Driving Forces: Marc A. Crisafulli
Marc A. Crisafulli
I-195 Redevelopment District Commission chairman,
Bally’s Corp. Rhode Island board chairman;
Nixon Peabody attorney
RETIREMENT IN 2022 as head of Bally’s Corp.’s Rhode Island operations...
Driving Forces: Patrick Crowley
Patrick Crowley
Rhode Island AFL-CIO president
PATRICK CROWLEY has never been content to stay in one place.
Since 2022, the Rhode Island AFL-CIO president has moved fluidly...
Driving Forces: Dr. Anne S. DeGroot
Dr. Anne S. DeGroot
EVA Therapeutics founder and president
DR. ANNE S. DEGROOT has been at the forefront of medical innovation, specifically vaccine development, in Rhode...
Driving Forces: Barnaby Evans
Barnaby Evans
WaterFire Providence executive artistic director
JUST WHEN IT looked as if the flames might finally die out, WaterFire Providence came roaring back in 2026,...
Driving Forces: Colleen Daley Ndoye
Colleen Daley Ndoye
Project Weber/RENEW executive director
OPERATING ONE OF the nation’s first government-regulated overdose prevention centers put a lot of pressure on nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW...
Reimagining philanthropy as ‘a strategic investment’
Five years ago, Rhode Island was emerging from the darkest days of the COVID-19 crisis. Over the next few years, all of us figured...
Driving Forces: Steven J. King
Steven J. King
Quonset Development Corp. managing director
The first new pier built at the Port of Davisville in North Kingstown in nearly 70 years opened...
Driving Forces: Sally Lapides
Sally Lapides
Residential Properties Ltd. CEO and president
WIDELY RECOGNIZED as a pioneer among the state’s real estate sales leaders, Sally E. Lapides employs more than...
Driving Forces: Arnell Milhouse
Arnell Milhouse
yconic CEO
IN HIS LONG CAREER as a startup entrepreneur in Rhode Island, Arnell Milhouse has always seen and embraced the possibilities in technology...
Driving Forces: Joseph R. Paolino Jr.
Joseph R. Paolino Jr.
Paolino Properties LLC managing partner
JOSEPH R. PAOLINO JR. shows few signs of slowing down.
For years, Paolino has been a major player...
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