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PLAN ­REVIEW: ­Barbara Thornton, left, a partner at Brewster Thornton Group Architects, and Aarti Kathuria, one of the firm’s project managers, go over plans for the Peace Dale Library project.
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For her, design is only part of the blueprint for success

There’s no obvious career path for an eighth grade math geek and ballroom dancing champ. Then again, consider the one taken by Barbara Thornton...
FLAVORS 
IN DEMAND: Newport Chowder Co. LLC owner Katie Potter offers some of her infamous seafood chowder from one of her two food trucks. 
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Potter educating customers on her seafood chowders ‘one cup at a...

Katie Potter is the keeper of a closely guarded family secret. It comes in small, artfully designed packets and she’s not giving it up. “My...
EMPOWERING YOUTHS: Sarah McNeill, pictured at her North Kingstown location, launched McNeill Children’s Institute in Middletown in July 2020 to help children and young adults with ADHD, dyslexia, autism and other conditions.  
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Helping kids with disabilities reach their full potential

The direction of Sarah McNeill’s life emerged like a blueprint early on. “When I was growing up, we didn’t have technology like cellphones. I played...
STYLE GUIDE: Interior designer Linda Greco of Linlocks Finds and Designs visits the showroom at Dal-Tile Services Inc. in Warwick, where she often gets materials for kitchen and bathroom remodeling projects. 
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She used creative instinct to craft a design-build firm

Anyone who’s building a new house, redoing a kitchen, even freshening up a lowly mudroom knows the process all seems straightforward until it’s time...
GROWTH PLAN: Karen Bacon has taken Diversified Resources LLC, a 40-year-old financial planning company started by her father, from $125 million in managed assets to $284 million since she became president in 2015. 
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A financial wisdom refined by real-life experiences

Nothing teaches a life lesson like dealing with temperamental rock stars. Ask Karen Wright Bacon. She spent five years doing just that while making ad...
SOUTHERN FLAVOR: Julia Broome started Kin Southern Table + Bar in 2021 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she was laid off from her event planning position. She’s returned to that job but still runs the restaurant full time. 
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When she lost her job, Kin came to the rescue

Ask Julia Broome to name her favorite dish on her restaurant’s menu, and she thinks for a moment. “It’s the crispy chicken wings in honey...
TAKING ROOT: ­Gloria Chacón, a licensed arborist and owner of Green View Tree Service LLC, with her crew at a worksite in North ­Providence.
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She went out on a limb, and her tree service has...

Gloria Chacón didn’t plan to become a tree doctor, dealing with all things related to shrubs and woody plant life. “My parents wanted me to...
CLEANING UP: Debbie Martitz 
took over ownership of the family business, Hope Cleaners in East Providence, in 2005.
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Her reputation at Hope Cleaners? It’s spotless, of course

After 57 years in the family’s dry-cleaning business, Debbie Martitz has heard some unusual requests. For example: Can you dry clean a bra? Yes. How...
IN STUDIO: Alison Bologna purchased a 15,000-square-foot building in Pawtucket in January 2020 and turned it into a new home for her yoga studio, Shri Studio Inc. 
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Bologna stretches for more with yoga

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Alison Bologna Shri Studio Inc. founder and owner ALISON BOLOGNA’S GOAL for Shri Studio Inc.’s new home is to be...
POSITIVE IMPACT: XBInsight Inc. President Kathi Graham-Leviss developed a database of thousands of jobs that predicts how successful someone will be at work. 
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Having insight in predicting job success

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Kathi Graham-Leviss XBInsight Inc. president ANYONE WHO’S WATCHED “Succession,” the ­addictive saga about the mega-wealthy Roys, knows how it ends:...
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