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NEW BREED OF COMPANIONSHIP: Meghan Gamboa, Ageless Innovation LLC co-founder and senior vice president, holds an animatronic cat at the company’s Pawtucket headquarters. The cats, dogs and birds produced by Ageless Innovation have been shown to be beneficial for the mental health of the elderly. PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

For her, Ageless Innovation much more than pet project

Business Women 10/14/2022

It was a combination of soccer, Hasbro Inc. and Bryant University that brought Meghan Gamboa to Rhode Island, where she now works as co-founder and senior vice president...

HELPING OUT: Shirley Moore, left, owner of Be Moore Interpreting LLC in Pawtucket, provides interpreting services for the attendees at the Latino Financial Summit at Farm Fresh in Providence. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Moore’s interpreting skills are in high demand

Business Women 08/05/2022

It wasn’t until she took a Bootstrap Bootcamp course for entrepreneurs that Shirley Moore, 40, fully realized the idea for her business, something that...

Haverhill Leach’s jewelry bears extra emotional significance

Business Women 07/08/2022

Haverhill Leach works with her husband in her second self-made business from a waterfront maker space in Warren, creating goods for an appreciative, growing...

HERE TO SERVE: Milena Pagan, left, pours mimosas for Jessica Tynan, center, of Salem, Conn., and Rebecca Saenz of Cambridge, Mass., at Little Sister LLC on Hope Street in Providence. Pagan owns Little Sister and Rebelle Artisan Bagels LLC. PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

She left corporate life to be a bagel artisan

Business Women 06/10/2022

Milena Pagan was a retail strategist for CVS Health Corp. in 2016 when she told the pharmacy giant she was quitting this steady job...

PASSIONATE PURSUIT: Kris Bradner, principal at Traverse Landscape Architects in Providence, was inspired by one of her high school teachers to pursue a career in landscape design. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Bradner established roots in her field early

Business Women 03/04/2022

Among the typical college prep courses offered at Kris Bradner’s high school, something different piqued her interest. The private school she attended in Woodbury, Conn.,...

ON THE ROAD: Transportation expert Valerie Southern, owner of Valerie J. Southern Transportation Consultant LLC, monitors foot and car traffic on Bellevue Avenue in Newport as part of her data collection before making safety recommendations for the city’s streets. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Southern took her own route in transportation career

Business Women 01/07/2022

With a career in transportation planning, engineering and design in both rural and urban settings, Valerie Southern learned a lot before setting out on...

BRIGHT IDEA: Kathleen Moren, Healthy Babies, Happy Moms Inc. president, displays phototherapy equipment that allows nurses from her company to treat babies with jaundice at home rather than in a hospital.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A guiding light for those starting motherhood

Business Women 12/10/2021

Many years ago, registered nurse Kathleen Moren noticed that breastfeeding mothers in Rhode Island were lacking the support they needed. Her time working as a...