In Their Own Words

Five Questions With: Dr. Hana Ajouz

In Their Own Words 08/25/2024

Dr. Hana Ajouz recently joined Lifespan Corp.’s Thoracic Surgery Center. She is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery and board-eligible...

Five Questions With: Karen Occhialini

In Their Own Words 08/21/2024

Karen Occhialini is a sales associate for Residential Properties Ltd., where she recently represented the seller of the highest-priced home in Warren for 2024...

Five Questions With: Kern Maass

In Their Own Words 08/20/2024

Kern Maass is the president of the IYRS School of Technology and Trades in Newport. Maass, who previously worked in university administration in New...

Thomas F. Gilbane Jr. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Thomas Gilbane Jr.

In Their Own Words 08/16/2024

Thomas F. Gilbane Jr. | Chairman and CEO, Gilbane Inc. 1. Now that you are planning to retire in December, what have you been...

PAYING OFF: Meg McIssac, left, CEO and president of Bluestone Bank and chair of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, and association CEO and President Kathleen Murphy, right, congratulate BankFive CEO and President Anne P. Tangen on receiving the association’s 2024 Women in Banking Lifetime Achievement Award.  COURTESY FALL RIVER FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK

Tangen receives lifetime achievement award from Mass. Bankers Association

In Their Own Words 08/16/2024

ANNE P. TANGEN, CEO and president of Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank, also known as BankFive, was recently honored with the 2024 Women...

Rose Albert joined Providence-based Rhode Island for Community & Justice as a part-time youth programs director in 2018. She was named executive director in May. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Lean on your circle

In Their Own Words 08/16/2024

Rose Albert | Rhode Island for Community & Justice executive director Reflecting on my journey, I find myself at a pivotal moment – one that...

Five Questions With: Leeds Mitchell IV

In Their Own Words 08/15/2024

Leeds Mitchell IV is the principal broker and partner behind the Providence-based MG Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. Mitchell recently bought the firm together...

AMY GRAVELL, a St. Mary Academy – Bay View alum, was formerly the managing director of the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre in Warwick before becoming Bay View’s president in March 2023. / COURTESY ST. MARY ACADEMY – BAY VIEW

Five Questions with: Amy Gravell

In Their Own Words 08/15/2024

Amy Gravell is the president of St. Mary Academy – Bay View, an all-girls Catholic secondary school in East Providence. This upcoming academic year,...

Five Questions With: Dr. Dan Knecht

In Their Own Words 08/11/2024

CVS Health Corp. recently announced a new initiative to help those vulnerable to extreme weather events. The program focuses on extreme heat events first to...