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Five Questions With: Wendy Mackie

Wendy Mackie is no stranger to the Rhode Island manufacturing scene – she previously led the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association as CEO, helped launch the Composites Alliance of...

Five Questions With: Vanessa Zampini

Vanessa Zampini was recently hired as vice president and cash management manager for Bank Rhode Island. She has more than 30 years of banking...

Five Questions With: Kellie Armstrong

As Lifespan Corp.’s Center for Bariatric Surgery marks its 10th anniversary, Kellie Armstrong, a registered nurse at the center, is celebrating the 17th anniversary...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE is looking to hold onto his seat after inheriting it when Gina M. Raimondo was named the U.S. commerce secretary in early 2021. /SCREENSHOT VIA WPRI-TV CBS 12.

Do you support Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed pay hikes for...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee has proposed increasing the base annual salaries of 12 of his 13 cabinet directors with raises of between $3,000 and...
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Five Questions With: Mary-Kate O’Leary

Mary-Kate O’Leary | Executive director, A Wish Come True Inc. 1. What makes A Wish Come True stand out to potential donors and the people the organization...
Ming Shao

Shao receives $499K CAREER award from National Science Foundation

MING SHAO, assistant professor of computer and information science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, recently received a $498,970 National Science Foundation CAREER award...

Patience is – wait for it – paramount

There is a wonderful Japanese word, “nemawashi,” whose rough translation is to “prepare the roots.” Although the word was borrowed from famously patient Japanese...

Fed has power to push world into recession

The U.S. Federal Reserve holds inordinate sway over the world’s economies – yet it acts, in some ways, like they don’t really matter. Its power...
Yahaira “Jay” Placencia

The building of Hispanic wealth in R.I.

Every year at this time – Hispanic Heritage Month – we collectively celebrate the economic, cultural and social contributions of the Hispanic-Latino community to...

Five Questions With: Matt Fair

In 2007, Matt Fair accepted a job as a commercial real estate broker at Hayes & Sherry Real Estate Services, eventually rising to become...
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