Five Questions With Nina Pande
Nina Pande | Executive director, Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
1. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is partnering with the state on its new workforce-training...
Five Questions With: Paul Harden
Paul Harden | Newport area regional director, Rhode Island Small Business Development Center
1. Why did the Rhode Island Small Business Development Center create...
Five Questions With Bishop Jeffery Williams
Bishop Jeffery Williams | Member, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s African American Ambassador Group
1. What is the African American Ambassador Group? It is a...
Five Questions With Patricia Raub
Patricia Raub | Coordinator, Rhode Island Transit Riders
1. What is your concern about the Providence bus hub plan? The R.I. Department of Transportation proposes...
Five Questions With Beth Bixby
Can you explain what role Tides Family Services plays in Rhode Island?
Tides Family provides community-based programs designed to service aged 6-21 throughout...
Five Questions With Emily Oster
Emily Oster | Economics professor, Brown University
1. You recently launched a website with a medical professor at Harvard Medical School called COVID Explained. What...
Five Questions With Harold M. Metts
1. What would the Fair Chance bill you sponsored – which would create more opportunity for convicted felons to find employment on their release...
Five Questions With Dr. Ira Wilson
5Q: Dr. Ira Wilson| Chair, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
1. From a public health standpoint, what...
Five Questions with: Rick Simone
Rick Simone | Founder, Ocean State Coalition; executive director, Federal Hill Commerce Association
1. What exactly is the Ocean State Coalition and how and why...
Five Questions With: John Goncalves, Providence city councilman
1. How has your professional background prepared you for the new role as councilman representing Ward 1 in Providence, which includes Fox Point? First,...