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...
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...
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...



















