Beth Bixby

Government 08/28/2026

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 BETH BIXBY Tides Family Services Inc. CEO As the old saying goes, “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a...

PBN’s 2026 Leaders & Achievers celebrated and honored

Education 08/21/2026

WARWICK – Gina Helm believes that to succeed, the environment can be just as important as the individual. "Find a company that values you,"...

PBN unveils 2026 Leaders & Achievers honorees

Economic Activity 06/29/2026

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 24 honorees for its 2026 Leaders & Achievers Awards program. The individuals chosen for this year’s program –...

PBN honors 2025 Business Women Awards winners

Business Services 05/23/2025

PROVIDENCE – When Karen G. DelPonte began her pursuit of a career in law, there was plenty to learn. “I didn’t even know what a...

SAVING ST. MARY’S: Under Beth Bixby’s leadership, Tides Family Services began supporting the St. Mary’s Home for Children in North Providence after details from a December 2023 investigation by the R.I. Office of the Child Advocate found “significant safety concerns and abusive living conditions,” which led to leadership changes there.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Bixby rising Tides to help area children and families

Business Services 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER SOCIAL SERVICES/NONPROFIT: Beth Bixby, Tides Family Services CEO WINDS OF CHANGE have been swirling around children’s behavioral health, particularly...

Cameron & Mittleman’s DelPonte, R.I.S.E. Women’s Leadership Conference’s Ajakaiye among PBN’s...

Business Services 03/31/2025

PROVIDENCE – Karen G. DelPonte, partner for Cameron & Mittleman LLP, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner...

FEELING THE STRUGGLE: Tides Family Services Inc., which provides families with home-based counseling services for children, has been dealing with a staffing shortage that forced it to start a waiting list for the first time in 40 years.  PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Advocates say youth mental health services still in crisis

Focus 12/20/2024

Rebecca Almeida spent three hours on a recent school day searching for her 14-year-old daughter. Suffering from several behavioral health challenges, Almeida’s daughter lost her...

Tides Family Services

Business Services 06/07/2024

Best Places to Work 2024 Awards MIDSIZE COMPANIES #10. Tides Family Services Employees in R.I.: 147 CEO: Beth Bixby Questions answered by Beth Bixby What fun activities does your...

St. Mary’s temporarily closing psychiatric residential treatment facility by June 7

Health Services 06/03/2024

NORTH PROVIDENCE – St. Mary’s Home for Children will be temporarily closing its psychiatric residential treatment facility by June 7. The decision to temporarily close...