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GETTING CREATIVE: Sascha Roberts, left, and Laura Afonso, co-owners of marketing and content creation company Honey Buns Social in Providence, look over photos during a session at a local studio space.
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She’s made it her business to show companies how to use...

Business Women
Way back in the “digital Dark Ages” – 2005 to be exact– 14-year-old Sascha Roberts used to pass the time building a Myspace page...
HELPING PEOPLE: Cameron & Mittleman LLP partner Karen G. DelPonte created the firm’s estate planning practice group, specializing in advising individuals and business clients with respect to family-owned businesses, limited liability companies and family partnerships. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Cameron & Mittleman’s DelPonte leaves an indelible mark based on trust

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 CAREER ACHIEVER: Karen G. DelPonte, Cameron & Mittleman LLP partner KAREN G. DELPONTE’S FINGERPRINTS are quite noticeable around Cameron & Mittleman LLP’s...
LUXURY LANDSCAPE: Patti Watson, owner and principal of Taste Design Inc. in Middletown, has a portfolio of residential homes from Rhode Island to New York to Palm Beach, Fla. 
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI


Watson has a ‘Taste’ for beautifying the home

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER CREATIVE SERVICES: Patti Watson, Taste Design Inc. owner and principal STEP INSIDE a Taste Design Inc.-built home and you enter...
ENERGETIC DISCUSSION: The Realizing Inspiration & Sustaining Excellence Women’s Leadership Conference, or R.I.S.E., that Hilina D. Ajakaiye established in 2018 features discussions on strategies for career development at all stages, including financial empowerment, education, health and wellness, mentorship, entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
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Ajakaiye R.I.S.E.-s up to help women navigate the workplace

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 OUTSTANDING MENTOR: Hilina D. Ajakaiye, R.I.S.E. Women’s Leadersip Conference founder and executive director WHEN IT COMES to being a guiding light for...
ART WORK: From 2022 to 2024, Tric Agency Co. founder and Chief Marketing Officer Mckenzie Kapsimalis crafted all social media content leading up to and through Providence’s annual PVDFest. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Tric Agency’s Kapsimalis helps emotions go viral

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 WOMAN TO WATCH CREATIVE SERVICES: Mckenzie Kapsimalis, Tric Agency Co. founder and chief marketing officer TENACITY, DETERMINATION, hunger to succeed and...
LAB WORK: Ivelisse Sabater and her husband formed SabaterLAB Foundation, which empowers Rhode Island’s diverse communities through workforce development, mental health programs and barrier-free education, in 2021. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

SabaterLAB Foundation’s Sabater combines education with community empowerment

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER EDUCATION: Ivelisse Sabater, SabaterLAB Foundation executive director IVELISSE SABATER is a natural educator. Even as a child and teenager,...
NEW OPERATION: Shelby Perry, an adjunct professor at the New England Institute of Technology, launched a nonprofit called Operation: LifeLines in 2021, which she uses to discuss the lack of human-trafficking education. 
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

Perry stayed home to be ‘Tech’ savvy

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 WOMAN TO WATCH EDUCATION: Shelby Perry, New England Institute of Technology adjunct professor BROWN UNIVERSITY BECKONED. University of South Florida lured....
OPENING DOORS: Among her roles at Webster Bank N.A., Kimberly Peckham serves as a mentor through the bank’s credit rotational program to introduce young bankers to a variety of financial opportunities. 
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

Peckham sets a gold standard at Webster Bank

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER FINANCIAL SERVICES: Kimberly Peckham, Webster Bank N.A. senior managing director COLLABORATION IS KEY for day-to-day operations at Webster Bank N.A....
GAME ON: In 2019, Alissa Stanko was named director of finance for International Game Technology PLC, where she oversees annual budgets and multiyear strategic plans for the worldwide gaming operator. 
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IGT’s Stanko aspires for greatness

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 WOMAN TO WATCH FINANCIAL SERVICES: Alissa Stanko, International Game Technology PLC director of finance AS A WOMAN in business, Alissa Stanko...
GOVERNMENT WORK: Prior to being deputy director of communications for the R.I. Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emily Martineau’s past government experience includes working for the R.I. Office of the Attorney General, R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. and the Providence Public School District.
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R.I. House speaker’s office’s Martineau had a lifelong destiny fulfilled

Business Women
Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER GOVERNMENT/QUASI-GOVERNMENT: Emily Martineau, R.I. Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives deputy director of communications GROWING UP...
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