Why everyone benefits from a strong knowledge economy
Over the past 40 years, Rhode Island’s economy – like the nation’s – has been reshaped by global forces, rapid technological change and the...
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: 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: 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...
Driving Forces: Ross J. Gittell
Ross J. Gittell
Bryant University president
ROSS J. GITTELL CAME to Bryant University in 2020 with a Harvard Ph.D., and a decade running a seven-college system...
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: 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: 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: Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange
University of Rhode Island president
FROM THE START, Marc B. Parlange has been focused on boosting the University of Rhode Island’s impact in...
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