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From trials to treatment: Working as executive director at the New England Medical Innovation Center, Jenny Hoffman helps connect med-tech entrepreneurs with funding and clinical access.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Turning breakthroughs into treatment

Business Women 05/22/2026

PBN Business Women Awards 2026 WOMAN TO WATCH | SOCIAL SERVICES/NONPROFIT: Jenny Hoffmann, New England Medical Innovation Center executive director Jenny Hoffmann has mastered navigating the complicated...

CVS reports 73% profit boost in Q1

Economic Activity 05/06/2026

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. on Wednesday reported a first-quarter profit of $2.94 billion, an increase from $1.7 billion the year prior. For the quarter, the...

RIFC Corner Kicks: Stadium provides special place for sensory-sensitive fans

Business Services 06/12/2025

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a weekly series spotlighting Rhode Island FC and Centreville Bank Stadium from a business perspective throughout...

LAB WORK: Ivelisse Sabater and her husband formed SabaterLAB Foundation, which empowers Rhode Island’s diverse communities through workforce development, mental health programs and barrier-free education, in 2021.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

SabaterLAB Foundation’s Sabater combines education with community empowerment

Business Services 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER EDUCATION: Ivelisse Sabater, SabaterLAB Foundation executive director IVELISSE SABATER is a natural educator. Even as a child and teenager,...

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...

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.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Helping those feeling misunderstood

Economic Activity 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Jenn Pohle, Nettle & Ash Therapeutic Services owner A PHRASE can tell a story in just a few words. Nettle...

EMPOWERING YOUTHS: Sarah McNeill, pictured at her North Kingstown location, launched McNeill Children’s Institute in Middletown in July 2020 to help children and young adults with ADHD, dyslexia, autism and other conditions.  PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Helping kids reach their full potential

Business Women 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Sarah McNeill, McNeill Children’s Institute founder THE DIRECTION of Sarah McNeill’s life emerged like a blueprint early on. “When I was growing...

KIDS COUNT: Child homelessness, racial disparities remain problematic

Health Services 05/05/2025

PROVIDENCE – Children and families still facing homelessness, increased rent costs, persistent racial disparities and federal programs under threat of change from the new...

Amos House receives $1M from Papitto Opportunity Connection to grow nonprofit’s...

Health Services 03/12/2025

PROVIDENCE – Amos House is receiving a significant seven-figure financial gift from the Papitto Opportunity Connection to support a first-of-its-kind program to increase health...