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5Q: John Simmons
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Five Questions With: John Simmons

John Simmons | President, Rhode Island Business Coalition 1. What is the Rhode Island Business Coalition and what is its purpose? The Rhode Island Business...
JOY E. FOX, CEO of Jamestown-based strategic communications firm Clarendon Group Inc., was recently named the chairperson for the Sophia Academy board of trustees. Sophia Academy, based in Providence, is an all-girls middle school that provides a culturally and gender-responsive education grounded in social justice. 

Fox named Sophia Academy board chair

JOY E. FOX, CEO of Jamestown-based strategic communications firm Clarendon Group Inc., was recently named the chairperson for the Sophia Academy board of trustees....

Five Questions With: Carol O’Donnell

Carol O’Donnell is a 30-year veteran of the construction and sales industry who serves as chair and president of the Rhode Island Builders Association....

Five Questions With: John Vasconcellos

John Vasconcellos is the president of the SouthCoast Community Foundation, a New Bedford-based organization that provides funding for local nonprofits. Vasconcellos recently announced that...

Five Questions With: Michael Garcia

Michael Garcia is a partner in the enterprise solutions group for Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd., a tax and accounting firm based in...

Five Questions With: Dr. Luca Bartolini

Dr. Luca Bartolini, director of the pediatric epilepsy program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, was recently named editor of “Neurology: Clinical Practice.” His 10-year term...

Five Questions With: Keith Fernandes

Keith Fernandes is a Providence-based real estate investor who serves as head of the newly formed Rhode Island Coalition of Housing Providers, an entity...

Five Questions With: Lori Giuttari

Lori Giuttari says the Shop Local Rhode Island Directory began as a side project of her full-time business Visual Thrive, a media and marketing...

Five Questions With: Dr. Howard P. Safran

Dr. Howard P. Safran is the chief of hematology and oncology at the Lifespan Cancer Institute at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and...
Matthew Shulte

Steamship Historical Society of America receives $250K challenge grant

MATTHEW SHULTE is the executive director of the Steamship Historical Society of America, a Warwick-based nonprofit that offers ship education, which was recently selected...
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