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PATRICK B. MCASSEY is a newly elected partner of BlumShapiro in Rhode Island. / COURTES BLUMSHAPIRO

Five Questions With: Patrick B. McAssey

Patrick B. McAssey is a newly elected partner of BlumShapiro in Rhode Island. McAssey, a certified public accountant, joined the firm in 2013 through...
EILEEN HOWARD BOONE is CVS Health’s senior vice president of corporate social responsibility and philanthropy. / COURTESY CVS HEALTH

Five Questions With: Eileen Howard Boone

Eileen Howard Boone, CVS Health’s senior vice president of corporate social responsibility and philanthropy, and president of the CVS Health Foundation, talked with Providence...
LAURA JAWORSKI was recently named House of Hope Community Development Corp. executive director, becoming the second person to head the organization since its establishment in 1989. / COURTESY HOUSE OF HOPE

Five Questions With: Laura Jaworski

In late November, Laura Jaworski was appointed the second-ever executive director of the House of Hope Community Development Corp., a Warwick-based nonprofit affordable-housing developer...

Searight honored for giving back

JULIUS SEARIGHT, founder and director of Food4Good, Providence's first mobile soup kitchen, has received the inaugural Food Impact Award from Social Enterprise Greenhouse. The...
PREPARED: Neena S. Savage, tax administrator, R.I. Division of Taxation, speaks with R.I. Department of Revenue spokesman Paul Grimaldi. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

5Q: Neena S. Savage

1 What is the filing volume anticipated for 2016 and how much of that will be business-related? Most returns are individual returns. We expect...
RHODE ISLAND School of Design professor Michael Lye is shown with astronaut Andrzej Stewart, who is wearing a Mars simulation spacesuit that was created in Lye’s class. / COURTESY JO SITTENFELD/RISD

Five Questions With: Michael Lye

Michael Lye, a Rhode Island School of Design professor, led an independent research project to design a full-scale, wearable model of a NASA spacesuit...
SETH MAGAZINER is the general treasurer of Rhode Island. For the last two years, Magaziner has worked to implement a new financial services program for Rhode Island’s population with disabilities and their families.

Five Questions With: Seth Magaziner

Seth Magaziner is the general treasurer of Rhode Island. For the last two years, Magaziner has worked to implement a new financial services program...
JAMES PROCHASKA is director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center and professor of clinical and health psychology at the University of Rhode Island. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Five Questions With: James Prochaska

James Prochaska is director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center and professor of clinical and health psychology at the University of Rhode Island. In...
SHANDI HANNA is the Rhode Island community engagement manager at LaunchCode, a St. Louis, Mo.-based nonprofit that helps place people in technology-centric jobs. / COURTESY LAUNCHCODE

Five Questions With: Shandi Hanna

A Rhode Island native, Shandi Hanna graduated from Rhode Island College with a bachelor’s degree in social work and worked in that field for...

King honored for public service

STEVEN KING, managing director of the Quonset Development Corp., was honored by the R.I. Public Expenditure Council with the Gary S. Sasse Distinguished Public...
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