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CARING FOR OTHERS: While in college, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Chief Medical Officer Dr. Matt Collins became interested in serving underserved communities and hopes to improve health care in those areas. / Courtesy Dr. Matt CollinS

Providing quality health care is Collins’ calling at Blue Cross

C-SUITE AWARDS 2020 CAREER ACHIEVER: Dr. Matt Collins | Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island DR. MATT COLLINS wanted to be a doctor...
CAPITAL GAINS: Carousel Industries of North America Inc. Chief Financial Officer Jason Cherry has helped improve capital efficiency at the Exeter-based IT consulting company, such as reducing past-due balances by more than 50%. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Having a passion to succeed drives Cherry at Carousel Industries

C-SUITE AWARDS 2020 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ENTERPRISE PRIVATE COMPANY: Jason Cherry | Carousel Industries of North America, Inc. GROWING UP THE SON of a U.S....

Greater Newport Chamber, Discover Newport form taskforce to combat COVID-19

NEWPORT – Restore Greater Newport, an economic recovery and resilience task force, has been formed, the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce and Discover Newport...
EMPLOYEES AT RED STRIPE restaurant in Providence organize meal packages to be delivered to Roger Williams Medical Center. Encore Restaurant Group and the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation recently launched its Meals with a Mission program where it will deliver close to 4,000 meals to frontline workers. / COURTESY ENCORE RESTAURANT GROUP

Stepping Up: OSJL Charitable Foundation, Encore Restaurant Group serving up meals...

PROVIDENCE – When Gov. Gina M. Raimondo offered restaurants the opportunity to allow take-out in order to stay in operation during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
FOOD PREP: Roch’s Fresh Foods Vice President Zach Roch and Michelle Rivera, curbside pickup manager, prepare orders for delivery. The grocery wholesaler is now delivering food to people who are homebound because of COVID-19. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Roch’s escapes from a hard place

Ray Roch wasn’t sure what would become of his family business when Rhode Island’s public schools closed in mid-March as the coronavirus pandemic gained...
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Coggeshall Club honored with Emerging Leader Award

BRITT RILEY is one of three founding members of The Coggeshall Club LLC, which has been honored with the Emerging Leader Award from the...
ONLINE GET-TOGETHER: Providence Business News’ Business Continuity Summit took place online on April 30. The panelists communicated through web conferencing.

PBN summit panel: Use crisis as chance to retool

FORMER CHICAGO MAYOR Rahm Emanuel once counseled, “Never let a crisis go to waste” – a point of view that was picked up and...

R.I. businesses secure $550M in round-two PPP loans; less than half...

PROVIDENCE – More than 6,800 Rhode Island small businesses secured a total of $550.4 million for payroll relief under second-round funding for the U.S....
LOADING UP: Tommy Duell, driver/loader operator at J & L Landscaping Co. in Seekonk, transfers loam to the dump truck for delivery. The company continues to provide its services via delivery and curbside pickup during the coronavirus ­pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

J & L Landscaping a true perennial presence

Sustaining a marriage for 40 years is an accomplishment in itself. Maintaining a harmonious relationship while also working side by side as business partners is...
DENIED: Elyse Farnsworth, owner of Arrow Salon in Providence, tried to apply through Bank of America for a Paycheck Protection Program loan but was turned down because she did not have a line of credit with the bank. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Certain businesses left behind in dash for stimulus loans?

Elyse Farnsworth was eagerly awaiting the rollout of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. The hair stylist and owner of Arrow Salon LLC...
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