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HELPING HAND: Foster Forward Executive Director Lisa Guillette, center with flowers, poses with her family after receiving the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment for her work supporting teenagers and young adults in the foster care system. 
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Guillette wins Rhode Island Foundation’s Murray Family Prize

LISA GUILLETTE, executive director of East Providence-based nonprofit Foster Forward, was recently presented with the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Family Prize for Community...

The plus side of mistakes

A college basketball coach was reflecting on his team’s 115-57 loss during his postgame press conference and said, “I think the whole game hinged...
Heather Boujoulian

Boujoulian becomes first woman to lead RWU board of trustees

HEATHER BOUJOULIAN, a Roger Williams University alumna and managing director and head of development at Boston-based real estate firm Berkshire Residential Investments, was recently...
Jessica Norris Granatiero

To Savor: Tips for trying dry in January

The start of the new year often brings about new resolutions for the coming months and year – eating better, exercising and reading more,...

The power of perspective

Rushing to work at a hospital, a nurse was driving too fast and failed to stop for a stoplight. A policeman caught up with...
Larry Sadwin

Sadwin receives 2024 Yvonne Heredia Lifetime Achievement Award

LARRY SADWIN, a past chairperson for the American Heart Association’s Rhode Island affiliate, recently received the association’s 2024 Yvonne Heredia Lifetime Achievement Award at...

The importance of education

We can’t put enough of a premium on the importance of education. Education can help avoid the high price we pay for experience. It’s...
Jaime L. Kucinskas

Is meditation in the workplace truly working?

Overwork and burnout are affecting many Americans. The American Psychological Association’s 2023 Work and Well-being Survey found that 77% of Americans suffered from workplace stress....
Lisa Ranglin

RIBBA launches next Emerging Leaders Development Program

LISA RANGLIN is president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, which has kicked off the next cohort of its Emerging Leaders Development Program...

To Savor: Ready for the holidays?

The holiday season is a time when we often give and receive new wines. I have fun selecting wines for the holiday season’s many...
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