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LOCAL IMPACT: Gilbane Inc. has utilized G.O. Services, a subsidiary of Gilbane Building Co., to include local workers on projects and drive economic development. Pictured, from left, working on the Newton Pavilion renovation project in Boston are G.O. Foreman Dan Pattavina, Gilbane Project Safety Manager Mike Morganelli, G.O. laborers Mike Jackson and Darius Hines, Gilbane project engineers Nicole Wormuth and Erica Wentz, and G.O. Vice President and Business Unit Leader Kahlil Olmstead. 
COURTESY GILBANE INC.

Gilbane Inc. changes the landscape on job sites and the community

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Architecture/Construction/Design: Gilbane Inc. Most of the meetings at Providence construction company Gilbane Inc. begin with what Chairman and...
LAB WORK: From left, Amgen Rhode Island scientists George Boras, Natalie Kieon and Bishouy Sharoubim join together in a laboratory inside the West Greenwich manufacturing facility. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Amgen Rhode Island is on a journey to being strong allies and advocates

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Biotechnology: Amgen Rhode Island AT AMGEN RHODE ISLAND, having a workforce that reflects the diversity of the patients...
COMMUNITY GROWTH: Tomás Ávila, associate director for the R.I. Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, says that as of April 2022, minority-owned small-business enterprises have been awarded 15.3% of the dollar value of Rhode Island’s procurements or construction projects after not meeting the 10% mandate for years.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

New leadership, reorganization of state division has led to increased MBE contracts

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Government: R.I. Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Upon being hired in August 2021 as the associate director...
BEDSIDE MANNER: Students, from left, Camille Chiong, Cierra Odiembo, Gianna Sanchez and Djibril Gaye work in a lab at the Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School in Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Charter school executing on mission to diversify health care workforce

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards K-12 Education: Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School The Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College...
WAKANDA FOREVER: From left, Bryony Bouyer, Hasbro Inc.’s senior vice president of diversity and inclusion and multicultural strategy; Olga Lowe, manager of global brand development and marketing; Tayla Reo, product development manager; and Phil Johnston, senior creative writer, pose with arms crossed in a salute made famous in Marvel Entertainment LLC’s Universe’s “Black Panther” movie. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Equity is serious business for this toy company

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Entertainment: Hasbro Inc. WITH ITS STORIED, almost centurylong history, Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. is known as the corporate parent...
BOARD MEETING: Marstone Inc. Senior Solutions Architect Ken Linehan, standing, leads a team meeting at the Providence office. Also part of the meeting are, from left, Office Manager Caiti Moran, Director of Sales Ben Baker and digital marketing strategist Farouk Ajakaiye. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Marstone Inc. looks to build on a legacy for future growth

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Financial Services: Marstone Inc. MARSTONE INC. HAS ALWAYS viewed itself as having an “incredibly diverse workforce,” according to...
COMMITTING TO CHANGE: CVS Health Corp., through its diversity management department, has invested close to $600 million to build on its commitment to diversity, including mentoring, sponsorship, development and advancement of diverse employees by 
the end of 2025. 
COURTESY CVS HEALTH CORP.

CVS Health Corp. prescribes an equal work culture

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Health Care – Enterprise Company: CVS Health Corp. A DIVERSE WORKFORCE is something that CVS Health Corp. considers...

Lewis Brisbois strives to be on equal ground in the legal industry

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Legal: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP WHEN SHE FIRST JOINED Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Lauren...

R.I. Energy parent company awards $500K in nonprofit grants

PROVIDENCE – PPL Corp. through its charitable foundation is giving $500,000 to 29 nonprofits in Rhode Island, the company announced on Wednesday. The funding from...
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