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SHINING BRIGHT: 
Rich Reynolds, left, fabrication supervisor, speaks with Jessica Mularski, majority owner, at Renova Lighting Systems Inc. in Warwick.
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Mularski is lighting the way for her clients

Drab paint, tile floors and fluorescent strip lights, all wrapped in a mood of dreary desperation – for those forced to spend time there,...
Michelle Wilcox

Driving Forces: Michelle Wilcox

Michelle Wilcox Crossroads Rhode Island CEO and president WHEN MICHELLE WILCOX was named Crossroads Rhode Island’s CEO in 2024, she acknowledged a sobering reality: Combatting homelessness...
IN A GOOD PLACE: ­Physical therapist Amy Smith decided to launch her own therapy business with her wife, Emily Smith, in 2020. Roots Physical Therapy and Yoga has grown ever since. 
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Roots of success: Physical therapist blends yoga into healing

Ask Amy Smith why she wanted to open her business, and she’ll tell you she didn’t. “I have a business bone in my body....
GAME ­PLANNING: Lori Manni, center, president of Capital City Construction & Management Services Inc., goes over documents with Al DeRobbio, left, project supervisor, and Oliver Carias, operating engineer of Local 57, at the company’s Cranston office.
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Manni not daunted by changes, challenges of commercial construction

Lori Manni knows her way around a sewer system. She’s spent the better part of two decades building miles of them. It’s not a...
CONSTANTLY EVOLVING: Beauregard Built LLC owner Olivia Beauregard launched the Providence-based design-build firm, specializing in interior and exterior work in residential and commercial new construction and renovation, five years ago. 
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Designer travels ‘Amazing’ journey to build her career

Olivia Beauregard has always been fascinated by how things work. While some kids spend their free time playing video games, Beauregard would lie in...
GETTING CREATIVE: Sascha Roberts, left, and Laura Afonso, co-owners of marketing and content creation company Honey Buns Social in Providence, look over photos during a session at a local studio space.
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She’s made it her business to show companies how to use...

Way back in the “digital Dark Ages” – 2005 to be exact– 14-year-old Sascha Roberts used to pass the time building a Myspace page...
LEARNING ­EXPERIENCE: Britt Riley says it took her two years to develop her business plans for The Haven Collection Inc., a combination day care, shared workspace and fitness center. 
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DAVID HANSEN

Riley built ‘Haven’ where parents could flourish

Of all the talents working parents have to master, juggling tops the list. Then again, that necessity can be the mother of creative life...
EARLY ­LESSON: ­Rebecca Johnson, owner of Sylvan Learning Center in Cumberland and Coventry, says she knew at a young age that she wanted to be a teacher. 
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Johnson’s made it her business to be a classroom ‘coach’

It’s a weekday afternoon at Sylvan Learning Center, and students large and small hover on cushioned chairs around little tables. One group of high school...
THERAPY TAKES ROOT: Behavior analyst Jenn Pohle named her Nettle & Ash Therapeutic Services practice after a strong, versatile, durable herb and a strong, grounded, long-lasting tree.
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MICHAEL SALERNO

Pohle offers therapeutic services for neurodivergent and LGBTQ youths

A phrase can tell a story in just a few words. Consider Nettle & Ash Therapeutic Services, the name of Jenn Pohle’s mental health...
PROBLEM-SOLVER: ­Rebecca Twitchell launched workplace consulting firm Half Full LLC with two partners 20 years ago to help companies achieve long-term goals and support their employees. After the Great Recession, Twitchell took over the business and positioned it with a stronger social impact model.  
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Twitchell helping companies achieve their goals while supporting their employees

For those who think showing vulnerability is an unusual business strategy, Rebecca Twitchell would like a word. Twitchell launched Half Full LLC, a workplace consulting...
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