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BIG MIX: Jan Faust Dane opened Stock Culinary Goods in Providence in 2012 intending only to sell local, small-batch products. She quickly realized she needed to grow the array of offerings. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Culinary-goods retailer nurtures community vibe  

Business Women 05/27/2022

Business Women Awards 2022 Achievement Honoree Jan Faust Dane, Stock Culinary Goods JAN FAUST DANE has been a writer, editor, public relations consultant and an...

Stock Culinary Goods nurtures community vibe

Business Women 05/13/2022

Jan Faust Dane has been a writer, editor, public relations consultant and an enthusiast of dinner parties, but she knew nothing about running a...

PRACTICAL ATTIRE: Propel LLC owner Clare King, left, and Birgit Leitner, product design and development lead, examine an aircraft carrier flight deck jersey Propel manufactures for the U.S. Navy. The company’s whole-garment knitting machine is to the right. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

King weaves opportunities into a career of innovation

Business Women 04/01/2022

Clare King likes to mix things up. She sees opportunity in combinations others may not. This might explain why her Pawtucket company, Propel LLC, solves...

UNIQUE OFFERING: Harmony Oschefski is co-owner of The Bodhi Spa LLC, with locations in Newport and Providence, where she and her sister Cedar Hwang offer clients what they call the Water Journey, a sauna session followed by a plunge in cold water. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Oschefski’s spa venture picking up a lot of steam

Business Women 02/04/2022

The Bodhi Spa LLC co-owner Harmony Oschefski has built her business around family memories full of free-spirited living and simple, sustainable habits with hydrotherapy...

PLACE SETTER: Angela Craig prepares the dining room at Newport’s historic Admiral Fitzroy Inn, where she started as the innkeeper in 2004. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

At historic Newport inn, Craig became a vital fixture

Business Women 09/03/2021

Before her role as innkeeper at Newport’s historic Admiral Fitzroy Inn – a job she took in 2004 – Angela Craig and her husband,...

CREATIVE COMMUNITY: Manya Rubinstein, CEO of Industrious Spirit Co., a distillery in Providence, says she was drawn to the city and the closeness and collaborative nature among its artisans. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Creative collaborations make her spirits soar

Business Women 06/11/2021

New York City native Manya Rubinstein is CEO of a Rhode Island distillery, leading a like-minded team at Industrious Spirit Co. and creating sustainably...

CREATIVE THINKING: Lisa Mattiello, CEO of catering and events-planning business Pranzi Inc. in Providence, has had to think outside the box to develop alternative sources of revenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic. PBN PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

She’s cooking up ways to overcome adversity

Business Women 02/05/2021

Lisa Mattiello has always loved food, beverages and occasions for people to gather. Growing up in Warwick in a family with five children – she...

ALL-IN: Christine Soave Crum, left, owner of Gentry Moving and Storage in Cranston, accepts a delivery of office furniture from Don Erickson of Aspen Transport Service. Crum worked full time as a teacher when she founded the moving company with a partner in 2005 but now focuses all of her attention on Gentry. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Her energy, adaptability are packed, ready to go

Business Women 01/08/2021

Considering Christine Soave Crum’s high-energy approach to work and life, it’s fitting that she owns a moving company. After all, she’s accustomed to putting things...