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R.I. gets $33.6M to help disadvantaged students GEAR UP for college

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving $33.6 million to help prepare disadvantaged students for success in higher education, the state’s congressional delegation announced Tuesday.  The...
STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL from 24 states sent a letter Monday to Brown University urging the Ivy League institution to reject a proposal to divest from companies that do business with Israel. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

24 state attorneys general urge Brown to reject Israel divestment proposal

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-four state attorneys general from the southern and Midwest U.S. on Monday sent a letter to Brown University urging the Ivy League...
AN ADVERTISEMENT for the store owned and operated by Black businesswoman Eleanor Morey on Westminster Street in downtown Providence, starting in the 1860s. / COURTESY STAGES OF FREEDOM

African American museum telling history of R.I. Black businesses

PROVIDENCE – From salons and funeral homes to catering and transportation companies, Black businesses in Rhode Island have a long – and often forgotten...
THE 2024 CLASS of Providence Business News' Leaders & Achievers Awards honorees pose for a photo Thursday at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN’s 2024 Leaders & Achievers celebrated and honored

WARWICK – Twenty-five local business industry leaders were formally recognized Thursday evening for their leadership efforts across multiple sectors in Providence Business News’ 2024...
HOME SWEET HOME: Saint Elizabeth Community CEO and President Matthew Trimble led a $13 million, four-home Green House Homes project in East Greenwich, where Saint Elizabeth houses a small number of residents in private rooms and assigns staff to each person. 
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Matthew Trimble

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Matthew Trimble | Saint Elizabeth Community | CEO and president OVER HIS NEARLY 30 years of experience in various...
THERAPY SESSIONS: Johnson & Wales University Associate Dean Rebecca Simon was one of two people to develop Rhode Island’s first occupational therapy doctorate program. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Rebecca Simon

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Rebecca Simon | Johnson & Wales University | Associate dean REBECCA SIMON HASN’T MET an obstacle she won’t...
HELPING OTHERS: Over the years as a partner for Cameron & Mittleman LLP,  Justin T. Shay has built relationships with the clerks he hires, helping them advance in their careers. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Justin T. Shay

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Justin T. Shay | Cameron & Mittleman LLP | Partner JUSTIN T. SHAY TAKES PRIDE litigating real estate law...
IN STUDIO: Stephen Rosa, (add)ventures founder and CEO, helped the company debut a virtual production studio in 2022, (add)galaxies – the first of its kind in New England. 
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Stephen Rosa

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Stephen Rosa | (add)ventures | Founder and CEO STEPHEN ROSA STARTED his ­stra­tegic and creative brand agency, (add)ventures, in...
WELL-ROUNDED: Deborah Pannullo has gone from owning her own consulting firm to aiding fellow business professionals in her role as SCORE Rhode Island chapter chair. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Deborah Pannullo

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Deborah Pannullo | SCORE Rhode Island | Chapter chair DEBORAH PANNULLO PRIDES herself as being the first in many...
FINDING HOMES: Jennifer Watkins, vice president of emergency shelters and housing problem solving at Crossroads Rhode Island, and her staff help house more and more families each year. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Jennifer Watkins

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Jennifer Watkins | Crossroads Rhode Island | Vice president of emergency shelters and housing problem solving UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS...
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