Providence Community Health Centers names incoming CEO
PROVIDENCE – Two weeks after Merrill Thomas, president and CEO of Providence Community Health Centers, announced he would retire by the end of the...
America250-Enduring Success: Saint Elizabeth Community
(Editor’s note: This is the 22nd installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of...
McCormack elected chair of UTIC board of directors, replacing Proffitt
MIDDLETOWN – Donald McCormack, senior consultant to McLaughlin Research Corp., has been elected chairperson of the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium board of directors, the nonprofit announced...
Federal funding cuts put nonprofits to the test
It took years for Rhode Island’s nonprofits to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, but the sector found it had a new...
Driving Forces: David N. Cicilline
David N. Cicilline
Rhode Island Foundation CEO and president
DAVID N. CICILLINE’S 2023 resignation from Congress to take the top job at the Rhode Island Foundation...
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: Cortney Nicolato
Cortney Nicolato
United Way of Rhode Island Inc. CEO and president
CORTNEY NICOLATO HAS 25 years of experience leading complex, mission-driven organizations through growth, modernization and...
Driving Forces: Laurie White
Laurie White
Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce president
WHEN NEIGHBORING states began positioning themselves to poach Citizens Financial Group Inc. from its longtime Rhode Island home,...
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