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Career Pathways: Nishita Roy-Pope, CEO of Courage Builder in North Kingstown, builds career pathways connecting Rhode island students to fast-growing fields such as the blue economy. 
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Courage Builder for RI’s workforce

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards EDUCATION: Courage Builder Courage Builder, a North Kingstown workforce development firm, has been building career pathways into some of Rhode Island’s...
JOHN MARION became executive director of Providence-based, government watchdog group Common Cause Rhode Island in 2008.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. elections keep adapting

John Marion | Common Cause Rhode Island executive director Common Cause Rhode Island works on a variety of “good government” issues, none more important than...
Mechanical matching: Artificial intelligence has vastly increased organizational efficiency through automating administrative and repetitive tasks at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island.  Kaleigh Perkins, third from left, chief operating officer, and Katje Afonseca, third from right, CEO, participate in a staff meeting. 
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AI speeds mentor matching: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards NONPROFIT: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island has spent 60 years pairing children with...

Who’s On the Board?

Amenity Aid Mission: Rhode Island’s only hygiene bank, providing essential hygiene products – such as soap, deodorant, period products and other necessities not covered by...

Blithewold Arboretum earns recognition for 30 champion trees in Rhode Island

BRISTOL – Blithewold Manor, Gardens & Arboretum has been recognized by the Rhode Island Tree Council for hosting 30 trees ranked among the largest...

Growth goes beyond bottom line for PBN’s 2026 Fastest Growing &...

WARWICK – For the top earners in Providence Business News’ 2026 Fastest Growing & Innovative Companies awards program, growth means more than just a...

Roger Williams, Fatima Hospital nurses raise concerns over finances, home health...

PROVIDENCE – Half a year after the Georgia-based Centurion Foundation acquired Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, backed with an...

KELLY NEVINS is CEO of the Providence-based nonprofit Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, which was founded in 2001.
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Shape what’s coming

Kelly Nevins | Women’s Fund of Rhode Island CEO Every day, I talk with people who are worried about the direction of our country. They...
Jennie Johnson

Johnson named chief advancement officer of United Way of Rhode Island

JENNIE JOHNSON is the chief advancement officer for United Way of Rhode Island Inc., having joined the nonprofit in July. In this role, she...

Helping workers help themselves

PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2026 100-499 EMPLOYEES 7. R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. CEO (or equivalent): Carol Ventura, CEO and executive director Full-time U.S. employees: 229 The...
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