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STAYING THE COURSE: Dawn Apajee, founder and president of professional staffing service City Personnel Inc., speaks to Recruiting Coordinator Adora Andrade, who is writing on the board. Apajee says the nature of City Personnel’s business – which provides legal, administrative, accounting and support staffing services – calls for a commitment to diversity.
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MICHAEL SALERNO

DEI TEST: Roll back? Push ahead? For many organizations, a critical...

The diversity pledges flooded corporate inboxes across the country as protests filled the streets over George Floyd, a Black man who died under the...
STRATEGY SESSION: Nina Pande, center, executive director of Skills for Rhode Island’s Future, discusses workforce development with East Providence Mayor Roberto DaSilva, left, and Woonsocket Mayor Christopher Beauchamp. 
COURTESY CHELSEA DECESARE

As funding shrinks, focus on training goes local

In response to unpredictable federal funding and constrained state budgets, officials at the nonprofit organization Skills for Rhode Island’s Future say they’re adapting their...
Peter Nelson

With AI, a matter of balancing security with productivity

A virtual assistant is quietly taking meeting notes. A document offers to reword a sentence for clarity. An off-site appointment reminder adds the current...
SHIPPING UP: Ted Williams, president of Senesco Marine LLC in North Kingstown, stands in front of a ferry that is under construction. 
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Senesco Marine’s Williams keeps the industry afloat, both on land and...

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MANUFACTURING CHAMPION: Ted Williams, president, Senesco Marine LLC TED WILLIAMS SERVED 27 years in the U.S. Navy, where he developed his love,...
IN THE BAG: Amgen Rhode Island Senior Manufacturing Associate Leandro Castillo, bottom, and manufacturing technician Joe Barter perform a single-use bag inspection and installation to be used for a media and buffer batching process. 
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At Amgen Rhode Island, the focus is every action, every person,...

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 OVERALL EXCELLENCE AT AN ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURER: Amgen Rhode Island CONTINUING TO FOSTER its vibrant culture and develop talent remains a high priority...
SETTING THE TABLE: Patrons at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort play a hand of blackjack. Bally’s Chairman Soohyung “Soo” Kim says he has no plans to abandon the company’s roots in Rhode Island when his hedge fund, Standard General LP, takes ownership. 
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HIGH-STAKES TAKEOVERS: Hedge fund, private equity firm ante up at R.I.’s...

When Sen. Frank A. Ciccone got wind in July that Bally’s Corp.’s board of directors had accepted a $4.5 billion buyout offer from the...
FUNDMAKER: Jessica David has helped lead the creation of Local Return, the state’s first Diversified Community Investment Fund. 
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A new R.I. investment fund that pays dividends for investors, community

Looking around the Broad Street neighborhood of Central Falls, Jessica David sees more than just a diverse mix of small businesses. There is public...
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Dr. Nadine Hewamudalige poses with her son, Ezio, and husband, Matt.

Dr. Nadine Hewamudalige

40 Under Forty Awards 2024 Dr. Nadine Hewamudalige | 39 Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Providence Community Health Centers Inc. What is the biggest challenge...
CANCER FIGHT: Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, right, director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University, is one of the doctors pushing to get a National Cancer Institute designation for the center and is seeking help from state leaders. 
COURTESY BROWN ­UNIVERSITY

Funding, data sharing needed for R.I. to advance cancer innovations

When Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, one of the nation’s top physician-scientists and oncologists, came to Rhode Island in 2019, he was eager to help the...

Marcum makes mental health a priority

Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island 2023 1,500-4,999 Employees 6. Marcum LLP CEO (or equivalent): Thomas Lisi and Michael Tikoian, managing partners Number of employees: 3,503 DAY IN...
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