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Engineering a better future: At Pare Corp., senior project engineer Heather Shanks manages major projects across New England on dam safety, rehabilitation design and geotechnical analysis. 
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The new face of infrastructure engineering

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 WOMAN TO WATCH | TECHNICAL SERVICES: Heather Shanks, Pare Corp. senior project engineer Heather Shanks has spent her career at Pare...
CHARTING HER COURSE: Cheryl DiGennaro, owner of Newport Yacht and Home LLC in Middletown, says the desire to design living spaces in houses and boats is something she was born with. 
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On land or sea, her mind is always on the décor

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Cheryl DiGennaro, Newport Yacht & Home LLC When Cheryl DiGennaro was growing up, she’d watch her mom, an interior designer,...
COOL UNDER FIRE: Rebecca Zhukov, co-owner of Blackstone River Glass Center LLC in Cumberland, works with the furnace at the glass studio, which she started with her business partner about six years ago. 
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Zhukov is building a community out of blown glass

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Rebecca Zhukov, Blackstone River Glass Center LLC A furnace the size of a Mini Cooper presides like an industrial centerpiece...
GUIDING LIGHT: Erica Davies got her boutique travel firm, The Well Traveled Soul LLC, off the ground in 2022 after years of working in corporate America. 
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She’s on a journey curating trips for clients

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Erica Davies, The Well Traveled Soul LLC Cranston native Erica Davies spent two decades in the corporate world – from...
IN ­STITCHES: Lindsay Degen is the owner of Knit Club in Providence, which offers knitting and crocheting classes, as well as tools and yarn.
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She’s not one to follow the familiar pattern

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Lindsay Degen, Knit Club Knitting is having a moment. Your granny’s favorite hobby is now a Zen-like pastime in an...
Rock-solid rebrand: Kelly Taylor renamed her studio, formerly Kelly Taylor Interior Design, to Rocksalt Studio to better reflect the multiple designers and contributors to each project. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Raw, refined and rooted in Providence

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 INDUSTRY LEADER | CREATIVE SERVICES: Kelly Taylor, Rocksalt Studio principal and creative director Kelly Taylor, the owner and operator of Rocksalt Studio,...
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...

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Sascha Roberts, Honey Buns Social In the “digital Dark Ages” of 2005, 14-year-old Sascha Roberts passed the time building a...
GAME ­PLANNING: Lori Manni, center, president of Capital City Construction & Management Services Inc., goes over documents with Al DeRobbio, left, project supervisor, and Oliver Carias, operating engineer of Local 57, at the company’s Cranston office.
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Manni not daunted by challenges of commercial construction

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Lori Manni, Capital City Construction and Management Services Inc. Lori Manni knows her way around a sewer system. She’s...
Winds of change: Robin Main, partner and general counsel at Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP, specializes in renewable energy cases. 
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The main advocate for renewable energy in the courtroom

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 INDUSTRY LEADER | PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Robin Main, Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP partner and general counsel Robin Main knew when she was...
There’s no “I” in team: Laurie Horridge, executive director of the Narragansett Bay Commission, strongly believes in hiring the smartest people and letting them do their jobs. 
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Horridge and Narragansett Bay Commission look to the future

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PBN Business Women Awards 2026 INDUSTRY LEADER | GOVERNMENT/QUASI-GOVERNMENT: Laurie Horridge, Narragansett Bay Commission executive director “I’m not a micromanager. I hire really smart people. I’m happy...
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