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Five Questions With: Kaitlin Della Grotta

Kaitlin Della Grotta is the executive director for Providence-based education nonprofit Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education. Della Grotta, who first started with RISE in 2012,...

Five Questions With: Richard Charest

Richard Charest, director of the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, has been on the job for nearly a year. He...

Five Questions With: Jeffrey Brenner

Nixon Peabody LLP recently appointed Providence partner Jeffrey Brenner to lead the law firm’s newly established construction and real estate litigation division. Brenner is...

Five Questions With: Timothy Jermain

Timothy Jermain serves as chief operating officer for Pawtucket Credit Union, which recently announced plans to change its name to Coastal1 Credit Union to...

Five Questions With: Jon Fredrickson

As vice president and chief risk officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Jon Fredrickson oversees efforts to keep the insurer’s...

Five Questions With: Anna Johnson and David Tinagero

Anna Johnson is the head of school at The Wolf School in East Providence and David Tinagero is the head of school at St....
Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies

Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies | Executive director, Economic Progress Institute 1. How would you describe the Economic Progress Institute and its mission? At EPI, our mission is to advocate...
FINDING PURPOSE: Lexus Fernandez, right, launched her vegan skincare products company Soulita in Providence with co-founder Evan Delpeche in 2019 after seeking a solution for her sensitive skin as a result of treatment for a ruptured brain aneurysm. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Fernandez overcomes obstacles on journey to finding Soulita

(Editor’s note: This is the 20th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each are asked their views on...
Michelle Russo

Russo named 2021 Jack A. Schaffer Financial Adviser of the Year

MICHELLE RUSSO, CEO and founder of Providence-based real estate investment manager Hotel Asset Value Enhancement Inc., also known as hotelAVE, was recently named the...

Five Questions With: Meshell Adamo

Entrepreneur Meshell Adamo recently partnered with local business owner Al Costantino to renovate the long-vacant Glocester landmark known as the Purple Cat Restaurant. The...
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