratic caucus policy chair./ COURTESY WWW.JOSHUAMILLER.ORG

Five Questions With: Joshua Miller

In Their Own Words 01/01/2018

Sen. Joshua Miller, D-Cranston, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment &...

COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Kurt Noyce, president of Embrace Home Loans Inc. in Middletown, said the company’s relationship with local colleges and job-development organizations has provided Embrace with “eager, energetic and ethical employees.” Pictured, from left: Claudia Mobilia, senior vice president of loan operations; Noyce; Shawn Cary, bank finance manager; and Shannon Timek, closing team leader. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Reputation, culture drive steady growth at Embrace Home Loans

In Their Own Words 12/29/2017

Kurt Noyce, president of Embrace Home Loans Inc., is no stranger to growth. For nearly two decades, he’s helped grow the Middletown full-service mortgage...

LAUREN HOPKINS, an English teacher and literacy specialist at Coventry High School, won the 2017 Milken Family Foundation Educator award for Rhode Island. / COURTESY LAUREN HOPKINS

Five Questions With: Lauren Hopkins

In Their Own Words 12/29/2017

Lauren Hopkins, an English teacher and literacy specialist at Coventry High School and recent winner of the 2017 Milken Family Foundation Educator award for...

Most-read interviews on PBN.com, 2017

In Their Own Words 12/29/2017

1. Five Questions With: Ronald K. Machtley. Posted online: Feb. 20. Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley explains why the university’s creation of a...

NEW PRODUCTS: Todd Blount, president of Blount Fine Foods, and his team originally made recipes as instructed by customers and partners, but over the last five years the company has developed a deep innovation process resulting in new products. From left: Sashaira Ramirez, production supervisor; Blount; and senior directors of culinary development Jeff Wirtz and Quinn Corbett. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Deep innovation, souped-up products keep Blount successful

In Their Own Words 12/29/2017

Blount Fine Foods started as an oyster-packing company in 1880. By the 1950s, Blount Seafood was one of the largest suppliers to Campbell Soup...

STANDING OUT: Pictured with Caitlin Kennedy, left, Clinical Pharmacist Managed Care coordinator, and Melissa Feid, Transitions of Care program manager, Dr. Al Kurose, president and CEO of Coastal Medical, says the company is reducing costs by creating jobs and transforming how to deliver health care. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Accountable care creates new roles, rapid growth at Coastal Medical

In Their Own Words 12/29/2017

Coastal Medical is a physician-owned-and-governed, primary care-driven accountable care organization based in Providence. It delivers service to 120,000 patients, with 20 medical offices and...