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PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Sierra Barter founded The Lady Project in 2012. In three years, its membership has grown to 650 and it now includes chapters in six locations. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Busy women find support, outlet in Lady Project

Sierra Barter didn't set out to begin a national movement when she started a nonprofit social organization, The Lady Project. Instead, she and her friend...

Meeting client needs key to success

Ten years into her career at HCC Marketing in Barrington, Kerry Chaffer learned from a confidant that the "chemistry" she engendered in making clients...
BUILDING A TEAM FOR SUCCESS: Connie Laverty O'Connor, center, actively works to create collaborative, diverse interactions at IGT. With her are Tom Walsh, director of government relations for the global gaming-technology company, and Sue Strouse, vice president of retail. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Collaboration delivering results

Connie Laverty O'Connor, senior vice president and chief customer officer of International Game Technology, knows the importance of collaboration, of building a strong team....
FOLLOWING HER OWN LEAD: With nearly a decade leading the nonprofit The Women's Fund under her belt, Marcia Cone decided to tap into a longstanding consulting practice and strike out on her own in July. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Nonprofit ace grows own biz

Helping organizations grow by building on their strengths is Marcia Cone's forte. After spending the better part of a decade building the nonprofit The Women's...
A WEB OF CONNECTIONS: Hope Global CEO Cheryl Merchant, seen here with production team leader John Villegas, loves the connections with other people that being a leader requires her to make and takes satisfaction from their success. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A human approach to leadership

Cheryl Merchant has always been driven to lead and to teach. Back in 1984, after graduating with her bachelor's degree in business administration from Alma...

PAL chief preserves culture, jobs

The path for women interested in anthropology and archaeology 30 years ago was teaching – not a direction in which Deborah Cox necessarily wanted...
WELL-TRAVELED: Interior designer Libby Slader has spent 27 years focused on improving the appearance and functionality of hospitality, retail and corporate work spaces. / PBN PHOTO/JAIME LOWE

Adding function, beauty to wide-open spaces

Interior design, though quite clearly an indoor profession, has brought Libby Slader all over the world. In her nearly 30-year career, the Providence-based designer has...
THE THINGS YOU LEARN: Christine Cunneen, right, started in the background-screening and employment-verification business as part of a graduate school project. With her is marketing and business-services assistant Lauren McKnight. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Making sure the claims are true

Only good fortune kept Christine Cunneen from arriving at two scheduled meetings at the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001....
FINE WINE: Jessica Granatiero, owner of The Savory Grape in East Greenwich, left a career in public relations to create the wine shop in 2006. Above, she speaks with store manager Tulay Lawton. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In E.G., it’s success by the glass

A Providence Business News 2015 Woman to Watch award winner, Jessica Granatiero wasn't nominated by a supervisor or a business colleague but by a...
COLD ICE, WARM HEART: Carolyn Drumm, executive director of nonprofit Skate For Joy, helps Andreina Dominguez, left, and Namrita Riat out onto the ice at the Alex and Ani City Center skating rink at Kennedy Plaza in Providence. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Creating joy on ice for others

A professional skater, an entrepreneur, a founder and executive director, Carolyn Drumm – with a little inspiration from Oprah Winfrey – is sharing her...
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