PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 27 honorees for its 2023 Leaders & Achievers Awards program.
The individuals were selected for this year’s program – now in its fifth year – from multiple nominees based on their leadership, achievements and longstanding commitment to the business community. They were also recognized for their community service and mentoring efforts throughout the region.
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Among the industries the honorees represent are the health care, education, nonprofit, financial services, hospitality, legal, military, technology and manufacturing sectors.
The honorees will be profiled in an upcoming special section as part of PBN’s Sept. 1 print and digital editions. They will also be recognized at an in-person ceremony on Aug. 23 at 5:30 p.m. at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick.
The 2023 Leaders & Achievers honorees are (in alphabetical order):
- Kim Belenger, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport lead system engineer for the surveillance towed array sensor system-expeditionary
- Jeffrey Cascione, Navigant Credit Union senior vice president and director of commercial banking
- Stephen Colella, Job Club Rhode Island director
- Stacie Collier, Nixon Peabody LP partner and chief talent officer
- Christian Cowan, University of Rhode Island Research Foundation executive director
- Marcelino De Santiago, Hope Global president and chief operating officer
- Dean de Tonnancourt, HomeSmart Professionals Real Estate CEO, owner and broker
- Sarah Dinklage, Rhode Island Student Assistance Services/Coastline EAP CEO
- Crista F. Durand, Newport Hospital CEO and president
- Deborah Faulkner, Faulkner Consulting Group president
- Christine Gadbois, CareLink CEO
- Christopher D. Graham, Locke Lord LLP Providence office co-managing partner
- Jean A. Harrington, Duffy & Sweeney Ltd. partner and chair of the corporate department
- Jonathan Houston, Justice Assistance founder and CEO
- James M. Lehane III, Newport Mental Health CEO and president
- Carol Malysz, RI Bio executive director
- James McAssey, Brave River Solutions Inc. president
- Marguerite McLaughlin, Healthcentric Advisors LLC director of education and transformation
- Leland Merrill, Centreville Bank executive vice president and chief lending officer
- Ross L. Nelson, Cox Communications Inc. New England market vice president
- Mary O’Sullivan, Encore Executive Coaching owner
- Anthony Pellegrino, Ash-The Dean Hotel head of hotels
- Joseph Perroni, Delta Dental of Rhode Island CEO and president
- Marianne Raimondo, Rhode Island College School of Business dean
- Virginia Roberts, Webster Bank N.A. senior managing director
- Barbara E. Wolfe, University of Rhode Island provost and executive vice president for academic affairs
- Karina Holyoak Wood, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses at the Community College of Rhode Island executive director
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. is the partner sponsor for PBN’s 2023 Leaders & Achievers Awards program.
James Bessette is the PBN special projects editor, and also covers the nonprofit and education sectors. You may reach him at Bessette@PBN.com. You may also follow him on Twitter at @James_Bessette.
