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BREAKING BARRIERS: Angelyne Cooper-Bailey became the first woman of color to serve as an associate judge on the Cranston Municipal Court.
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Cooper-Bailey raises the bar in practicing law

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards SOCIAL SERVICES/NONPROFIT WOMAN TO WATCH: Angelyne Cooper-Bailey | Cranston Municipal Court associate judge, R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
HEAD OF THE CLASS: MIKEL Inc. President Kelly Mendell frequently returns to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, her alma mater, to speak with current engineering students and support other women looking to go into science. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

MIKEL’s Mendell is blazing a trail for others

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards TECHNICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY LEADER: Kelly Mendell | MIKEL Inc. president MIKEL INC. PRESIDENT Kelly Mendell was inspired to pursue a...
BUILDING CAREERS: Throughout Alison Wicks’ career at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, she has developed a philosophy that supports her colleagues’ professional development, especially the women. 
COURTESY NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIVISION NEWPORT

NUWC’s Wicks leads by example to rise through the ranks

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards TECHNICAL SERVICES WOMAN TO WATCH: Alison Wicks | Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport policy division head and contracting...
ANDREW GELFUSO has resigned as director of the John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University less than a year after taking on the role. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Gelfuso steps down as Chafee Center director

SMITHFIELD – For the third time in the last four years, the John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University is seeking...

Bryant to expand campus with ‘transformational’ donation from Fidelity

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University on Thursday announced its campus will undergo a  “transformational” expansion after accepting the donation of a 250,000-square-foot building from neighboring...

Citizens Bank to pay $9M penalty for unlawful credit card servicing

PROVIDENCE – Without admitting fault, Citizens Bank on Tuesday agreed to pay $9 million to settle allegations of failing to properly manage and respond...

Impact of U.S. defaulting on its debt will be felt globally

WASHINGTON (AP) – If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America's economy would hardly sink alone.  The repercussions...

Bank of America agrees to settle customer class action suit for...

PROVIDENCE – Bank of America Corp. agreed this week to pay out $8 million to customers to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed...
WAITING GAME: Jeffrey Cascione, senior vice president in charge of commercial lending at Navigant Credit Union, is eagerly awaiting the details of the U.S. Small Business Administration opening its flagship loan programs to financial technology companies.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

New SBA loan rules spark debate among politicians, lenders

Impending changes at the U.S. Small Business Administration are stirring up whirlwinds of controversy – in Rhode Island and in Washington, D.C. – as...
HER IMPRINT: Franchesca M. Fernandez was a civil engineer in the Dominican Republic, but when she moved to Rhode Island she decided to start a business that had little to do with engineering.
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Everybody’s Business: She made a change of country and career

(Editor’s note: This is the 33rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
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