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PBN Award Winners

TIA BUSH, vice president for site operations for Amgen Rhode Island and Outstanding Mentor for PBN's 2017 Business Women Awards program, spoke at Thursday's luncheon celebration about the value that she has gained from people mentoring her and how she tries to do the same for others as a result.

2017 PBN Business Women honorees recognized

PROVIDENCE – More than 300 of Rhode Island’s business leaders attended PBN’s 10th Business Women Awards luncheon Thursday at the Providence Marriott Downtown. The...
CHARTING A NEW COURSE: Theresa A. Baus, right, was the first head of the Technology Partnerships Office at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, in 2006, where she works to share Navy-developed technology with the private sector and vice versa. With her is Mary L. Sylvia, strategy implementation director, USW weapons, vehicles and defensive systems department. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Baus helps military tech value find civilian use

What’s the connection between finding undersea mines and software that detects breast cancer? Theresa A. Baus could tell you. Both processes rely on a mathematical...

Bush puts a hand back for others coming aboard

In the business world there are managers who focus on company success. Then there are mentors who take time to focus on the success...
CHANGE THROUGH TRUST: Margaret M. “Peg” Van Bree, right, president of Rhode Island Hospital, does not micromanage staff while still making significant changes. Here, she meets with Dr. Latha Sivaprasad, senior vice president and chief medical officer at Rhode Island Hospital. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

With Van Bree’s broad perspectives, hospitals win

Prioritizing her time, gathering robust perspectives and teaching others have helped shape Margaret M. “Peg” Van Bree into an impactful leader in the never-a-dull-moment...
CLOSING DEALS: Michelle Carney, center, played a pivotal role in the major changes that the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries undertook within the last half a dozen years. Here, she speaks with IGT colleagues Jennifer Sousa, left, and Audrey Pate, at the company’s Providence offices. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Carney works so others can play (with state revenue the winner)

Michelle Carney, vice president of strategic customer initiatives and customer advocate at International Game Technology PLC, has a reputation for hard work and frank...
MORE THAN BUILDINGS: While low- to moderate-income housing is the dominant piece of the portfolio of Maria F. Barry, community-development-banking national executive for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, she has a broader view of her job. Here, she speaks with Peter A. Mello, managing director of WaterFire Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Barry’s role of change maker seems custom-made

Saying “yes” to diverse career opportunities has benefited Maria F. Barry’s rise through the banking world. Now the only community-development-banking national executive at Bank...
PURPOSEFUL CONNECTION: Julie Freshman meets with co-workers Christopher Soeller, left, project scientist, and Barrett Smith, R.I. Regional Office manager and senior project manager, in the Ransom Consulting offices in Providence’s Valley District.  / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

By combining passions, Freshman makes environment, business better

Julie Freshman, project manager at Ransom Consulting Inc., balances her interest in business with a passion for environmental science, to the benefit of both...

It’s all about the results

One would think that writing about a group of high-achieving, wholly engaged businesswomen every year would be a repetitive exercise. After all, each year,...
A TEAM APPROACH: Amy Martel, executive vice president and chief operating officer of People’s Credit Union, encourages a collaborative approach at the Middletown-based financial institution. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Martel’s work advances women in banking

When Amy Martel began work as a bank teller with Strata Bank in 1994, she had no intention of making a career in financial...
HELPING CLIENTS: Margaret Holland McDuff, center, CEO of Family Service of Rhode Island, says her time as a social worker informs her management approach. Here, she speaks with Elizabeth Ferreira, left, and Gloria Molero. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

McDuff manages social services with eyes wide open

When Margaret Holland McDuff started work at Family Service of Rhode Island in 1990 as a clinical social worker, she didn’t see herself staying...
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