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NICK FIGUEROA is the executive director of College Visions and serves as an adjunct faculty member at Roger Williams University. / COURTESY NICK FIGUEROA/JOSE RAMIREZ

Five Questions With: Nick Figueroa

Nick Figueroa serves as the executive director of College Visions, a nonprofit that promotes college enrollment, persistence and graduation for students in underserved communities....

Five Questions With Brenda Dann-Messier

Brenda Dann-Messier | Commissioner of postsecondary education, Rhode Island 1. What are the most serious challenges, or weaknesses, in the Rhode Island higher education system?...

SouthCoast Chamber to honor Broholm for community contributions

ANNE BROHOLM, CEO of Ahead LLC, will be recognized by the SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce at its annual golf tournament for her contributions to...

65 is new 55, and vice versa

The civilian, prime-working-age population in the U.S. has barely budged over the past decade. The Wall Street Journal’s Lev Borodovsky, taking notice of this phenomenon,...
THOMAS CLARKIN is the broker-owner of RE/MAX Central in Coventry. / COURTESY RE/MAX

Five Questions With: Thomas Clarkin

Thomas Clarkin is the broker-owner of RE/MAX Central in Coventry, which has 34 agents. The son of real estate professionals, Clarkin has worked in...
CARRIE MAJEWSKI, founder and CEO of the Women in Leadership Nexus, plans to extend the group's reach in 2018 by officially launching Rhode Island chapter and online memberships. / COURTESY CARRIE MAJEWSKI

Five Questions With: Carrie Majewski

Carrie Majewski is the founder and CEO of the Women in Leadership Nexus, a networking group to empower women as leaders in both the...
JERRY MARGULIES, a mortgage banker at Home Loan Investment Bank, was inducted into the New England Mortgage Bankers Hall of Fame in September. / COURTESY HOME LOAN INVESTMENT BANK

Five Questions With: Jerry Margulies

Jerry Margulies is a mortgage banker at Home Loan Investment Bank. Last month, Margulies was inducted into the New England Mortgage Bankers Hall of...
DR. COREY WESTERFELD is medical director of eye health at Eye Health Vision Centers in Dartmouth. / COURTESY CLARIS VISION

Five Questions With: Dr. Corey Westerfeld

Retina specialist Dr. Corey Westerfeld returned from practicing at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston to Eye Health Vision Centers in Dartmouth in April...
LISE DUBÉ-SCHERR is the new director of museum affairs for The Preservation Society of Newport County. / COURTESY THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY

Five Questions With: Lise Dubé-Scherr

As of July 17, Lise Dubé-Scherr will serve as director of museum affairs for The Preservation Society of Newport County. She has a long...

Evidence-based medicine antidote to growing hospital costs

The Providence Business News Health Care Summit provides an opportunity to, as one speaker said, “look at the forest rather than the trees.” Here...
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